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CompletedNCT03371459Updated Jul 23, 2019Results posted

Assessment of the Safety, Efficacy, PK, and Extrapulmonary Pharmacodynamics (PD) of Albuterol Sulfate Pressurized Inhalation Suspension (Hereafter Referred to as AS MDI) Compared to Proventil as an Active Control in Subjects With Asthma

A Phase 2 interventional study of AS MDI and Proventil in Asthma, sponsored by AstraZeneca. Completed at 5 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-23.

Sponsored by AstraZeneca · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
46
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 359 studies in Asthma by AstraZeneca — 19 open to participants now, 28 under way, 8 of them phase 3. Asthma · AstraZeneca.

Enrollment
185th of 248
46 · median 175
Started
2017
with 12 others
Phase 2
50 of 359
2 open now
Registered
231st of 359
by date

Among the 359 studies in Asthma by AstraZeneca, this one is the 185th largest by enrollment of the 248 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 13 that started in 2017, is one of 50 in phase 2, and was the 231st registered.

Asthma

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Who these studies take

Of the 417 Asthma studies recruiting now, 140 (34%) set no upper age limit and 205 (49%) stop at 75 or younger; 146 take children under 18; 104 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 45 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a randomized, cumulative dose, open-label, 2-period crossover, multi-center study to assess the safety, efficacy, PK, and extrapulmonary PD of cumulative doses of AS MDI compared to cumulative doses of Proventil as an active control in subjects with mild to moderate asthma

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This is a randomized, cumulative dose, open-label, 2-period crossover, multi-center study to assess the safety, efficacy, PK, and extrapulmonary pharmacodynamics (PD) of cumulative doses of Albuterol Sulfate Pressurized Inhalation Suspension (hereafter referred to as AS MDI) compared to cumulative doses of Proventil® hydrofluoroalkane (HFA; hereafter referred to as Proventil) as an active control in subjects with mild to moderate asthma.

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Have stable (for 6 months) physician-diagnosed asthma with historical documentation of the diagnosis
  • Must be receiving 1 of the following required inhaled asthma therapies listed below for at least the last 30 days; Only SABA, which is used as needed for rescue, or Low to medium doses of ICS (alone or in combination with LABA), used regularly as maintenance asthma therapy
  • Demonstrate acceptable spirometry performance (ie, meet American Thoracic Society [ATS]/European Respiratory Society [ERS] acceptability/repeatability criteria
  • Pre-bronchodilator of ≥50 to \<80% predicted normal value after withholding SABA ≥6 hours
  • Confirmed FEV1 reversibility to Ventolin, defined as a post-Ventolin increase in FEV1 of ≥15%
  • Only 2 reversibility testing attempts are allowed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • or other significant lung disease (eg, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis with the need of treatment, cystic fibrosis, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia)
  • Oral use (any dose) within 6 weeks
  • Received any marketed (eg, omalizumab, mepolizumab, reslizumab) or biologic within 3 months or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, or any other medication specifically prohibited by the protocol
  • Current smokers, former smokers with >10 pack-years history, or former smokers who stopped smoking \<6 months (including all forms of tobacco, e-cigarettes [vaping], and marijuana)
  • Life-threatening asthma as defined as any history of significant asthma episode(s) requiring intubation associated with hypercapnia, respiratory arrest, hypoxic seizures, or asthma-related syncopal episode(s)
  • Historical or current evidence of a disease
  • Cancer not in complete remission for at least 5 years
  • Hospitalized for psychiatric disorder or attempted suicide within 1 year
  • Unable to abstain from protocol-defined prohibited medications during the study
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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FEV1

From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
46 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    AS MDI

    AS MDI 1+1+2+4+8 inhalations of 90 μg per inhalation

    Drug: AS MDI

  • Active comparator
    Proventil

    Proventil 1+1+2+4+8 inhalations of 90 μg per inhalation

    Drug: Proventil

Interventions

  • DrugAS MDI

    AS MDI 1+1+2+4+8 inhalations of 90 μg per inhalation

  • Proventil 1+1+2+4+8 inhalations of 90 μg per inhalation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Baseline-adjusted FEV1 30 Minutes After Each Cumulative Dose

    Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced exhalation

    Time frame: At the two study treatment visits, FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) will be measured prior to drug administration and 5 times, once at 30 minutes after each of the 5 doses

Secondary outcomes

  1. Baseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 After the Last Cumulative Dose

    The baseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 is the area under the curve for change from baseline calculated using the trapezoidal rule and normalized by dividing the AUC by the length of follow up post the last cumulative dose (typically 6 hours) (spirometry will be obtained at 5, 15, 30, 45, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes post-dose) normalized for length of follow up).

