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Cystic FibrosisISISNCT00709280

Infant Study of Inhaled Saline in Cystic Fibrosis

A study testing 7% Hypertonic Saline (HS) and 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS) in people with Cystic Fibrosis, run by CF Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center at 30 sites in 2 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether 7% hypertonic saline (HS) is an effective and safe therapy in infants and young children with CF. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 4 to 59 months
Conditions the study is for
Cystic Fibrosis
What is being tested?
7% Hypertonic Saline (HS) and 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
321 participants
Where
30 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Apr 2009to Nov 2011
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 4 to 59 months
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosis of CF by newborn screening or at least one clinical feature of CF, AND either: (a) A documented sweat chloride ≥ 60 mEq/L by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis or (b) A genotype with two identifiable CF-causing mutations
  • Informed consent by parent or legal guardian
  • Age 4 months to < 60 months at Enrollment visit. If participating in Infant Pulmonary Function testing (selected sites), age 4 months to < 16 months at Enrollment visit.
  • Ability to comply with medication use, study visits, and study procedures as judged by the site investigator

Who cannot join

  • Acute intercurrent respiratory infection, defined as an increase in cough, wheezing, or respiratory rate with onset in 1 week preceding Enrollment visit
  • Acute wheezing at Enrollment visit (prior to HS test dose), or at Infant PFT visit (prior to infant pulmonary function testing), as applicable
  • Oxygen saturation < 95% (< 90% in centers located above 4000 feet elevation) at Enrollment visit (prior to HS test dose) or at Infant PFT visit (prior to infant pulmonary function testing), as applicable
  • Other major organ dysfunction, excluding pancreatic dysfunction
  • Physical findings that would compromise the safety of the subject or the quality of the study data as determined by the site investigator
  • Investigational drug use within 30 days prior to Enrollment visit, or within 30 days prior to Infant PFT visit as applicable
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  • Treatment with inhaled hypertonic saline at any concentration within 30 days of Enrollment visit, or within 30 days prior to Infant PFT visit as applicable
  • Chronic lung disease not related to CF
  • Intolerance of test dose of HS at Enrollment visit
  • A sibling that has been randomized and is still enrolled in ISIS002
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for Participation in Infant Pulmonary Function Testing:
  • History of adverse reaction to sedation
  • Clinically significant upper airway obstruction as determined by the Site Investigator (e.g. severe laryngomalacia, markedly enlarged tonsils, significant snoring, diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea)
  • Severe gastroesophageal reflux, defined as persistent frequent emesis despite anti-reflux therapy
  • Acute intercurrent respiratory infection, defined as an increase in cough, wheezing, or respiratory rate with onset in 2 weeks preceding visit

Trial locations and contacts

30 sites in 2 countries.

30 sites in 2 countries

United States28 sites
  • University of Michigan / C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

  • The Children's Hospital

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • Johns Hopkins University / Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233

  • Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, New York, 14222

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599

  • University of Virginia - Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908

  • Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60614

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital, Pulmonary Division

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205

  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242

  • University of Louisville

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404

  • University of Nebraska

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198

  • Stanford University / Lucile S. Packard Children's Hospital

    Palo Alto, California, 94304

  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15201

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108

  • Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98105

  • Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63104

  • Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

  • SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

Other trials in United States

Canada2 sites
  • Hospital For Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8

  • BC Children's Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4

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About this study

The purpose of this study is to assess whether 7% hypertonic saline (HS) is an effective and safe therapy in infants and young children with CF.

Read the detailed description

A growing body of evidence supports the importance of intervention in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) lung disease during infancy and early childhood, in order to potentially delay or prevent irreversible lung disease. Yet, aside from antimicrobial therapies, the CF community has no clinical trial evidence base with which to guide pulmonary therapies in children <6 years of age. Hypertonic Saline (HS) is the most attractive chronic maintenance therapy to investigate in these young children because it addresses defective mucociliary clearance, an early step in the cascade of events leading to CF lung disease that is expected to be abnormal prior to the onset of airway infection and inflammation.

