Asthma Severe Persistent UncontrolledUNISANCT05441059
Use of Nucala in Severe Asthma
An observational study of Asthma Severe Persistent Uncontrolled, run by Frisius Medisch Centrum at 1 site in Netherlands.
Trial summary
The Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) is set up to harmonise severe asthma management across Europe and unravel underlying heterogeneity in a patient-centred way. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Asthma Severe Persistent Uncontrolled
- What is being tested?
- Mepolizumab 100 MG
- How many people
- 2,100 participants
- Where
- 1 siteNetherlands
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2021to 1 May 2022
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: The study population will be selected from all patients who meet the criteria for inclusion in individual registries severe asthma registries. Within this severe asthma population, the study sample will include all patients who received at least one dose of mepolizumab.
Who may be able to join
- 1) Initiated on mepolizumab for treatment of asthma.
Who cannot join
- 1) Participation in an interventional clinical trial in which the treatment regimen and/or monitoring is dictated by a protocol in the study observation period.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Netherlands1 site
Medical Centre Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden, Provincie Friesland, 8934 AD
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of Real World Use of Nucala in Severe Asthma Patients From the Severe Heterogenous Asthma Research Patient-centred Collaboration (SHARP)
The Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) is set up to harmonise severe asthma management across Europe and unravel underlying heterogeneity in a patient-centred way. Using data from national registries included in the SHARP network, this study aims to evaluate real-world use of Nucala, describe characteristics of patients prescribed with Nucala and evaluate the effectiveness of Nucala in clinically relevant endpoints.
Read the detailed description
The global prevalence of asthma is approximately 358 million people, of which an estimated 30 million patients live in Europe. Severe asthma is defined as asthma requiring treatment according to GINA steps 4-5 and is estimated to occur in 5-10% of the total asthma population (Chung 2014). Asthma and severe asthma are heterogeneous, and while there are a range of classifications, one such schema classified asthma as: (1) eosinophilic, (2) neutrophilic, (3) mixed, or (4) paucigranulocytic.
NUCALA (mepolizumab) is an IL-5 antagonist monoclonal antibody that was approved by the European commission in 2015 for add-on maintenance treatment of adult patients with severe refractory eosinophilic asthma. The license was expanded to paediatric patients (6-17 years old) in August 2018. Clinical efficacy was evaluated in multiple randomized, double-blind clinical trials. In the DREAM trial (NCT01000506), the rate of clinically significant exacerbations was 2.40 per patient per year among patients receiving placebo versus 1.24 in the 75 mg IV mepolizumab group, a 48% (95% CI 31-61%) reduction. In the MENSA trial (NCT01691521), the rate of clinically significant exacerbations was 1.74 per patient per year among patients receiving placebo versus 0.83 in the sub-cutaneous 100 mg mepolizumab group, a 53% (95% CI 36-65%) reduction. Furthermore, in the SIRIUS trial (NCT01691508), the median daily prednisone dose at weeks 20-24 was 10.0 mg among patients receiving placebo versus 3.1 mg for patients receiving 100 mg of mepolizumab and mepolizumab provided a 2.39 (95% CI 1.25-4.56) times greater odds for a reduction in oral glucocorticoid dose from baseline in the mepolizumab group compared with placebo. Additionally, the MUSCA trial (NCT02281318) found that mepolizumab significantly improved health-related quality of life in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma.
The high internal validity of the randomized clinical trials has allowed the treatment efficacy of Nucala to be reliably determined in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. However, the strict inclusion and exclusion criteria which are necessary in clinical trials produce data from a selected, homogeneous population which may not be representative of the wider population who may receive treatments in routine practice.
Real world evaluation of mepolizumab use will help in understanding characteristics of patients from different European countries receiving these therapies, treatment patterns, and effectiveness on clinical endpoints as limited information exists in real world settings in Europe following the availability of mepolizumab to patients.
The Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) is set up to harmonise severe asthma management across Europe and unravel underlying heterogeneity in a patient-centred way. Using data from national registries included in the SHARP network, this study aims to evaluate real-world use of Nucala, describe characteristics of patients prescribed with Nucala and evaluate the effectiveness of Nucala in clinically relevant endpoints.
- Conditions
- Asthma Severe Persistent Uncontrolled
- Being tested
- Mepolizumab 100 MG
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Mepolizumab 100 MGDrug
Treatment with mepolizumab for severe asthma
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Patients treated with mepolizumab | Patients treated with mepolizumab Receives: Drug: Mepolizumab 100 MG |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The change from baseline rate of annualized asthma exacerbations 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
The change from baseline rate of annualized asthma exacerbations 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Measured: 1 year
The change from baseline maintenance oral corticosteroid dose (mg/day, predinisone equivalents) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
The change from baseline maintenance oral corticosteroid dose (mg/day, predinisone equivalents) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Measured: 1 year
Secondary outcomes (3)
Clinical and patient reported measures of asthma control (ACT and/or ACQ) in the periods before and after initiation with mepolizumab
Clinical and patient reported measures of asthma control (ACT and/or ACQ) in the periods before and after initiation with mepolizumab
Measured: 1 year
The change from baseline measures of healthcare utilisation (number of hospitalisations and emergency department visits) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
The change from baseline measures of healthcare utilisation (number of hospitalisations and emergency department visits) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Measured: 1 year
Proportion of patients who stop mepolizumab after 1 year after initiation
Proportion of patients who stop mepolizumab after 1 year after initiation
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Jul 2022
- Study start1 Jan 2021
- Primary completion1 May 2022
- Study completion1 May 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (8)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Asthma Severe Persistent UncontrolledStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Enrolment
- 2,100 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Frisius Medisch Centrum
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05441059
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 212821
- Acronym
- UNISA
- Status last verified
- Jun 2022
- First submitted
- 21 Jun 2022
- Last updated
- 1 Jul 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: IPD is not available in this study due to the federated analysis of data.
Publications
Simpson JL, Scott R, Boyle MJ, Gibson PG. Inflammatory subtypes in asthma: assessment and identification using induced sputum. Respirology. 2006 Jan;11(1):54-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00784.x.
PubMed 16423202Pavord ID, Korn S, Howarth P, Bleecker ER, Buhl R, Keene ON, Ortega H, Chanez P. Mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma (DREAM): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2012 Aug 18;380(9842):651-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60988-X.
PubMed 22901886Taille C, Chanez P, Devouassoux G, Didier A, Pison C, Garcia G, Charriot J, Bouee S, Gruber A, Pribil C, Bourdin A, Humbert M. Mepolizumab in a population with severe eosinophilic asthma and corticosteroid dependence: results from a French early access programme. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 25;55(6):1902345. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02345-2019. Print 2020 Jun.
PubMed 32241829Ortega HG, Liu MC, Pavord ID, Brusselle GG, FitzGerald JM, Chetta A, Humbert M, Katz LE, Keene ON, Yancey SW, Chanez P; MENSA Investigators. Mepolizumab treatment in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 25;371(13):1198-207. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1403290. Epub 2014 Sep 8.
PubMed 25199059Harrison T, Canonica GW, Chupp G, Lee J, Schleich F, Welte T, Valero A, Gemzoe K, Maxwell A, Joksaite S, Yang S, Howarth P, Van Dyke MK. Real-world mepolizumab in the prospective severe asthma REALITI-A study: initial analysis. Eur Respir J. 2020 Oct 15;56(4):2000151. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00151-2020. Print 2020 Oct.
PubMed 32817259GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1545-1602. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6.
PubMed 27733282Chupp GL, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Bratton DJ, Wang-Jairaj J, Nelsen LM, Trevor JL, Magnan A, Ten Brinke A. Efficacy of mepolizumab add-on therapy on health-related quality of life and markers of asthma control in severe eosinophilic asthma (MUSCA): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre, phase 3b trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2017 May;5(5):390-400. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30125-X. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
PubMed 28395936Bel EH, Wenzel SE, Thompson PJ, Prazma CM, Keene ON, Yancey SW, Ortega HG, Pavord ID; SIRIUS Investigators. Oral glucocorticoid-sparing effect of mepolizumab in eosinophilic asthma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 25;371(13):1189-97. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1403291. Epub 2014 Sep 8.
