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Inhaled Mannitol as a Mucoactive Therapy for Bronchiectasis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00669331

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Official title

: A Phase III Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel Group, Controlled, Double Blind Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Inhaled Mannitol Over 12 Months in the Treatment of Bronchiectasis.

Brief summary

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No gold standard therapy exists for clearing mucus from the airways of patients with bronchiectasis. While rhDNase has a proven place in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), it failed to improve Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) in a short-term non-CF bronchiectasis study and has been shown to be detrimental after 6 months therapy in non CF bronchiectasis, moreover it has no proven effect on mucociliary clearance. Hypertonic saline has been shown to have a comparable mode of action to inhaled mannitol, but has yet to be examined as a long term treatment option in bronchiectasis. The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and safety of 52 weeks treatment with inhaled mannitol in subjects with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Previous studies with inhaled mannitol have demonstrated improvement in mucociliary clearance; mucus rehydration; improvement in quality of life and respiratory symptoms in patients with bronchiectasis and pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis. The results of this current study in combination with a recently completed 3 month study seek to confirm these early findings and to extend the evidence to support its use as a mucoactive therapy in subjects with bronchiectasis. We hypothesize that mannitol will improve the overall health and hygiene of the lung through regular and effective clearing of the mucus load. As a consequence of the reduction in mucus load and inflammatory process, the frequency of bronchiectasis related pulmonary exacerbations and the need for exacerbation related antibiotic treatment should fall. Days in hospital and community health care costs are expected to change in line with improvements in respiratory health. Finally, we plan to demonstrate that inhaled mannitol is safe and well tolerated over a 52 week period. We will test these hypotheses using 400 mg mannitol twice daily (BD) against control.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00669331
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Syntara
Industry
Enrollment
485 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 31, 2009
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2013
Completion
Dec 31, 2013
Last update posted
Apr 28, 2016

2009 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
19
U.S. states
15
U.S. cities
18
Facility City State ZIP Site status
National Jewish Medical and Research Center Denver Colorado 80206
University of Connecticut Health Center, Pulmonary Division Farmington Connecticut 06030-1321
Georgetown University Medical Center Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20007
University of Miami Miami Florida 33136
Florida Pulmonary Research Winter Park Florida 32789
The University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago Illinois 60637
Chest Medicine Clinical Services, LLC Skokie Illinois 60076
Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary Clinical Research Unit Rochester Minnesota 55905
Saint Luke's Hospital Chesterfield Missouri 63017
Pulmonary and Allergy Associates Summit New Jersey 07901
Winthrop University Hospital Mineola New York 11501
Research Associates of New York New York New York 10028
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina 27514
The Oregon Clinic, PC/Pulmonary Division Portland Oregon 97220
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140
South Carolina Pharmaceutical Research Spartanburg South Carolina 29303
Alamo Clinical Research Associates San Antonio Texas 78212
Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, Inc Richmond Virginia 23225

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Non-U.S. locations

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