A Study to Evaluate the Effect of the Combination of Umeclidinium (UMEC) and Vilanterol (VI) on Exercise Endurance Time (EET) in Participants With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Treatments: Drug: Albuterol/salbutamol MDI; Drug: UMEC/VI DPI; Drug: Placebo DPI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02275052

201317

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2-period, complete block design cross-over study.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of UMEC/VI 62.5/25 microgram (mcg) on EET as measured by the Endurance Shuttle Walk Test (ESWT) compared to placebo. Additionally, the effect of UMEC/VI compared to placebo on lung function and lung volumes in COPD patients will be characterized.

Approximately 298 participants will be screened and, assuming 35% of these will not be eligible for randomization; approximately 194 participants will be randomized.

Eligible participants will be randomized 1:1 to one of 2 treatment sequences. In sequence 1 participants will receive UMEC/VI 62.5/25 mcg in Treatment Period 1 and placebo in Treatment Period 2. In sequence 2 participants will receive placebo in Treatment Period 1 and UMEC/VI 62.5/25 mcg in Treatment Period 2. Treatments will be delivered once-daily via a dry powder inhaler (DPI). Each treatment period will be for 12 weeks and will be separated by a wash out period of 12-17 days. The total duration of patient participation, including the Follow-Up will be approximately 30 weeks. All participants will be provided with albuterol for use on an "as needed (prn)" basis throughout the run-in, washout and study treatment periods while on investigational product.

Enrollment: 198 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type of participant: Outpatient.
• Informed Consent: A signed and dated written informed consent prior to study participation.
• Age: 40 years of age or older at Visit 1.
• Gender: Male or female participants. A female is eligible to enter and participate in the study if she is of: Non-child bearing potential (i.e. physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant, including any female who is post-menopausal or surgically sterile). Surgically sterile females are defined as those with a documented hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy or tubal ligation. Post-menopausal females are defined as being amenorrhoeic for greater than 1 year with an appropriate clinical profile, e.g. age appropriate, >45 years, in the absence of hormone replacement therapy. OR Child bearing potential, has a negative pregnancy test at screening, and agrees to one of the following acceptable contraceptive methods used consistently and correctly (i.e. in accordance with the approved product label and the instructions of the physician for the duration of the study - screening to follow-up contact): Abstinence; Oral Contraceptive, either combined or progestogen alone; Injectable progestogen; Implants of levonorgestrel; Estrogenic vaginal ring; Percutaneous contraceptive patches; Intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) that meets the standard operating procedures (SOP); effectiveness criteria as stated in the product label; Male partner sterilization (vasectomy with documentation of azoospermia) prior to the female participant's entry into the study, and this male is the sole partner for that subject. For this definition, "documented" refers to the outcome of the investigator's/designee's medical examination of the participant or review of the participant's medical history for study eligibility, as obtained via a verbal interview with the participant or from the participant's medical records; Double barrier method: condom and an occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with a vaginal spermicidal agent (foam/gel/film/cream/suppository)
• Diagnosis: A diagnosis of COPD in accordance with the definition by the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society
• Smoking History: Current or former cigarette smokers with a history of cigarette smoking of >=10 pack-years (number of pack years =[number of cigarettes per day /20] x number of years smoked [e.g., 20 cigarettes per day for 10 years, or 10 cigarettes per day for 20 years]). Former smokers are defined as those who have stopped smoking for at least 6 months prior to Visit 1.
• Severity of Disease: A pre- and post-albuterol Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second/Forced Vital Capacity (FEV1/FVC) ratio of <0.70 and a postalbuterol FEV1 of >=30% and <=70% of predicted normal values
• Dyspnea: A score of >=2 on the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale (mMRC) at Visit 1.
• Resting Lung Volumes: A resting FRC of >=120% of predicted normal FRC at Visit 1. Predicted values for FRC will be obtained using predicted normal values

