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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00455130
Date of registration: 02/04/2007
Primary sponsor: Pharmaxis
Public title: A Phase 2 Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Inhaled Dry Powder Mannitol in Cystic Fibrosis
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: March 2004
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00455130
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Australia New Zealand
Contacts
Name:   Brett Charlton
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Pharmaxis
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Confirmed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (sweat test/genotype)

2. Aged 8 years or older

3. Have FEV1 between 40% and 80% of predicted for height, age and gender OR a decrease
in FEV1 of 20% or more than that recorded 6-12 months previously.

4. As determined by the investigator, are capable and willing to

- Use the study diary as required for this protocol

- Able to perform all of the techniques necessary to measure lung function

- Able to administer the dry powder mannitol

5. Are capable of and have given informed consent

6. Clinically stable at study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Investigators, site personnel directly affiliated with this study, and their
immediate families.

2. Subjects under the age of 8 years.

3. Subjects with currently active asthma

4. Subjects using hypertonic saline treatment in the last 2 weeks

5. Considered "terminally ill" or listed for transplantation

6. Requiring home oxygen or assisted ventilation

7. Colonisation with Burkholderia cepacia

8. Significant episode of hemoptysis (>60 mls) in the previous 12 months

9. Myocardial Infarction in the six months prior to enrolment.

10. Cerebral Vascular Accident in the six months prior to enrolment.

11. Ocular surgery in the three months prior to enrolment.

12. Abdominal surgery in the three months prior to enrolment.

13. Subjects who are breast feeding or pregnant.

14. Female subjects of reproductive capability, not using a reliable form of
contraception

15. Inability to obtain informed consent from the subject or subject's authorised
representative.

16. Subjects who have participated in another investigative drug study parallel to, or
within 4 weeks of study entry.

17. Known intolerance to mannitol or beta2 agonists.

18. Uncontrolled hypertension - systolic BP > 160 and or diastoli



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cystic Fibrosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Inhaled mannitol
Primary Outcome(s)
FEV1
Secondary Outcome(s)
Other measures of lung function
Quality of life
Safety
Sputum microbiology
Sputum rheology
Secondary ID(s)
DPM-CF-201
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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