    Time frame: Over 6 hours post dose on Day 1

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Results

Posted Jul 23, 2019

Participant flow

Period 1
Participant flow — Period 1
MilestoneTreatment Sequence ATreatment Sequence B
Started2323
Completed2323
Not completed00
Washout
Participant flow — Washout
MilestoneTreatment Sequence ATreatment Sequence B
Started2323
Completed2322
Not completed01
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up01
Period 2
Participant flow — Period 2
MilestoneTreatment Sequence ATreatment Sequence B
Started2322
Completed2322
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryBaseline-adjusted FEV1 30 Minutes After Each Cumulative Dose

Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced exhalation

Time frame:
At the two study treatment visits, FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) will be measured prior to drug administration and 5 times, once at 30 minutes after each of the 5 doses
Reported as:
Least squares mean · Liter
Baseline-adjusted FEV1 30 Minutes After Each Cumulative Dose
LiterAS MDIProventil
Dose 1 - 90 μg0.421 (0.300 to 0.543)0.488 (0.367 to 0.610)
Cumulative Dose - 180 μg0.548 (0.432 to 0.665)0.586 (0.469 to 0.702)
Cumulative Dose - 360 μg0.619 (0.502 to 0.737)0.647 (0.529 to 0.765)
Cumulative Dose - 720 μg0.659 (0.544 to 0.775)0.690 (0.575 to 0.805)
Cumulative Dose - 1440 μg0.721 (0.602 to 0.840)0.805 (0.686 to 0.925)
SecondaryBaseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 After the Last Cumulative Dose

The baseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 is the area under the curve for change from baseline calculated using the trapezoidal rule and normalized by dividing the AUC by the length of follow up post the last cumulative dose (typically 6 hours) (spirometry will be obtained at 5, 15, 30, 45, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes post-dose) normalized for length of follow up).

Time frame:
Over 6 hours post dose on Day 1
Reported as:
Least squares mean · Liter
Baseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 After the Last Cumulative Dose
LiterAS MDIProventil
Baseline-adjusted FEV1 AUC0-6 After the Last Cumulative Dose0.561 (0.448 to 0.674)0.602 (0.489 to 0.715)

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected from the time the subject signed informed consent throughout the treatment period and up to 14 days following the last dose of study drug. Non-serious events are listed at a 2% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
AS MDI0/45 (0%)0/45 (0%)8/45 (17.8%)
Proventil0/46 (0%)0/46 (0%)10/46 (21.7%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventAS MDIProventil
Feeling JitteryGeneral disorders3/456/46
TremorNervous system disorders2/452/46
HeadacheNervous system disorders2/450/46
DizzinessNervous system disorders1/450/46
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders1/450/46
Blood Potassium decreasedInvestigations0/451/46
EpistaxisRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/451/46

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(Years)mITT Population
Least squares mean34.2 ± 7.4
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)mITT Population
Female22
Male23
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)mITT Population
Hispanic or Latino7
Not Hispanic or Latino38
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)mITT Population
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American11
White34
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
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Study locations

5 sites
  • Research Site
    Winter Park, Florida 32789, United States
  • Research Site
    North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747, United States
  • Research Site
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63141, United States
  • Research Site
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, United States
  • Research Site
    Medford, Oregon 97504, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Cappelletti C, Maes A, Rossman K, Gillen M, LaForce C, Kerwin EM, Reisner C. Dose-Ranging and Cumulative Dose Studies of Albuterol Sulfate MDI in Co-Suspension Delivery Technology (AS MDI; PT007) in Patients with Asthma: the ASPEN and ANTORA Trials. Clin Drug Investig. 2021 Jun;41(6):579-590. doi: 10.1007/s40261-021-01040-7. Epub 2021 Jun 4. PubMed 34089147 ↗

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Mar 2018, 2 months.

Results were first posted in Jul 2019, 1 year 3 months after primary completion.

Of 137 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Asthma, half reached primary completion within 16 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 23. This study's 2 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 198 studies reached it within 20 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 41.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 1, 2017
First posted
Dec 13, 2017
StartActual
Dec 29, 2017
Primary completionActual
Mar 26, 2018
CompletionActual
Mar 26, 2018
Results first posted
Jul 23, 2019
Last update
Jul 23, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 23, 2019, 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
NCT03371459
Lead sponsor
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 13, 2017
Start date
Dec 29, 2017
Primary completion
Mar 26, 2018
Completion
Mar 26, 2018
Results posted
Jul 23, 2019
Last update
Jul 23, 2019

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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