WAL801CL (Epinastine Hydrochloride) Dry Syrup in Paediatric Perennial Allergic Rhinitis

NCT ID: NCT02182544

Last Updated: 2014-07-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 151 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2001-06-30

Brief Summary

Study to investigate the efficacy of WAL801CL Dry Syrup in comparison with ketotifen fumarate on pediatric perennial allergic rhinitis and to evaluate the safety of WAL801CL Dry Syrup compared to ketotifen fumarate and to confirm the appropriateness of dosage of WAL801 Dry Syrup.

Conditions

Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

WAL801CL dry syrup + Placebo

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

WAL801CL dry syrup

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ketotifen fumarate dry syrup placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ketotifen fumarate dry syrup + Placebo

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ketotifen fumarate dry syrup

Intervention Type: DRUG

WAL 801 CL dry syrup placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

Interventions

WAL801CL dry syrup

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ketotifen fumarate dry syrup

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ketotifen fumarate dry syrup placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

WAL 801 CL dry syrup placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 15 years of age or younger
• Body weight of 14 kg or more
• Typical symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis, and within 2 or higher score of serum specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) caused by house dust (HD) or mite in the data obtained with the past one year
• "Moderate" or "Severe" in the Allergic Rhinitis Severity Classification during the observation period
• The Patient Diary can be entered by the patient or parent
• Outpatients

Exclusion Criteria

• Absolute necessity of treatment with a drug that may affect the evaluation of the effect of the investigational drug (e.g., anti-histamines, anti-allergics, steroid, vasopressors). Patients being treated with the following drugs, however, may be included

• Intal® Oral or Inhalation
• Any eye drops other than Zaditen® Eye Drop
• External preparations (liniment, poultice)
• Initiation of desensitisation therapy within the past 6 months
• Onset of acute upper respiratory inflammation during the observation period
• Nasal disease, such as acute or chronic rhinitis, nasal polyp, hypertrophic rhinitis, septal deviation*, sinusitis*, and hypertrophied adenoid*, of such a degree that the disease affects evaluation of the effect of the test drug (*: X-ray examination will be conducted if necessary)
• That pollen (cider, ragweed, Japanese cypress, orchard grass, etc.) is a double antigen, and that the study will be conducted in the season of air-borne pollen, and symptoms may be exacerbated by pollen
• Present or past history of a convulsive disease, such as epilepsy (convulsion threshold values may be decreased by the comparator drug, ketotifen fumarate)
• Clinically significant abnormal changes in laboratory measurements, and thus judgement that the patient is ineligible for inclusion in this study; however, if the patient is judged as falling into Grade 2 or more according to the MHW (Ministry of health and welfare) Adverse Reaction Severity Classification Criteria, the patient will be excluded from the study
• Clinically significant renal, hepatic or cardiac disease, or other complications, and thus judgement that the patient is ineligible for inclusion in the study; however, if the patient is judged as falling into Grade 2 or more according to the MHW Adverse Reaction Severity Classification Criteria, the patient will be excluded from the study
• Past history of drug allergy
• 1 month, or 6 times as long as the half life of the investigational drug if it is over 1 month, will not have passed since participation in any other clinical trial study, at the time of the initiation of this study
• Judgement by the Principal Investigator or Investigator that the patient is ineligible for inclusion in this study

• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

262.258

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id