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TerminatedNCT00828230Updated Jan 30, 2012

Budesonide Foam Versus Placebo for Prevention of Acute Radiation Proctitis

A Phase 2 interventional study of budesonide and Placebo foam in Radiation Proctitis, sponsored by Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH. Terminated at 3 sites in Germany. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-01-30.

Sponsored by Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

Why this study was terminated
Study was prematurely stopped due to slow recruitment after 17 of 32 anticipated patients were recruited.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

To proof the superiority of an 8-week rectal treatment with once-daily 2 mg budesonide versus placebo for the prevention of acute radiation proctitis, and to evaluate the occurrence of chronic radiation proctitis 1 year after start of radiation therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Radiation Proctitis

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Keywords

  • budesonide
  • placebo
  • acute radiation proctitis
  • late radiation proctitis
  • Prevention of acute radiation proctitis
  • Prevention of late radiation proctitis
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In context

Proctitis

27 studies on the registry are indexed under Proctitis; 6 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 17 is below the median of 122 across 23 interventional studies indexed under Proctitis.

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Lead sponsor

Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH is the lead sponsor of 39 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Signed ,
  • Men aged at least 18 years,
  • Patients with performance status \<= 2 or Performance Status Scale >= 70%,
  • Estimated more than 3 years,
  • Diagnosis of prostate carcinoma,
  • Indication for local RT in patients with prostatic cancer.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Crohn's disease, indeterminate colitis, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis (i.e., collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis),
  • Severe or symptomatic ischaemic colitis at baseline,
  • Grade III internal haemorrhoids at baseline,
  • High risk patients needing extended radiation therapy,
  • Acute EORTC/RTOG lower GI toxicity score of >=1 at baseline,
  • Bacterial, amoebic, fungal, or viral infections of the gut,
  • Tuberculosis, hypertension, infection, diabetes mellitus (included familiarly predisposition), active peptic ulcer, osteoporosis, glaucoma, or cataract, if careful medical monitoring is not ensured,
  • Portal hypertension or liver cirrhosis,
  • Abnormal hepatic function (, AST or AP > 2.5 x ),
  • Known intolerance//resistance to study drug or drugs of similar chemical structure or pharmacological profile, or to any of the other constituents of the study drug,
  • Participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days, simultaneous participation in another clinical trial, or previous participation in this trial
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ECOG performance status

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0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

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Hypersensitivity

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
17 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    2mg rectal budesonide per day for 8 weeks

    Drug: budesonide

  • Placebo comparator
    2

    One application of placebo foam once daily for 8 weeks

    Drug: Placebo foam

Interventions

  • One application of 2mg budesonide once daily for 8 weeks

    Also known as: Budenofalk rectal foam

  • DrugPlacebo foam

    One application of placebo foam once daily for 8 weeks

    Also known as: placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients developing radiation proctitis during treatment or need rescue medication

    Time frame: within 8 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time to occurrence of acute radiation proctitis

    Time frame: During 8 weeks

  2. Time to occurrence of chronic radiation proctitis

    Time frame: Within 1 year

  3. Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: During 8 weeks of treatment

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Klinik für Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie - Klinikum Braunschweig
    Braunschweig, 38114, Germany
  • Strahlentherapie, St. Vincentius-Kliniken gAG
    Karlsruhe, 76135, Germany
  • Strahlentherapie, Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromäerinnen
    Trier, 54290, Germany
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 30, 2012, 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
NCT00828230
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 23, 2009
Start date
Sep 2008
Primary completion
Aug 2011
Completion
Oct 2011
Last update
Jan 30, 2012

Study contacts

Ralph Mueller, Dr
study director · Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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