A Clinical Study to Evaluate Symbicort Turbuhaler Used 'as Needed' in Adults and Adolescents With Asthma.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if Symbicort® (budesonide/formoterol) Turbuhaler® is effective in treating asthma when used 'as needed' in patients with milder asthma. The efficacy of Symbicort® 'as needed' will be compared with: 1) terbutaline Turbuhaler® 'as needed' and with 2) Pulmicort (budesonide) Turbuhaler® twice daily plus terbutaline Turbuhaler® 'as needed'.

Timeline

Start

2014-07-07

Primary completion

2017-08-02

Completion

2017-08-02

Publications

• FitzGerald JM, O'Byrne PM, Bateman ED, Barnes PJ, Zheng J, Ivanov S, Lamarca R, Larsdotter U, Emerath U, Jansen G, Puu M, Alagappan VKT, Surmont F, Reddel HK. Safety of As-Needed Budesonide-Formoterol in Mild Asthma: Data from the Two Phase III SYGMA Studies. Drug Saf. 2021 Apr;44(4):467-478. doi: 10.1007/s40264-020-01041-z. Epub 2021 Feb 6.
• O'Byrne PM, FitzGerald JM, Bateman ED, Barnes PJ, Zheng J, Gustafson P, Lamarca R, Puu M, Keen C, Alagappan VKT, Reddel HK. Effect of a single day of increased as-needed budesonide-formoterol use on short-term risk of severe exacerbations in patients with mild asthma: a post-hoc analysis of the SYGMA 1 study. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Feb;9(2):149-158. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30416-1. Epub 2020 Oct 1.
• O'Byrne PM, FitzGerald JM, Bateman ED, Barnes PJ, Zhong N, Keen C, Jorup C, Lamarca R, Ivanov S, Reddel HK. Inhaled Combined Budesonide-Formoterol as Needed in Mild Asthma. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 17;378(20):1865-1876. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1715274.
• O'Byrne PM, FitzGerald JM, Zhong N, Bateman E, Barnes PJ, Keen C, Almqvist G, Pemberton K, Jorup C, Ivanov S, Reddel HK. The SYGMA programme of phase 3 trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of budesonide/formoterol given 'as needed' in mild asthma: study protocols for two randomised controlled trials. Trials. 2017 Jan 10;18(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1731-4.
• Reddel HK, Busse WW, Pedersen S, Tan WC, Chen YZ, Jorup C, Lythgoe D, O'Byrne PM. Should recommendations about starting inhaled corticosteroid treatment for mild asthma be based on symptom frequency: a post-hoc efficacy analysis of the START study. Lancet. 2017 Jan 14;389(10065):157-166. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31399-X. Epub 2016 Nov 30.

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