Singulair(R) In Asthma And Allergic Rhinitis

Effectiveness of adding montelukast to inhaled corticosteroids in adult subjects with both uncontrolled asthma and allergic rhinitis...

Date First Received: October 16, 2007

Last Updated: October 30, 2008

Verified by: Merck, October 2008

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 4 | Start Date: April 2007

Overall Status: Completed

Estimated Enrollment: 440

Brief Summary

Official Title: “An 8 Week Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Adding Montelukast to Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) to the ICS/Long-Acting Beta 2-Agonist Therapy in Adult Subjects With Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis”

Condition Keyword(s):

Intervention(s):

Effectiveness of adding montelukast to inhaled corticosteroids in adult subjects with both uncontrolled asthma and allergic rhinitis.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Study Primary Completion Date: January 2008

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: montelukast sodium
    • montelukast sodium, 10 mg, one tablet once a day for 8 weeks as add on therapy to usual current asthma controller treatment

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

  • Experimental: 1
    • montelukast sodium

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

  • Canadian guideline asthma control definition
    • Time Frame: 8 Weeks
      Safety Issue?: No

Secondary Measures

  • Asthma Control Questionnaire, Mini-RQLQ
    • Time Frame: 8 Weeks
      Safety Issue?: No

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient is a user of ICS or ICS/LABA at any dosage
  • Peak expiratory flow is > or = 80% of predicted value on the day of visit 1
  • Uncontrolled as per Canadian asthma consensus guidelines

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unwilling to stop regular use of histamine H1 antagonists for allergic rhinitis symptoms
  • Unwilling to stop use of antihistamine eye drops or cromoglycate eye drops or ophthalmic corticosteroid

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 15 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: Merck

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Medical Monitor Study Director Merck  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00545844

Study ID Number: 2007_024

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00545844

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