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CompletedNCT04810390Updated Mar 16, 2023

Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Bilastine Ophthalmic Solution 0.6% in Children

A Phase 3 interventional study of Bilastine and Placebo in Allergic Conjunctivitis, sponsored by Faes Farma, S.A.. Completed at 18 sites in Spain. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-16.

Sponsored by Faes Farma, S.A. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
59
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multi-centre, randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase III study to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Bilastine ophthalmic solution 0.6% in children with a documented history of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) or perennial allergic conjunctivitis (PAC).

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Conditions studied

  • Allergic Conjunctivitis
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In context

Conjunctivitis, Allergic

210 studies on the registry are indexed under Conjunctivitis, Allergic; 18 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 59 is below the median of 87 across 174 interventional studies indexed under Conjunctivitis, Allergic.

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Lead sponsor

Faes Farma, S.A. is the lead sponsor of 17 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

    1. Male or female patients from 2 to under 18 years of age at V1a.
    1. Documented history of AC before V1a.
    1. Documented positive skin prick test and/or positive validated IgE test to seasonal (e.g. grass, ragweed, and/ or tree pollen) and/or perennial allergen (e.g. cat dander, dog dander, dust mites and/ or cockroach) within 6 months before V1a or a positive skin prick test at V1a.
    1. Signs and symptoms of AC, i.e. tearing, itching and redness, that are likely to continue for the next weeks. Minimum score of four (in at least one eye) on an 11-item numeric rating scale in at least one of three categories at V1a.
    1. Understanding of functioning and willingness to use e-diary at V1b and throughout study duration.
    1. Willing to comply in all aspects of the study, including:

      1. use of IMP from V1b to V5a
      2. attending scheduled visits and completing telephone interviews.
    1. Signed age-appropriate assent form (in participants 12 years of age and older) and written by the LAR in all cases. If a patient turns 18 years old during the clinical trial, a new written informed consent form will be provided and signed by the patient if he/she is willing to continue participating in the study.
    1. Be able to self-administer eye drops satisfactorily or have a caregiver or LAR routinely available for this purpose. If a caregiver or LAR will be in charge of administering eye drops then he/she must attend Visit 1b, in order to be trained for administration of eye drops on-site.
    1. For females of only: willingness to perform pregnancy tests, acceptance to use highly effective methods of throughout the study duration. Highly effective methods of birth control include: combined hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal or transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner (provided that partner is the sole sexual partner of the clinical trial participant and has documentation of azoospermia) or sexual abstinence (if defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the clinical trial treatment). The investigator is responsible for determining whether the subject has adequate birth control for study participation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. History of known or sensitivities to the use of the IMPs or any of their components.
    1. History of intraocular surgery within the previous 2 years before V1a, or planned surgery during study participation and within 2 weeks after follow-up.
    1. History of ocular trauma (within the previous 6 months before V1a).
    1. History or clinical evidence of ocular herpes simplex or ocular herpes zoster infectious disease within the previous year before V1a.
    1. History of any external ocular disease within 30 days before V1a.
    1. Presence of dry eye, active blepharitis, active Meibomian gland dysfunction, active rosacea affecting the ocular surface/ lid margin, active or chronic follicular conjunctivitis, preauricular adenopathy, or any other ocular or periocular abnormality that may affect study outcome at V1a.
    1. Known history of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (idiopathic or secondary to dry eye).
    1. History of treatment failure to topical antihistamines.
    1. Prior (within 2 years before V1a), current or anticipated anti-allergy immunotherapy.
    1. Prior (within 4 weeks before V1a), current or anticipated treatment (systemic or local, in case of depot-corticosteroids: within 6 weeks before V1a).
    1. Prior (within 1 week before V1a), current or anticipated use of any ophthalmic agents (including artificial tears), except IMPs (starting at V1b).
    1. Wearing of contact lenses 24 hours before ophthalmologic tests (V1a) and during clinical trial participation until V6.
    1. Prior (within 2 weeks before V1a), current or anticipated systemic or intranasal treatment for allergic rhinitis.
    1. Persons committed to an institution by virtue of an order issued either by the judicial or other authorities.
    1. Pregnant woman, breastfeeding woman or woman planning a pregnancy.
    1. Body weight below the 5th percentile for their age (patients 10 years of age or younger only).
    1. Patient has received an drug (including investigational vaccines) or used an invasive investigational medical device within 30 days before V1a or is currently enrolled in an investigational interventional study.
    1. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may jeopardise the clinical trial conduct according to the protocol. (For example, evidence of diseases, medications or laboratory abnormalities that could alter the conduct of the study).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

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

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
59 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Bilastine

    Daily instillation of one drop in each eye of Bilastine ophthalmic solution 0.6% for 8 weeks.

