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Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol for Asthma

A Phase 3 interventional study of Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol and FOSTER® in Asthma (Diagnosis), sponsored by Lunan Better Pharmaceutical Co., LTD.. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-17.

Sponsored by Lunan Better Pharmaceutical Co., LTD. (part of Lunan Pharmaceutical Group) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2026; still recruiting 5 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
416
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, parallel-group Phase III clinical study comparing the efficacy and safety of Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol versus FOSTER® in patients with asthma. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of the Beclomethasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Fumarate inhalation aerosol (manufactured by Lunan Better Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) with FOSTER® in the treatment of patients with asthma.

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma (Diagnosis)

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In context

Asthma

4,841 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 600 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 416 is above the median of 78 across 3,341 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.

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Lead sponsor

Lunan Better Pharmaceutical Co., LTD. is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female aged ≥18 and ≤75 years.
  2. Clinically diagnosed with bronchial asthma for at least 3 months at screening (with traceable diagnostic evidence and medical records), and the diagnosis has been confirmed according to the Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Bronchial Asthma, meeting the following criteria:

    a) Positive objective test for variable airflow limitation (i.e., meeting any one of the following): (i) Positive bronchodilator reversibility test (i.e., an increase in of ≥12% and an absolute increase of ≥200 mL from pre-bronchodilator values after inhalation of a bronchodilator; or an increase in FEV₁ of ≥12% and an absolute increase of ≥200 mL from baseline after 4 weeks of anti-inflammatory therapy with an inhaled , excluding respiratory tract infections); or (ii) Positive bronchial provocation test: commonly using methacholine or histamine as the inhaled provocative agent, with a positive result defined as a ≥20% decrease in FEV₁ after inhalation, indicating airway hyperresponsiveness. (A positive result from any confirmed objective test for variable airflow limitation performed within 1 year prior to signing the ICF is acceptable; if not available, a positive bronchial provocation or bronchodilator reversibility test must be met at screening.) b) Pulmonary function test: FEV₁ ≥40% of predicted value.

  3. Within at least 4 weeks prior to signing the ICF, the subject has been on a stable daily dose of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) with "as-needed" short-acting β₂-agonist (SABA) use but asthma is not well controlled (ACQ-5 ≥1.00), OR has been on a stable daily dose of an ICS plus a long-acting β₂-agonist (LABA) and asthma is well controlled (ACQ-5 \<1.00).
  4. Subjects who use SABA or other reliever medications as needed before screening may be enrolled only if the investigator assesses that they can be switched to the unified rescue medication provided in this study.
  5. Willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements and the investigator's instructions for pulmonary function tests, and, after training, able to correctly use the pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI), peak flow meter, and complete the diary card records.
  6. Willing to voluntarily participate in this study and sign the form after full informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have intermittent asthma or asthma that occurs only upon occasional exposure to allergens or chemical sensitizers.
  2. Have a history of life-threatening asthma (e.g., brittle asthma, admission to the intensive care unit due to an acute asthma exacerbation) within 1 year prior to screening.
  3. Have other respiratory system diseases, including but not limited to allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), active tuberculosis, pneumonia, pneumothorax, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, atelectasis, (COPD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia, chronic bronchitis, or other significant pulmonary abnormalities other than asthma (such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, or alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency), and are considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in this clinical study.
  4. Have a respiratory tract infection of non-viral etiology, sinusitis, or otitis media within 4 weeks prior to screening.
  5. Have a history of severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, such as congestive heart failure of (NYHA) class ≥II, unstable angina, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, etc., within 6 months prior to screening; have a prolonged (QTc >450 ms for males or >470 ms for females, corrected using Fridericia's formula) or have abnormalities that are assessed by the investigator as clinically significant and requiring pharmacological treatment; or have poorly controlled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg after adequate treatment).
  6. Have oral candidiasis identified at screening.
  7. Have laboratory test results meeting any of the following criteria: Liver function: (ALT) >2× and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >2×ULN, and total (TBIL) >2×ULN; Renal function: serum creatinine >1.5×ULN; Fasting blood glucose >10 mmol/L or (HbA1c) ≥8.0%; Serum potassium \<3.5 mmol/L.
  8. Have received biological targeted therapy (including anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies such as omalizumab, anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibodies such as mepolizumab, anti-IL-5 receptor monoclonal antibodies such as benralizumab, or anti-IL-4 receptor monoclonal antibodies such as dupilumab) within 5 half-lives prior to entry into the run-in period.
  9. Have experienced an asthma exacerbation requiring systemic treatment or have required oral corticosteroid therapy within 4 weeks prior to screening, or have other diseases that require long-term oral or intravenous corticosteroid therapy.
  10. Have used beta-blockers (including eye drops), quinidine, disopyramide, procainamide, phenothiazines, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tricyclic antidepressants, or any other medications that may prolong the QTc interval and increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias within 4 weeks prior to screening.
  11. Have a history of drug abuse or alcohol abuse within 1 year prior to screening.
  12. Are current smokers; have a smoking history of ≥10 pack-years (1 pack = 20 cigarettes); for those with a smoking history of \<10 pack-years, they must have stopped smoking for at least 6 months to be eligible for the study.
  13. Have received treatment with any other drug or device in another clinical trial within 3 months prior to screening.
  14. Have a known intolerance to or to beta₂-agonists and/or inhaled corticosteroids, or are allergic to any component of the investigational products.
  15. Are pregnant or breastfeeding; or are women of , or male subjects with partners of childbearing potential, who do not agree to use medically recognized effective measures (such as an intrauterine device or condom) during the study and for 6 months after the last dose of the investigational product.
  16. Meet any of the following conditions prior to randomization:

    1. Run-in period compliance \<80% or >120%;
    2. Have an asthma exacerbation during the run-in period (including asthma-related serious adverse events, asthma worsening leading to hospitalization or emergency treatment, unscheduled visits resulting in changes in treatment, etc.);
    3. Are considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for randomization.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(16)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

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.

