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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02449473
Date of registration: 18/05/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: AstraZeneca
Public title: Study to Evaluate Efficacy & Safety of Tralokinumab in Subjects With Asthma Inadequately Controlled on Corticosteroids MESOS
Scientific title: A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled, 12-Week, Ph 2 Study to Evaluate the Effect of Tralokinumab on Airway Inflammation in Adults With Asthma Inadequately Controlled on Inhaled Corticosteroid (MESOS)
Date of first enrolment: September 29, 2015
Target sample size: 79
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02449473
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Canada Denmark United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Christopher Brightling, MD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Institute for Lung Health, United Kingdom
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 to 75 years

2. Documented physician-diagnosed asthma for at least 12 months prior to enrolment (v1)

3. Documented treatment with an asthma controller regimen requiring treatment with ICS
(minimum dose of = 250 ug fluticasone propionate via dry powder inhaler equivalents
total daily dose) alone or in combination = 6 months and that has been taken at a
stable dose for at least 1 month prior to enrolment (v1)

4. Additional maintenance asthma controller medications must be given at a stable dose
for at least 1 month prior to v1.

5. At enrolment (v1) the subject must have a predicted normal value (PNV) for the
pre-bronchodilator (BD) FEV1>50% and more than 1L.

6. Post-BD reversibility in FEV1 of =12% and =200 mL at enrolment (v1).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or
other clinically significant lung disease other than asthma.

2. History of anaphylaxis following any biologic therapy.

3. Hepatitis B, C or HIV

4. Pregnant or breastfeeding

5. History of cancer

6. Current tobacco smoking or a history of tobacco smoking for >10 pack-years.

7. Previous receipt of tralokinumab



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Asthma
Intervention(s)
Biological: Tralokinumab
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Change From Baseline to Week 12, Expressed as a Ratio, in Number of Airway Submucosal Eosinophils [Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0) and Week 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change From Baseline to Week 12, Expressed as a Ratio, in Blood Free Eosinophil Cationic Protein (ECP) Concentrations [Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0) and Week 12]
Change From Baseline to Week 12, Expressed as a Ratio, in Number of Differential Sputum Eosinophils [Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0) and Week 12]
Change From Baseline to Week 12, Expressed as a Ratio, in Number of Blood Eosinophils [Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0) and Week 12]
Change From Baseline to Week 12, Expressed as a Ratio, in Sputum Free ECP Concentrations [Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0) and Week 12]
Secondary ID(s)
D2210C00014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 08/01/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02449473
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