    Drug: Bilastine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Daily instillation of one drop in each eye of placebo for 8 weeks.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Ophthalmic solution 0.6%

  • DrugPlacebo

    Ophthalmic solution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of related ocular treatment-emergent adverse events (ocular r-TEAEs)

    It will be reported the incidence of related ocular treatment-emergent adverse events (ocular r-TEAEs) as primary safety endpoint.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    It will be reported the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  2. Incidence of ocular treatment-emergent adverse events (ocular TEAEs)

    It will be reported the incidence of ocular treatment-emergent adverse events (ocular TEAEs)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  3. Incidence of related treatment-emergent adverse events (r-TEAEs)

    It will be reported the incidence of related treatment-emergent adverse events (r-TEAEs)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  4. Incidence of abnormal clinical findings from ophthalmic examinations after instillation of IMP

    It will be reported the incidence of abnormal clinical findings from ophthalmic examinations after instillation of IMP. Ophthalmic examination will consist of: * Best-corrected visual acuity test with age-appropriate techniques * Slit lamp biomicroscopy * Intraocular pressure in children who can cooperate with the test and do not require general anaesthesia * Non-dilated fundus examination

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  5. Mean peak ocular discomfort score after on-site instillation of IMP

    Potential peak ocular discomfort caused by IMPs will be evaluated separately for each eye by the patient, with the aid of LAR if required, immediately upon instillation, on an 11-item numeric rating scale (from 0 to 10), which will include age-appropriate visual scales for children.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  6. Mean ocular burning, stinging, tearing, blurring and stickiness scores after on-site instillation of IMP

    Ocular tolerability (burning, stinging, tearing, blurring, and stickiness) of IMPs will be assessed separately for each eye by the patient with the aid of LAR if required,on an 11-item numeric rating scale (from 0 to 10), which will include age-appropriate visual scales for children.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  7. Absolute value as well as absolute and relative changes from baseline of average daily total eye symptoms score (TESS) over the entire 8-week treatment period

    The total eye symptoms score (TESS) based on the patient's e-diary is defined as the sum of the ocular itching, redness, and tearing scores. For each patient the worst daily sum of ratings will be selected for analysis. Additional exploratory analyses will be performed for each ocular symptom using the mean results of both eyes.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  8. Absolute value as well as absolute and relative changes from baseline of average daily TESS at each week of the 8-week treatment period

    The total eye symptoms score (TESS) based on the patient's e-diary is defined as the sum of the ocular itching, redness, and tearing scores. For each patient the worst daily sum of ratings will be selected for analysis. Additional exploratory analyses will be performed for each ocular symptom using the mean results of both eyes.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  9. Absolute value as well as absolute and relative changes from baseline of average daily itching, redness and tearing scores over the entire 8-week treatment period

    The average value for both eyes in each single symptom score will be used.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  10. Absolute value as well as absolute and relative changes from baseline of average daily itching, redness and tearing scores at each week of the 8-week treatment period

    The average value for both eyes in each single symptom score will be used.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  11. For seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) patients only, the average daily TESS over the 2-week period of peak total eye symptoms score

    For SAC patients, the average daily TESS and single symptom scores over the 2-week period of peak TESS and the 2-week period of peak single symptom scores, respectively, will be analysed using ANOVA.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  12. For seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) patients only, the average daily itching, redness and tearing scores over the 2-week period of peak symptoms score

    For SAC patients,the average daily itching, redness and tearing scores over the 2-week period of peak symptoms scores, respectively, will be analysed using ANOVA.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

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Study locations

18 sites
  • Hospital Universitario de Cruces
    Barakaldo, Bizkaia 48903, Spain
  • Instituto Oftálmologico Quironsalud A Coruña
    A Coruña, Spain
  • Hospital Universitari German Trias i Pujol (HGTiP),
    Badalona, Spain
  • Hospital Universitari Dexeus
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Hospital General La Mancha Centro
    Ciudad Real, Spain
  • Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN)- Sede Madrid
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid
    Madrid, Spain
  • Hospital Quirónsalud Marbella
    Marbella, Spain
  • Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga
    Málaga, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
    Oviedo, Spain
  • Clínica Juaneda
    Palma De Mallorca, Spain
  • Clínica Universidad de Navarra
    Pamplona, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Donostia
    San Sebastián, Spain
  • Hospital de Dia Quirónsalud Ave María
    Sevilla, Spain
  • Hospital Quirón Valencia
    Valencia, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset Aleixandre
    Valencia, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Araba
    Vitoria, Spain
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 16, 2023, 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
NCT04810390
Lead sponsor
Faes Farma, S.A.
Collaborators
Dynamic Science S.L.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 23, 2021
Start date
Mar 26, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2022
Completion
Nov 30, 2022
Last update
Mar 16, 2023

Oversight

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