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Monoclonal Antibodies

dupilumab for Asthma

Phase 3
Waitlist Available
Led By Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhD
Research Sponsored by McMaster University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up between screening (week -4) and week 16.
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Pivotal Trial

Summary

This trial is testing Dupilumab, a medication that reduces inflammation and mucus in the lungs. It targets people with a specific type of asthma that involves high levels of inflammation. The medication works by blocking certain proteins that cause these symptoms, helping to improve breathing and asthma control. Dupilumab is approved for treating asthma and other inflammatory diseases.

Eligible Conditions
  • Asthma

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~between screening (week -4) and week 16.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and between screening (week -4) and week 16. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Proportion of patients that achieve at least one doubling dose improvement in PC20 methacholine and/or a 50% reduction in FEV1 reversibility after bronchodilator.
Secondary study objectives
Change in Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 (ACQ-5)
Change in Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 (AQLQ)
Change in Asthma Control Test (ACT)
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Other study objectives
Change in CT airway remodeling and airway mucus scores (n=12 in each arm).
Change in MRI ventilation heterogeneity (n=12 in each arm).

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
Pivotal Trial
The final step before approval, pivotal trials feature drugs that have already shown basic safety & efficacy.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Placebo Group
Group I: dupilumabActive Control1 Intervention
Dupilumab 300 mg subcutaneously (SC) every 2 weeks as an investigational drug. For those randomized to dupilumab, a loading dose of 600 mg will be given only at randomization/Visit 2. Sterile dupilumab of will be provided in 150 mg/mL in glass prefilled syringes (2.25 mL total volume) to deliver 300 mg in 2 mL.
Group II: matched placeboPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Sterile placebo for dupilumab will be provided in identically matched glass prefilled syringes to deliver 2 mL.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McMaster UniversityLead Sponsor
916 Previous Clinical Trials
2,615,204 Total Patients Enrolled
20 Trials studying Asthma
907 Patients Enrolled for Asthma
SanofiIndustry Sponsor
2,203 Previous Clinical Trials
4,036,671 Total Patients Enrolled
51 Trials studying Asthma
29,694 Patients Enrolled for Asthma
Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorMcMaster University
7 Previous Clinical Trials
233 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Asthma
87 Patients Enrolled for Asthma
~4 spots leftby Nov 2025