Efficacy of Azelastine and Mometasone Irrigation in Comparison to Nasal Sprays in Patients With Chronic Rhinitis

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 4

Conditions: Chronic Rhinitis

Treatments: Drug: Azelastine (137 mcg/spray) Nasal Spray and Mometasone (50 mcg/spray) Nasal Spray; Drug: Mometasone Nasal Irrigation (1 mg capsule); Drug: Mometasone (1 mg) and Azelastine (1 mg) Nasal Irrigation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05626621

EH22-362

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the best combination of drugs and drug delivery routes to treat surgically naive chronic rhinitis patients. The main question it aims to answer is:

Do high volume, high pressure delivery mechanisms in nasal irrigation improve the efficacy of azelastine combined with nasal steroid mometasone as compared to the standard low pressure, low volume delivery mechanisms in nasal sprays?

Subjects will complete six months of one of three medication regimens:

1. Saline irrigation followed by azelastine spray and mometasone spray
2. Mometasone saline irrigation
3. Azelastine saline irrigation combined with mometasone saline irrigation.

Full description

The purpose of this research is to determine whether patients with chronic rhinitis treated with mometasone and azelastine irrigations will show significant clinical improvement when compared to patients treated with mometasone and azelastine nasal sprays, and also compared to nasal irrigation with mometasone alone. Patients with chronic rhinitis require lifelong treatment options that are safe yet efficacious. Topical therapies, such as antihistamine sprays and steroid sprays as well as saline irrigations, are appropriate options as they offer symptom control without the side effects often seen in antibiotics. Azelastine and mometasone are FDA approved medications for the treatment of chronic rhinitis. Using these drugs in an off-label format in the form of irrigations rather than sprays is standard of care in rhinology. Prior studies suggest irrigation may be better than spray for topical mometasone, but more data is needed to establish the same for the combination of mometasone and azelastine. Eligible patients who are enrolled in the study will be randomized and will complete six months of one of three medication regimens. Subjects will come back to the office for three follow up visits at 4, 12, and 24 weeks after the treatment, where they will have a basic nasal endoscopy performed and be asked to complete a questionnaire about their nasal blockage symptoms.

Enrollment: 81 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults 18 years and older seeking treatment for chronic rhinitis and willing to undergo six months of topical therapy.
• Diagnosis of Chronic Rhinitis.

Exclusion criteria

• The patient has diagnosis(es) other than chronic rhinitis that can account for his/her symptoms (septal deviation, nasal valve collapse, chronic sinusitis).
• Use of oral antihistamines or oral steroids, unless patient undergoes a 4 week washout period.
• Smokers (tobacco, marijuana, vaping, etc.).
• Known or suspected pregnancy, or lactation.
• Other medical conditions that the investigator believed would confound the study.
• Allergy to study drugs.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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81 participants in 3 patient groups

Azelastine and Mometasone Nasal Spray

Active Comparator group

Description:

The study intervention will be saline irrigation (240 mL) followed by azelastine spray (137 mcg/spray) and mometasone spray (50 mcg/spray). Participants will have to dissolve the salt packet in a 240 mL sinus rinse bottle to create the saline solution. All participants will be instructed to perform the following twice a day: irrigation of right and left nasal cavity with half of the saline solution for each side followed by 2 sprays per nostril of both of the nasal sprays.

Treatment:

Drug: Azelastine (137 mcg/spray) Nasal Spray and Mometasone (50 mcg/spray) Nasal Spray

Mometasone Nasal Irrigation

Experimental group

Description:

The study intervention will be mometasone (1 mg/capsule). Participants will be required to dissolve the contents of the capsule into a 240 mL sinus rinse bottle along with the salt packet to create the rinse solution. All participants will be instructed to perform the following twice a day: irrigation of right and left nasal cavity with half of the rinse solution for each side.

Treatment:

Drug: Mometasone Nasal Irrigation (1 mg capsule)

Azelastine and Mometasone Nasal Irrigation

Experimental group

Description:

The study intervention will be azelastine (1mg) and mometasone (1 mg). The azelastine and mometasone will be provided in one capsule identical to the mometasone capsule. Participants will be required to dissolve the contents of the capsule into a 240 mL sinus rinse bottle along with the salt packet to create the rinse solution. All participants will be instructed to perform the following twice a day: irrigation of right and left nasal cavity with half of the rinse solution for each side.

Treatment:

Drug: Mometasone (1 mg) and Azelastine (1 mg) Nasal Irrigation