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Pharmacokinetics of Inhaled Monodisperse Fluticasone Propionate

NCT ID: NCT00692978

Last Updated: 2020-11-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2011-07-03

Brief Summary

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Asthma is most effectively treated by delivering inhaled drugs from an inhaler (puffer) directly into the lungs. Inhaled steroids are used in asthmatic patients to dampen down lung inflammation, which unchecked, can often lead to patient symptoms. Inhalers deliver a mist containing particles of lots of different sizes (like hairsprays). Medical puffers used by patients produce a 'coarse' mist of drug particles, which have the potential for side effects, as different sized particles will reach different parts of the airways and include; the mouth, the throat, the windpipe, and the bloodstream (all places we do not want the inhaled drug to go - and can give rise to important side effects)and, the lungs (where we do want the drug to 'deposit').

Our aim in this study is to test an inhaled steroid by giving it to subjects as a 'fine' mist containing drug particles of nearly all one size using a research nebuliser (a Spinning Top Aerosol Generator). We shall use small, intermediate and large drug particle mists. We aim to find out how much of the drug goes to the blood stream for each particle mist and compare it with the standard puffers used in routine clinical practice.

We hope this study will provide information to the rationale that by improving the efficiency of drug delivery (by changing drug particle size) one may improve inhaled drug delivery and ultimately, clinical patient benefit.

Healthy volunteers and asthmatic patients will be recruited at the Royal Brompton Hospital London. The study is funded by GlaxoSmithKline, Research \& Development, U.K.

Detailed Description

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The clinical trial is to investigate the pharmacokinetic effects (that is how much drug is in the blood) of Fluticasone Propionate (Flixotide), a commonly used steroid drug that is inhaled in patients with asthma. We will use standard clinical Flixotide Nebules that are used with clinical nebulisers (machines used in hospital and at home - to deliver drug to patients with asthma). Current clinical nebulisers deliver a 'coarse' mist of drug, which has the potential for side effects and this is an important consideration with steroids. These Flixotide nebules will be used to deliver the drug (fluticasone propionate) as monodisperse aerosol clouds (that is the drug will be delivered as a 'fine' mist cloud to patients). In order to deliver the drug as a monodisperse aerosol, the Flixotide Nebules will be used with a spinning top aerosol (a large research nebuliser machine)which is able to selectively generate aerosol clouds that have a fine mist. A fine mist cloud leads to less deposition in the throat of the patients and a greater control of the inhaled drug reaching the lungs, and fine mist drug clouds have the potential to reduce side effects. We will also compare this to the use of a standard routine clinical dose of a Flixotide metered-dose inhaler ( a 'press and breathe' inhaler) with a spacer (plastic bubble on the end of an inhaler) delivered to patients.

Conditions

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Healthy Asthma

Keywords

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Monodisperse aerosols Healthy Volunteers Asthmatics Pharmacokinetics Randomized

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Two groups (asthma and healthy) go through different particle size of monodisperse aerosol treatments
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Asthma

Asthma patients

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fluticasone Propionate_1.5

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 1.5 micros, inhaled

Fluticasone Propionate_3

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 3.0 microns, inhaled

Fluticasone Propionate_6

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 6.0 microns, inhaled

FP From Active 250 ug MDI Inhaler

Intervention Type DRUG

Monodisperse aerosols inhaled of Fluticasone Propionate at 250micrograms dose with active MDI inhaler

Healthy volunters

Healthy participants

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Fluticasone Propionate_1.5

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 1.5 micros, inhaled

Fluticasone Propionate_3

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 3.0 microns, inhaled

Fluticasone Propionate_6

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 6.0 microns, inhaled

FP From Active 250 ug MDI Inhaler

Intervention Type DRUG

Monodisperse aerosols inhaled of Fluticasone Propionate at 250micrograms dose with active MDI inhaler

Interventions

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Fluticasone Propionate_1.5

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 1.5 micros, inhaled

Intervention Type DRUG

Fluticasone Propionate_3

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 3.0 microns, inhaled

Intervention Type DRUG

Fluticasone Propionate_6

Dose 50 micrograms (total dose), Monodisperse aerosol with particle size of drug 6.0 microns, inhaled

