About this trial
An event-driven, Phase III study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BDA MDI compared with AS MDI in reducing the risk of a severe asthma exacerbation in symptomatic Chinese adults with asthma.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Documented physician-diagnosed asthma for at least 12 months prior to Visit 1
Receiving 1 of the scheduled asthma maintenance therapies for 3 months with stable dosing for at least the last 4 weeks before Visit 1
Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 of ≥ 40% to < 90% predicted normal value for adults.
Documented reversibility to albuterol
Disqualifiers
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or other significant lung disease
Oral/SCS use (any dose) within 6 weeks before Visit 1
Chronic use of OCS ≥ 3 weeks use in 3 months prior to Visit 1
Having received any marketed or investigational biologic within 3 months or 5 half-lives before Visit 1, whichever is longer, or any other prohibited medication
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Budesonide/Albuterol metered dose inhaler, MDI
Combination productCombination Product (Drug + Device)
Albuterol sulfate metered dose inhaler, MDI
Combination productCombination Product (Drug + Device)
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Time to first severe asthma exacerbation
The efficacy of BDA MDI administered as needed compared with AS MDI on severe asthma exacerbation risk over the 24 to 52 week treatment period.
Secondary outcomes
Severe asthma exacerbation rate (annualized)
The efficacy of BDA MDI administered as needed compared with AS MDI on severe asthma exacerbations and SCS exposure
Total SCS exposure over the treatment period
The efficacy of BDA MDI administered as needed compared with AS MDI on severe asthma exacerbations and SCS exposure
ACQ-5 responder (≥ 0.5 decrease)
The effect of BDA MDI administered as needed compared with AS MDI on PROs at Week 24
AQLQ+12 responder (≥ 0.5 increase)
The effect of BDA MDI administered as needed compared with AS MDI on PROs at Week 24
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