This study is a randomized, parallel group, controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of 7% HS inhaled twice daily for 48 weeks among young children with CF 4 to < 60 months of age at enrollment. The primary hypothesis is that, compared to isotonic saline (IS), HS will decrease the number of protocol-defined pulmonary exacerbations during the 48 week treatment period. The results of the proposed trial may for the first time provide evidence for early initiation of HS, which, by improving mucociliary clearance, may delay or hinder the cycle of infection and inflammation responsible for progressive airway damage in CF lung disease.

Conditions
Cystic Fibrosis
Being tested
7% Hypertonic Saline (HS), 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS)
Keywords
Cystic Fibrosis, hypertonic saline, inhaled saline
Medical subject headings
Cystic Fibrosis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • 7% Hypertonic Saline (HS)Drug

    Also called Hyper-Sal™, inhaled saline

    Administered via inhalation twice daily for 48 ± 4 weeks. The delivery system is a PARI Sprint Junior nebulizer with a PARI Baby face mask or mouthpiece driven by a PARI Pro Neb compressor.

  • 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS)Drug

    Also called Normal saline

    Administered via inhalation twice daily for 48 ± 4 weeks. The delivery system is a PARI Sprint Junior nebulizer with a PARI Baby face mask or mouthpiece driven by a PARI Pro Neb compressor.

Study groups in NCT00709280
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Active treatment groupExperimental7% Hypertonic Saline administered via inhalation twice daily for 48 ± 4 weeks
Receives: Drug: 7% Hypertonic Saline (HS)
Control groupActive comparator0.9% Isotonic Saline administered via inhalation twice daily for 48 ± 4 weeks
Receives: Drug: 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The rate of protocol-defined pulmonary exacerbations requiring treatment with oral, inhaled or intravenous antibiotics between subjects randomized to HS and IS

    Measured: during the 48 week treatment period

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Symptoms by parent home questionnaire administered weekly

    Measured: during the 48 week treatment period

  2. Health-related quality of life as assessed by scores from Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised Parent Report (CFQ-R), administered quarterly

    Measured: over the 48 week treatment period

  3. Standardized cough score assessed at study visits

    Measured: during the 48 week treatment period

  4. Change in weight, height, resting respiratory rate, and room air oxygen saturation

    Measured: over the 48 week treatment period

  5. Among participants from whom Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) and other CF pathogens were not isolated from respiratory cultures prior to enrollment, the proportion from whom these organisms are isolated from clinically collected respiratory cultures

    Measured: measured at baseline and at 48 weeks

  6. Pulmonary function indices measured at baseline and 48 weeks in infants 4 to 15 months of age at enrollment participating in infant pulmonary function testing (N = 100, selected sites)

    Measured: over the 48 week treatment period

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Jul 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2009
  3. Primary completionOct 2011
  4. Study completionNov 2011

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
321 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00709280
Sponsor's protocol ID
ISIS002
Other IDs
U01HL092931, U01HL092932
Acronym
ISIS
Status last verified
Feb 2013
First submitted
1 Jul 2008
Last updated
12 Feb 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Rosenfeld M, Ratjen F, Brumback L, Daniel S, Rowbotham R, McNamara S, Johnson R, Kronmal R, Davis SD; ISIS Study Group. Inhaled hypertonic saline in infants and children younger than 6 years with cystic fibrosis: the ISIS randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2012 Jun 6;307(21):2269-77. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.5214.

    PubMed 22610452
  • Subbarao P, Stanojevic S, Brown M, Jensen R, Rosenfeld M, Davis S, Brumback L, Gustafsson P, Ratjen F. Lung clearance index as an outcome measure for clinical trials in young children with cystic fibrosis. A pilot study using inhaled hypertonic saline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug 15;188(4):456-60. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201302-0219OC.

    PubMed 23742699

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing 7% Hypertonic Saline (HS) and 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS) in people with Cystic Fibrosis, run by CF Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center at 30 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Feb 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 30 sites in United States, Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The rate of protocol-defined pulmonary exacerbations requiring treatment with oral, inhaled or intravenous antibiotics between subjects randomized to HS and IS (time frame: during the 48 week treatment period). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00709280, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Feb 2013.

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