Intervention Type DRUG

FP From Active 250 ug MDI Inhaler

Monodisperse aerosols inhaled of Fluticasone Propionate at 250micrograms dose with active MDI inhaler

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Healthy Volunteers


1. Healthy non smoking participants
2. Male or female aged above 18 years
3. No history of respiratory disease
4. Normal baseline spirometry as predicted for age, sex and height (we have excluded those with abnormal spirometry as this may indicate an underlying lung condition that needs attention, and such participants will be told their result and with their consent, the information will be forwarded to their General Practitioner, as part of the safety and well being of the research participant.
5. No history of allergic disease i.e., a negative skin prick test
6. Participants who are free from significant cardiac, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, hematological, neurological and psychiatric disease.
7. Not taking any regular medication that is contraindicated in those about to receive fluticasone propionate (as indicated in the British National Formularly); other than the oral contraceptive pill.

Asthmatics

1. Male or females aged greater than 18 years with a documented history of reversible airways disease responding to beta2-adrenergic therapy.
2. Asthmatic patients who are free from significant cardiac, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, hematological, neurological and psychiatric disease.
3. Patients who are stabilized on 500 micrograms or less of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate or alternative inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide or ciclesonide).
4. Patients who are able and willing to give written informed consent to take part in the study
5. Not taking any regular medication that is contraindicated in those about to receive fluitcasone propionate (as indicated in the British National Formularly); other than the oral contraceptive pill.

Exclusion Criteria

Healthy Volunteers and Asthmatics

1. Those requiring maintenance oral or parenteral corticosteroid therapy for their airways disease or patients who have ceased maintenance oral or parenteral corticosteroid therapy within the four weeks prior to visit 1
2. Those requiring greater than 500 micrograms of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate or alternative inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide or ciclesonide).
3. Subjects that have received inhaled or intravenous fluticasone propionate in the last 2 months.
4. Those whose reversible airways obstruction has been unstable in the last four weeks (indicated by any change in their maintenance therapy).
5. Those participants who have had a lower respiratory tract infection in the previous four weeks
6. Those who have donated 450ml blood or more within the previous 1 month.
7. Those who have a history of drug allergy which, in the opinion of the Unit Physician, contraindicates his/her participation in the study.
8. Any evidence of a positive pregnancy urine test for female volunteers or females who are pregnant or lactating or are likely to become pregnant during the trial. Women of child-bearing potential may be included in the study if, in the opinion of the investigator, they are taking adequate contraceptive precautions.
9. Participants with a known or suspected allergy to corticosteroids or any component of the formulations and/or Suspected hypersensitivity to inhaled corticosteroid (this will be asked directly at the screening visit).
10. Any patient with a contraindication to taking an inhaled steroid and specifically FP, listed in the British National Formularly will not be entered into this study
11. Those who have experienced an acute asthma exacerbation requiring emergency room treatment and/or hospitalization within one month of visit 1.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Imperial College London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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O S Usmani, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Imperial College London

Locations

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Asthma Lab, Royal Brompton Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Biddiscombe MF, Barnes PJ, Usmani OS. Generating monodisperse pharmacological aerosols using the spinning-top aerosol generator. J Aerosol Med. 2006 Fall;19(3):245-53. doi: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.245.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17034300 (View on PubMed)

Usmani OS, Biddiscombe MF, Barnes PJ. Regional lung deposition and bronchodilator response as a function of beta2-agonist particle size. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Dec 15;172(12):1497-504. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200410-1414OC. Epub 2005 Sep 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16192448 (View on PubMed)

Usmani OS, Biddiscombe MF, Nightingale JA, Underwood SR, Barnes PJ. Effects of bronchodilator particle size in asthmatic patients using monodisperse aerosols. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2003 Nov;95(5):2106-12. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00525.2003. Epub 2003 Aug 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12897033 (View on PubMed)

Biddiscombe MF, Usmani OS, Barnes PJ. A system for the production and delivery of monodisperse salbutamol aerosols to the lungs. Int J Pharm. 2003 Mar 26;254(2):243-53. doi: 10.1016/s0378-5173(03)00032-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12623200 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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08/H0712/63

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id