Study of Efficacy and Safety of QAW039 When Added to Standard-of-care Asthma Therapy in Patients With Uncontrolled Asthma

NCT ID: NCT03226392

Last Updated: 2026-01-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

704 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-31

Study Completion Date

2019-08-01

Brief Summary

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A randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo- controlled parallel-group study to determine the efficacy and safety of QAW039, compared with placebo, when added to standard-of-care (SoC) asthma therapy in adult and adolescent (≥ 12 years) patients with uncontrolled asthma with respect to change from baseline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) at the end of 12 weeks of treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Asthma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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QAW039

QAW039 once daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

QAW039

Intervention Type DRUG

QAW039 once daily

Placebo

Placebo once daily

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo once daily

Interventions

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QAW039

QAW039 once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* A diagnosis of asthma (according to GINA 2016) for a period of at least 6 months.
* Treated with medium dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), or high dose ICS, or low dose ICS plus long- acting beta agonist (LABA), or low dose ICS plus leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), or medium dose ICS plus LABA for at least 3 months prior to Visit 1 and the doses have been stable for at least 4 weeks prior to Visit 1.
* FEV1 of ≤85% for patients aged ≥18 years. FEV1 of ≤90% for patients aged 12 to \<18 years.
* Daytime asthma symptom score (0 to 6 scale) of ≥1 per day during 4 of the last 7 days of the placebo run- in period.
* Total daily SABA use ≥1 puff per day during 4 of the last 7 days of the placebo run-in period.
* Demonstrated reversible airway obstruction.
* Asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) score ≥ 1.5.

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of other investigational drugs within 5 half-lives of enrollment, or within 30 days, whichever is longer.
* A resting QTcF (Fridericia) ≥450 msec (male) or

≥460 msec (female).
* Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women.
* Serious co-morbidities.
* Patients on \>20 mg of simvastatin, \> 40 mg of atorvastatin, \>40 mg of pravastatin, or \>2 mg of pitavastatin.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

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Andalusia, Alabama, United States

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United States Brazil Bulgaria Canada Colombia Germany Hungary India Israel Italy Peru Puerto Rico Russia South Korea Spain Sweden Tunisia Vietnam

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Related Links

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https://www.novctrd.com/ctrdweb/patientsummary/patientsummaries?patientSummaryId=594

A Plain Language Trial Summary is available on novartisclinicaltrials.com

https://www.novctrd.com/ctrdweb/ppatientsummary/ppatientsummaries?periodicPatientSummaryId=483

A Pediatric Plain Language Trial Summary is available on novartisclinicaltrials.com

Other Identifiers

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2017-001272-40

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CQAW039A2317

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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