Efficacy of Ciclesonide vs Placebo Administered as Once Daily or Twice Daily in Patients Not Treated With Inhaled Corticosteroid.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00174720 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 15, 2005
Last Update Posted
: April 8, 2009
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Asthma | Drug: Ciclesonide (XRP1526) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 708 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multinational,Multicenter,Randomized,Double-Blind,Placebo-Controlled,Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Efficacy of Ciclesonide Metered-Dose Inhaler at a Daily Dose of 160 μg Administered Either in a Once-Daily in the Morning Regimen (160 μg qd AM) for 16 Weeks or in a 160 μg qd AM Regimen for 12 Weeks Preceded by a Twice-Daily Regimen (80 μg Bid) for 4 Weeks,or in an 80 μg Bid Regimen for 16 Weeks,in Adults and Adolescents With Mild to Moderate Persistent Asthma Not Treated With Steroids |
Study Start Date : | September 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2007 |

- Change from baseline to Week 16 in FEV1
- Symptom scores, rescue albuterol use and morning peak flow measurements

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females 12 years or older
- History of persistent bronchial asthma for at least 6 months
- Documented use of bronchodilators (short acting only) only or methylxanthines for at least 1 month before screening
- At screening, FEV1 60 to 90% of predicted. Reversibility of FEV1 by at least 12% post-bronchodilator
- Be able to use oral inhalers
- Non-smokers
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of life-threatening asthma
- Other pulmonary diseases
- URI within 4 weeks before screening
- Use of systemic steroids within 6 months before screening. Use of inhaled steroids within 30 days before screening. More than 2 in-patient hospitalizations or ER visits due to asthma exacerbations in the prior year before screening
- Pregnant or breast-feeding females
- Females of child-bearing potential not using adequate means of birth control
- Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurologic, endocrine, or other major systemic disease
- Abnormal clinical laboratory parameters that would limit participation in the study or interfere with interpretation of study results
- History of drug or alcohol abuse
- Treatment with any investigational product within 30 days prior to study entry

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00174720
United States, New Jersey | |
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office | |
Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States, 08807 | |
Brazil | |
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Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
Chile | |
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Santiago, Chile | |
Costa Rica | |
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San José, Costa Rica | |
Estonia | |
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Tallinn, Estonia | |
Israel | |
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office | |
Natanya, Israel | |
Latvia | |
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Riga, Latvia | |
Mexico | |
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Mexico, Mexico | |
Poland | |
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Warszawa, Poland | |
Puerto Rico | |
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Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico | |
Russian Federation | |
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office | |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
Study Director: | ICD CSD | Sanofi |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | ICD Study Director, sanofi-aventis |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00174720 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EFC6164 XRP1526B/3031 |
First Posted: | September 15, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 8, 2009 |
Last Verified: | April 2009 |
Keywords provided by Sanofi:
Glucocorticosteroid. Bronchospasm |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Asthma Bronchial Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases Respiratory Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Hypersensitivity |
Immune System Diseases Ciclesonide Glucocorticoids Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Allergic Agents |