A Study of Icatibant in Patients With Acute Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema (FAST-3)

Summary

This study is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of icatibant compared to placebo in patients experiencing acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE).

Timeline

Start

2009-07-16

Primary completion

2010-10-01

Completion

2010-10-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper icatibant significantly reduced median times (vs placebo) to 50% or more reduction in symptom severity (2.0 vs 19.8 hours; P < .001, primary endpoint) PMID 22123383 ↗

Publications

• Lumry WR, Farkas H, Moldovan D, Toubi E, Baptista J, Craig T, Riedl M. Icatibant for Multiple Hereditary Angioedema Attacks across the Controlled and Open-Label Extension Phases of FAST-3. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2015;168(1):44-55. doi: 10.1159/000441060. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
• Maurer M, Longhurst HJ, Fabien V, Li HH, Lumry WR. Treatment of hereditary angioedema with icatibant: efficacy in clinical trials versus effectiveness in the real-world setting. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2014 Sep-Oct;35(5):377-81. doi: 10.2500/aap.2014.35.3780. Epub 2014 Aug 6.
• Bas M. Clinical efficacy of icatibant in the treatment of acute hereditary angioedema during the FAST-3 trial. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2012 Nov;8(8):707-17. doi: 10.1586/eci.12.67.
• Lumry WR, Li HH, Levy RJ, Potter PC, Farkas H, Moldovan D, Riedl M, Li H, Craig T, Bloom BJ, Reshef A. Randomized placebo-controlled trial of the bradykinin B(2) receptor antagonist icatibant for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema: the FAST-3 trial. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Dec;107(6):529-37. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.08.015. Epub 2011 Oct 5.

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