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CompletedNCT00163449Updated Dec 8, 2016

Efficacy and Safety of Ciclesonide in Preschool Children With Asthma (2 to 6 Years) (BY9010/M1-207)

A Phase 3 interventional study of Ciclesonide and Placebo in Asthma, sponsored by AstraZeneca. Completed at 96 sites in 9 countries. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 6 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-12-08.

Sponsored by AstraZeneca · Phase 3 and Interventional

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,000
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 6 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of the present study is to compare the efficacy of inhaled ciclesonide in pre-school children. Ciclesonide will be inhaled once daily, using one of three dose levels and tested versus placebo. The study duration consists of a baseline period (2 to 4 weeks) and a treatment period (24 weeks). The study will provide further data on safety and tolerability of ciclesonide.

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma

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Keywords

  • Asthma
  • Ciclesonide
  • Child
  • Pediatric
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In context

Asthma

4,010 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 514 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,000 is above the median of 83 across 2,814 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.

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Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca is the lead sponsor of 3,492 studies on the registry; 266 are open to participants now.

Of its 368 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 176 (48%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 6 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Main Inclusion Criteria:

  • Written informed consent by the parents or legal guardians of the patient
  • Outpatients
  • Good health with the exception of asthma
  • Documented diagnosis of asthma for more than 6 months
  • Use of rescue medication only or pretreatment with a controller drug

Main Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concomitant severe diseases
  • Diseases contraindicated for the use of inhaled steroids
  • Other relevant lung diseases causing impairment in pulmonary function
  • Recurrent, episodic wheezing only
  • History of life-threatening asthma
  • History of any mechanical ventilation
  • Clinically relevant abnormal laboratory values suggesting an unknown disease and requiring further clinical evaluation
  • Premature birth (\< 32 weeks gestation)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    1

    Ciclesonide 40 µg

    Drug: Ciclesonide

  • Active comparator
    2

    Ciclesonide 80 µg

    Drug: Ciclesonide

  • Active comparator
    3

    Ciclesonide 160 µg

    Drug: Ciclesonide

  • Placebo comparator
    4

    Placebo

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Efficacy and Safety of Ciclesonide

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. time to first moderate or severe asthma exacerbation.

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. rate of patients with moderate or severe asthma exacerbation

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  2. rate of patients with moderate asthma exacerbation

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  3. rate of patients with severe asthma exacerbation

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  4. time to first moderate asthma exacerbation

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  5. time to first severe asthma exacerbation

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  6. asthma symptom score from diary

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  7. use of rescue medication

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  8. patient perceived asthma control

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  9. quality of life data (PACQLQ)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  10. morning and evening PEF from diary

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  11. pulmonary function variables measured at the investigational sites

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  12. adverse events

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  13. physical examination

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  14. vital signs

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  15. laboratory work-up

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  16. serum cortisol

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  17. urine cortisol variables

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  18. body growth determined by stadiometry.

    Time frame: 24 weeks

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Study locations

96 sites
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Campinas - SP, 13081970, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Curitiba-PR, 80060900, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Paraná, 80060900, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Pinheiros Sao Paulo - SP, 1246-000, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Porto Alegre-RS, 90035003, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Porto Alegre-RS, 90610000, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Recife-PE, 50670901, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 21941590, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Rio Grande, 90610000, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Salvador - Bahia, 41920000, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Santo André-SP, 9060650, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Sao Paulo - SP, 5437000, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Sao Paulo-SP, 4025002, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    São Paulo, 1277900, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    São Paulo, 5403900, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    São Paulo, 5651, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    São Paulo, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    São Paulo-SP, 1221020, Brazil
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Cologne, 50924, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Dresden, 1307, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Frankfurt, 60590, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mannheim, 68167, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    München, 80939, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Rosenheim, 83026, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Wesel, 46483, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Wiefelstede, 26215, Germany
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Baja, 6500, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Budapest, 1083, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Budapest, 1089, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Budapest, 1121, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Debrecen, 4012, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Jászberény, 5100, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Kaposvár, 7400, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Kiskunhalas, 6400, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Miskolc, 3501, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mosdós, 7257, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mosonmagyaróvár, 9200, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Nyíregyháza, 4400, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Pécs, 7624, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Szeged, 6720, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Szekszárd, 7100, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Törökbálint, 2045, Hungary
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Chandanwadi, Thane, 400061, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Chennai, 600 034, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Coimbatore, 641 014, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Coimbatore, 641004, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 641 044, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Kalaburagi, 585104, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mumbai, 400 004, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mumbai, 400008, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mumbai, Dadar (E), 400 014, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Nagpur, 12, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Noida, 201301, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Pune, 411 001, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Pune, 411 033, India
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Eindhoven, 5623 EJ, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Enschede, 7511 JX, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Hoofddorp, 2134 TM, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Leeuwarden, 8901 BR, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Nijmegen, 6532 SZ, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Zwolle, 8025 AB, Netherlands
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Karpacz, 58-540, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Lublin, 20-093, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Opole, 45401, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Poznan, 60-214, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Poznan, 60-693, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Zawadzkie, 46-059, Poland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Bellville - Cape Town -, 7530, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Cape Town, 7937, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Durban, 3630, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Morningside, Sandton, 2196, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Mowbray, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    New Redruth, Alberton, 1450, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Overport, Durban, 4091, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Panorama / RSA-Cape Town, 7500, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Pietermaritzburg, 3201, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Westville, 3630, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Wynberg, 7945, South Africa
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Barcelona, 8003, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Barcelona, 8023, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Barcelona, 8222, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    El Palmar (Murcia), 30120, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Elche - Alicante, 3203, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Leganes (Madrid), 28911, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Madrid, 28006, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Madrid, 28009, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Madrid, 28041, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Sabadell, 8208, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Seville, 41071, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Valencia, 46009, Spain
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Trimbach, 4632, Switzerland
  • Altana Pharma/Nycomed
    Zurich, 8032, Switzerland
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References and documents

Publications

  • Brand PL, Luz Garcia-Garcia M, Morison A, Vermeulen JH, Weber HC. Ciclesonide in wheezy preschool children with a positive asthma predictive index or atopy. Respir Med. 2011 Nov;105(11):1588-95. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.07.017. Epub 2011 Aug 11. PubMed 21839625 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 8, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00163449
Lead sponsor
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 14, 2005
Start date
Nov 2005
Primary completion
Nov 2006
Completion
May 2007
Last update
Dec 8, 2016

Study contacts

AstraZeneca AstraZeneca
study director · AstraZeneca
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