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.

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.

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.

COPD

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

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

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.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
416 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol

    Each canister contains 120 actuations. Each actuation delivers 100 μg of beclomethasone dipropionate and 6 μg of formoterol fumarate.

    Drug: Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol

  • Active comparator
    FOSTER®

    Each canister contains 120 actuations. Each actuation delivers 100 μg of beclomethasone dipropionate and 6 μg of formoterol fumarate.

    Drug: FOSTER®

Interventions

  • DrugBeclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol

    Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol was administered by oral inhalation at a dose of 2 actuations twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 consecutive weeks.

  • DrugFOSTER®

    Beclometasone Dipropionate and Formoterol Inhalation Aerosol was administered by oral inhalation at a dose of 2 actuations twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 consecutive weeks.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) at Week 4

    Absolute change in FEV1 (in liters) from baseline to Week 4, measured by spirometry.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 4.(at the end of the 4-week treatment period)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in mean daily diurnal variability of peak expiratory flow (PEF)

    Change from baseline in mean daily diurnal variability rate of peak expiratory flow (PEF) at the end of the 2-week and 4-week treatment periods.(Unit: %; Time points: Baseline to Week 2; Baseline to Week 4.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2; Baseline to Week 4.

  2. Change from baseline in trough (pre-dose) FEV1 at Week 2

    Change from baseline in pre-dose forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) at Week 2, measured at the end of the 2-week treatment period prior to the next inhalation.Unit: L; Time Frame: Baseline to Week 2 (assessed immediately before the scheduled dose at the end of Week 2).

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2 (assessed immediately before the scheduled dose at the end of Week 2

  3. Change from baseline in forced vital capacity (FVC) at Weeks 2 and 4 (end of treatment)

    Liters (L)

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2 and Week 4 (assessed at the end of each treatment period)

  4. Change from baseline in FEV1/FVC ratio at Weeks 2 and 4 (end of treatment)

    Percentage (%)

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2 and Week 4 (assessed at the end of each treatment period)

  5. Change from baseline in maximum mid-expiratory flow (MMEF), also known as forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vital capacity (FEF25%-75%), at Weeks 2 and 4 (end of treatment)

    Liters per second (L/s)

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2 and Week 4 (assessed at the end of each treatment period)

  6. Change from baseline in Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ-5) score at Weeks 2 and 4

    Change from baseline in the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ-5) score at Week 2 and Week 4. The ACQ-5 is a 5-item questionnaire with a total score ranging from 0 to 6 (mean of items), where higher scores indicate poorer asthma control.(Unit: Score on a 0-6 scale). Change from baseline in ACQ-5 score at Week 2 (Time Frame: Baseline to Week 2);Change from baseline in ACQ-5 score at Week 4 (Time Frame: Baseline to Week 4).

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2; Baseline to Week 4.

  7. Change from baseline in Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score at Weeks 2 and 4

    Change from baseline in the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score at Week 2 and Week 4. The AQLQ is a 35-item questionnaire with a total score ranging from 1 to 5 (mean of all items), where higher scores indicate better quality of life.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2; Baseline to Week 4

  8. Number of asthma exacerbations during the treatment period up to Weeks 2 and 4

    An asthma exacerbation is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following: (1) asthma-related serious adverse events (SAEs); (2) hospitalization or emergency department visit due to worsening of asthma; (3) need for a course of systemic corticosteroids (oral or injectable) for ≥3 days due to asthma worsening; (4) unscheduled visit leading to a change in therapy; or (5) withdrawal from the study due to lack of efficacy or requirement for a change in asthma medication. The cumulative number of exacerbations per patient will be recorded over the 2-week and 4-week treatment periods.Unit of Measure: Counts (number of events)

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2, and Baseline to Week 4 (cumulative, assessed at the end of each treatment period)

  9. Proportion of patients with at least one asthma exacerbation during the treatment period up to Weeks 2 and 4

    Unit of Measure: Percentage (%). An asthma exacerbation is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following: (1) asthma-related serious adverse events (SAEs); (2) hospitalization or emergency department visit due to worsening of asthma; (3) need for a course of systemic corticosteroids (oral or injectable) for ≥3 days due to asthma worsening; (4) unscheduled visit leading to a change in therapy; or (5) withdrawal from the study due to lack of efficacy or requirement for a change in asthma medication. The proportion of patients experiencing at least one exacerbation will be calculated over the 2-week and 4-week treatment periods.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 2, and Baseline to Week 4 (cumulative, assessed at the end of each treatment period)

  10. Rescue medication use during the treatment period

    Time frame: at Weeks 2 and 4

  11. During the study period, monitor and record laboratory tests, ECGs, vital signs, and physical examinations; evaluate the type, incidence, severity, duration, and relationship to the investigational product of AEs and SAEs.

    Time frame: during the study period

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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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

Started Jun 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2028, 24 months after the start.

Of 173 industry-sponsored phase 3 interventional studies under Asthma, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 41. This study's planned 24 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 205 studies reached it within 27 months; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 42.

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

Registered
Jul 21, 2026
First posted
Aug 17, 2026
StartActual
Jun 8, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Jun 2028
CompletionEst.
Jun 2028
Last update
Aug 17, 2026
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 Aug 17, 2026, 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
NCT07768891
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 17, 2026
Start date
Jun 8, 2026
Primary completion
Jun 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 17, 2026

Study contacts

Mei Ling Jin
Contact
MLjin118@163.com
021-31587861
Zhenju Song
Contact
Song.zhenju@zs-hospital.sh.cn
021-31587861

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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