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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01357447
Date of registration: 18/05/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: UConn Health
Public title: Pulmozyme for Sjogren's Associated Cough
Scientific title: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Cross-over Trial of Pulmozyme for Sjogren's Associated Cough
Date of first enrolment: May 2011
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01357447
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Metersky L Mark, MD
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Affiliation:  University of CT Health Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 years or above with primary Sjogren's disease (as defined by the American
European Consensus Group Criteria), and complaint of chronic cough.

- Able to give consent and anticipated ability to adhere to the study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of COPD, emphysema, asthma, chronic bronchitis, other clinically significant
lung disease that is likely to cause cough. Interstitial lung disease associated with
Sjogren's is not excluded.

- Cigarette use of greater than 20 pack years or regular use within 6 months

- Allergy or intolerance to Pulmozyme.

- Acute respiratory infection or other acute respiratory illness during the prior month.

- LCQ greater than 17 and VAS less than 3 cm at baseline (Visit 1).

- Pregnancy or breast feeding.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sjogren's Syndrome
Cough
Intervention(s)
Drug: Saline
Drug: Dornase alfa
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) score and cough visual analog scale. [Time Frame: After 2 weeks of therapy.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine the safety of Pulmozyme, taken twice a day in patients with chronic cough due to Sjogren's disease. [Time Frame: After 2 weeks of therapy.]
To determine the DNA content in sputum from patients with chronic cough due to Sjogren's disease. [Time Frame: At start of study]
Change in spirometry, specifically FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC and FEF 25-75% [Time Frame: After 2 weeeks of therapy]
Secondary ID(s)
11-110-3
002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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