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy: Women who are pregnant or lactating or are planning on becoming pregnant during the study.
• Asthma: A current diagnosis of asthma.
• Other Respiratory Disorders Known alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, active lung infections (such as tuberculosis), and lung cancer in remission for <5 years are absolute exclusionary conditions. A participant who, in the opinion of the investigator, has any other significant respiratory conditions in addition to COPD should be excluded. Examples may include clinically significant bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension, sarcoidosis, or interstitial lung disease. Allergic rhinitis is not exclusionary.
• Other Diseases/Abnormalities: Any participant who is considered unlikely to survive the duration of the study period or has any rapidly progressing disease or immediate life-threatening illness (e.g. cancer). In addition, any participant who has any condition besides COPD that is likely to affect respiratory function or the ability to perform exercise testing such as peripheral vascular disease should not be included in the study.
• Severe Hepatic Impairment: Patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C) should be excluded unless, in the opinion of the investigator, the benefit is likely to outweigh the risk.
• Unstable or life threatening cardiac disease: Umeclidinium/vilanterol should be used with caution in participants with severe cardiovascular disease. In the opinion of the investigator, use should only be considered if the benefit is likely to outweigh the risk in conditions such as: Myocardial infarction or unstable angina in the last 6 months; Unstable or life threatening cardiac arrhythmia requiring intervention in the last 3 months; New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV heart failure
• Contraindications: Any history of allergy or hypersensitivity to any anticholinergic/muscarinic receptor antagonist, beta2-agonist, sympathomimetic, lactose/milk protein or magnesium stearate.
• Antimuscarinic effects: Participants with medical conditions such as narrow-angle glaucoma, urinary retention, prostatic hypertrophy, or bladder neck obstruction should only be included if, in the opinion of the study physician, the benefit outweighs the risk.
• Hospitalization: Hospitalization for COPD or pneumonia within 12 weeks prior to Visit 1
• Lung Resection: Participants with lung volume reduction surgery within the 12 months prior to Screening (Visit 1).
• 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG): Investigators will be provided with ECG reviews conducted by a centralized independent cardiologist to assist in evaluation of participant eligibility. The Investigator will determine the clinical significance of each abnormal ECG finding in relation to the participant's medical history and exclude participants who would be at undue risk by participating in the trial. Participants with the following abnormalities are excluded from participation in the study: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate >120 beats per minute (bpm); Sustained or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; Second degree heart block Mobitz type II and third degree heart block (unless pacemaker or defibrillator had been inserted)
• Medication Prior to Spirometry: Unable to withhold albuterol for the 4 hour period required prior to spirometry testing at each study visit
• Interactions: Concomitant administration with beta-blockers or strong Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors is only permitted if, in the Investigator's opinion, the likely benefit outweighs the potential risk
• Medications prior to Screening: Use of the following medications according to the following defined time intervals prior to Visit 1: Depot corticosteroids (12 weeks), systemic, oral or parenteral corticosteroids (Intra-articular and epidural corticosteroid injections are permitted) (6 weeks), antibiotics (for lower respiratory tract infection and/or COPD exacerbation) (6 weeks), long-acting beta agonist (LABA)/ inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) combination products if LABA/ICS therapy is discontinued completely (30 days), LABA/ICS combination products only if discontinuing LABA therapy and switching to ICS monotherapy (dose of ICS that is switched to must not exceed 1000mcg of fluticasone propionate or equivalent) (48 hours for the salmeterol or formoterol component 14 days for the vilanterol component), use of ICS at a dose >1000 microgram (mcg)/day of fluticasone propionate or equivalent (Use of ICS is permitted provided the dose does not exceed 1000mcg of fluticasone propionate or equivalent; ICS use not to be initiated or discontinued within 30 days prior to Visit 1 except for participants on LABA/ICS therapy who may discontinue LABA/ICS therapy as indicated and switch to ICS monotherapy) (30 days), initiation or discontinuation of ICS use (30 days), Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor (roflumilast) (14 days), Inhaled long acting beta2 agonists (LABA): salmeterol, formoterol (48 hours); olodaterol, indacaterol (14 days), Long-acting muscarinic antagonists (tiotropium, aclidinium, glycopyrronium, umeclidinium) (7 days), LAMA/LABA combination products (whichever mono component has the longest washout), theophyllines (48 hours), oral beta2-agonists (long-acting [48 hours], short-acting [12 hours]), inhaled short acting beta2-agonists (study provided prn albuterol/ is permitted during the study, except in the 4-hour period prior to spirometry testing) (4 hours), inhaled short-acting anticholinergics (permitted during the run-in period between Visits 1 and 4 and washout period between Visits 7 and 9. Participants must discontinue use of short-acting anticholinergics at least 4 hours before Visit 4 and Visit 9. Participants should not use short acting anticholinergics during the double-blind treatment periods) (4 hours), inhaled short-acting anticholinergic/short-acting beta2-agonist combination products (4 hours), and any other investigational medication (30 days or within 5 drug half-lives [whichever is longer])
• Oxygen: Use of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) described as oxygen therapy prescribed for greater than 12 hours a day. As-needed oxygen use (i.e., <=12 hours per day) is not exclusionary.
• Nebulized Therapy: Regular use (prescribed for use every day, not for as-needed use) of short-acting bronchodilators (e.g., albuterol) via nebulized therapy
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program: Participation in the acute phase of a pulmonary rehabilitation program within 4 weeks prior to Visit 1. Participants who are in the maintenance phase of a pulmonary rehabilitation program are not excluded.
• Drug or Alcohol Abuse: A known or suspected history of alcohol or drug abuse within 2 years prior to Visit 1.
• Affiliation with Investigator Site: Is an investigator, sub-investigator, study coordinator, employee of a participating investigator or study site, or immediate family member of the aforementioned that is involved in this study.
• Inability to read: In the opinion of the Investigator, any participant who is unable to read and/or would not be able to complete a questionnaire
• Participation in Previous Exercise Studies: Participants who have previously been assigned a participant number (enrolled) in GlaxoSmithKline studies DB2114417 or DB2114418.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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198 participants in 2 patient groups

UMEC/VI 62.5/25mcg

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will self-administer blinded UMEC/VI (62.5 mcg/25 mcg) each morning (once daily) as one inhalation from the double-blind DPI in one of the 2 treatment periods of 12 weeks. The treatment periods will be separated by a wash out period of 12-17 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Albuterol/salbutamol MDI

Drug: UMEC/VI DPI

Placebo

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will self-administer blinded placebo each morning (once daily) as one inhalation from the double-blind DPI in one of the 2 treatment periods of 12 weeks. The treatment periods will be separated by a wash out period of 12-17 days

Treatment:

Drug: Albuterol/salbutamol MDI

Drug: Placebo DPI