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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00404261
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/11/2006
Date registered
28/11/2006
Date last updated
18/10/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Evaluation Of Patient Satisfaction Of Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) With Counter In Asthmatics And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients (COPD).
Scientific title
An Open Label, Multicentre Study to Evaluate Patient Satisfaction With Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA MDI With Counter in Adult Subjects (18 Years of Age and Older) With Asthma or COPD.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
108835
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Asthma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Asthma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA

Other: Arm 1 - Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA MDI without counter

Other: Arm 2 - Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA MDI with counter


Treatment: Drugs: Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA
Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA, 2 puffs twice daily
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Patient satisfaction questionnaires administered at baseline and at the end of treatment (day 30).
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 30
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Healthcare professional satisfaction questionnaires administered at baseline and at the end of treatment (day 30) Patient compliance as measured by the device counter readings at the end of treatment (day 30), compared to the baseline reading.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 30
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Healthcare professional satisfaction questionnaires Patient Compliance Safety Evaluations: adverse events
Timepoint [2] 0 0
8 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Outpatient

- Documented physician diagnosis of asthma or COPD

- Requires use of a controller and long acting beta 2 agonist

- Ability to provided written informed consent
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Patients with life threatening asthma or COPD

- Historical or current evidence of significant diseases

- Immediate or delayed hypersensitivity to inhaled short acting beta2agonist or
sympathomimetic drug or any component of the MDI formulation

- History of drug or alcohol abuse Abnormal chest x ray not consistent with asthma or
COPD

- Use of supplemental oxygen; systemic corticosteroids; short acting beta2agonists other
than VENTOLIN HFA; antibiotics for respiratory infections; anti-arrhythmics;
anticonvulsants; central nervous system stimulants; tricyclic antidepressants and
monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 4
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2007
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
132
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
GSK Investigational Site - Auchenflower
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
GSK Investigational Site - Caboolture
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
GSK Investigational Site - Kippa Ring
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
GSK Investigational Site - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
4066 - Auchenflower
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
4510 - Caboolture
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
4021 - Kippa Ring
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
6000 - Perth

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
GlaxoSmithKline
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of satisfaction experienced by asthma or
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients when using the Fluticasone/Salmeterol
HFA Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) with counter, as compared to using Fluticasone/Salmeterol HFA
MDI without counter.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00404261
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
GSK Clinical Trials
Address 0 0
GlaxoSmithKline
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00404261