PubMed 25199060
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Jul 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of Real World Use of Nucala in Severe Asthma Patients From the Severe Heterogenous Asthma Research Patient-centred Collaboration (SHARP)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05441059
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UNISA / 212821
- Conditions
- Asthma Severe Persistent Uncontrolled
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 2,100 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Frisius Medisch CentrumUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 May 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 May 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 1 Jul 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) is set up to harmonise severe asthma management across Europe and unravel underlying heterogeneity in a patient-centred way. Using data from national registries included in the SHARP network, this study aims to evaluate real-world use of Nucala, describe characteristics of patients prescribed with Nucala and evaluate the effectiveness of Nucala in clinically relevant endpoints.
Detailed description
The global prevalence of asthma is approximately 358 million people, of which an estimated 30 million patients live in Europe. Severe asthma is defined as asthma requiring treatment according to GINA steps 4-5 and is estimated to occur in 5-10% of the total asthma population (Chung 2014). Asthma and severe asthma are heterogeneous, and while there are a range of classifications, one such schema classified asthma as: (1) eosinophilic, (2) neutrophilic, (3) mixed, or (4) paucigranulocytic.
NUCALA (mepolizumab) is an IL-5 antagonist monoclonal antibody that was approved by the European commission in 2015 for add-on maintenance treatment of adult patients with severe refractory eosinophilic asthma. The license was expanded to paediatric patients (6-17 years old) in August 2018. Clinical efficacy was evaluated in multiple randomized, double-blind clinical trials. In the DREAM trial (NCT01000506), the rate of clinically significant exacerbations was 2.40 per patient per year among patients receiving placebo versus 1.24 in the 75 mg IV mepolizumab group, a 48% (95% CI 31-61%) reduction. In the MENSA trial (NCT01691521), the rate of clinically significant exacerbations was 1.74 per patient per year among patients receiving placebo versus 0.83 in the sub-cutaneous 100 mg mepolizumab group, a 53% (95% CI 36-65%) reduction. Furthermore, in the SIRIUS trial (NCT01691508), the median daily prednisone dose at weeks 20-24 was 10.0 mg among patients receiving placebo versus 3.1 mg for patients receiving 100 mg of mepolizumab and mepolizumab provided a 2.39 (95% CI 1.25-4.56) times greater odds for a reduction in oral glucocorticoid dose from baseline in the mepolizumab group compared with placebo. Additionally, the MUSCA trial (NCT02281318) found that mepolizumab significantly improved health-related quality of life in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma.
The high internal validity of the randomized clinical trials has allowed the treatment efficacy of Nucala to be reliably determined in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. However, the strict inclusion and exclusion criteria which are necessary in clinical trials produce data from a selected, homogeneous population which may not be representative of the wider population who may receive treatments in routine practice.
Real world evaluation of mepolizumab use will help in understanding characteristics of patients from different European countries receiving these therapies, treatment patterns, and effectiveness on clinical endpoints as limited information exists in real world settings in Europe following the availability of mepolizumab to patients.
The Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred (SHARP) is set up to harmonise severe asthma management across Europe and unravel underlying heterogeneity in a patient-centred way. Using data from national registries included in the SHARP network, this study aims to evaluate real-world use of Nucala, describe characteristics of patients prescribed with Nucala and evaluate the effectiveness of Nucala in clinically relevant endpoints.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Patients treated with mepolizumab | – | Drug: Mepolizumab 100 MGPatients treated with mepolizumab |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- The study population will be selected from all patients who meet the criteria for inclusion in individual registries severe asthma registries. Within this severe asthma population, the study sample will include all patients who received at least one dose of mepolizumab.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1) Initiated on mepolizumab for treatment of asthma.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1) Participation in an interventional clinical trial in which the treatment regimen and/or monitoring is dictated by a protocol in the study observation period.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Mepolizumab 100 MGTreatment with mepolizumab for severe asthma | Drug | Patients treated with mepolizumab |
Primary outcome
The change from baseline rate of annualized asthma exacerbations 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Time frame: 1 year
The change from baseline rate of annualized asthma exacerbations 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
The change from baseline maintenance oral corticosteroid dose (mg/day, predinisone equivalents) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Time frame: 1 year
The change from baseline maintenance oral corticosteroid dose (mg/day, predinisone equivalents) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
3 secondary outcomes
Clinical and patient reported measures of asthma control (ACT and/or ACQ) in the periods before and after initiation with mepolizumab
Time frame: 1 year
The change from baseline measures of healthcare utilisation (number of hospitalisations and emergency department visits) 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab
Time frame: 1 year
Proportion of patients who stop mepolizumab after 1 year after initiation
Time frame: 1 year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Jul 2022.
- Background: PubMed 16423202Simpson JL, Scott R, Boyle MJ, Gibson PG. Inflammatory subtypes in asthma: assessment and identification using induced sputum. Respirology. 2006 Jan;11(1):54-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00784.x.
- Background: PubMed 22901886Pavord ID, Korn S, Howarth P, Bleecker ER, Buhl R, Keene ON, Ortega H, Chanez P. Mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma (DREAM): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2012 Aug 18;380(9842):651-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60988-X.
- Background: PubMed 32241829Taille C, Chanez P, Devouassoux G, Didier A, Pison C, Garcia G, Charriot J, Bouee S, Gruber A, Pribil C, Bourdin A, Humbert M. Mepolizumab in a population with severe eosinophilic asthma and corticosteroid dependence: results from a French early access programme. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 25;55(6):1902345. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02345-2019. Print 2020 Jun.
- Background: PubMed 25199059Ortega HG, Liu MC, Pavord ID, Brusselle GG, FitzGerald JM, Chetta A, Humbert M, Katz LE, Keene ON, Yancey SW, Chanez P; MENSA Investigators. Mepolizumab treatment in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 25;371(13):1198-207. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1403290. Epub 2014 Sep 8.
- Background: PubMed 32817259Harrison T, Canonica GW, Chupp G, Lee J, Schleich F, Welte T, Valero A, Gemzoe K, Maxwell A, Joksaite S, Yang S, Howarth P, Van Dyke MK. Real-world mepolizumab in the prospective severe asthma REALITI-A study: initial analysis. Eur Respir J. 2020 Oct 15;56(4):2000151. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00151-2020. Print 2020 Oct.
- Background: PubMed 27733282GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1545-1602. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6.
- Background: PubMed 28395936Chupp GL, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Bratton DJ, Wang-Jairaj J, Nelsen LM, Trevor JL, Magnan A, Ten Brinke A. Efficacy of mepolizumab add-on therapy on health-related quality of life and markers of asthma control in severe eosinophilic asthma (MUSCA): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre, phase 3b trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2017 May;5(5):390-400. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30125-X. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
- Background: PubMed 25199060Bel EH, Wenzel SE, Thompson PJ, Prazma CM, Keene ON, Yancey SW, Ortega HG, Pavord ID; SIRIUS Investigators. Oral glucocorticoid-sparing effect of mepolizumab in eosinophilic asthma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 25;371(13):1189-97. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1403291. Epub 2014 Sep 8.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. IPD is not available in this study due to the federated analysis of data.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Asthma Severe Persistent Uncontrolled, run by Frisius Medisch Centrum at 1 site in Netherlands.
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 1 inclusion and 1 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 1 Jul 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Netherlands. 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 change from baseline rate of annualized asthma exacerbations 1 year after initiation with mepolizumab (time frame: 1 year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT05441059, which also lists 8 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 1 Jul 2022.