A Phase IIb Ensifentrine-glycopyrrolate Fixed-dose Combination Dose Ranging Study in Subjects With COPD

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age40-80
SponsorVerona Pharma, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA

About this trial

This study will assess the safety and efficacy of fixed dose combinations of ensifentrine with two different glycopyrrolate dose levels compared to placebo and to the individual components of the fixed dose combinations, each administered twice a day via standard jet nebulizer, in adult subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Males are eligible to participate if they agree to use contraception or abstinence, and refrain from donating fresh unwashed semen during the study and for at least 30 days post-study

Not a woman of child-bearing potential OR

Agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance from screening throughout the study and for at least 30 days post-study

Agrees not to donate eggs for the purpose of reproduction from screening throughout the study and for at least 30 days post-study

Disqualifiers

Concomitant clinically significant pulmonary disease other than COPD (i.e., asthma, tuberculosis, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases, sleep apnea (unless controlled with stable continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP] use), known alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, core pulmonale or other non-specific pulmonary disease

Within 6 months prior to randomization, a COPD exacerbation requiring hospitalization

Within 3 months prior to randomization, use of oral or systemic therapies for COPD exacerbations (for example, oral, intravenous, or intramuscular glucocorticoids, antibiotics, theophylline, and roflumilast)

History of life-threatening COPD, including Intensive Care Unit admission and/or requiring intubation

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Ensifentrine 3 mg
  • Glycopyrrolate 21.25 mcg
  • Glycopyrrolate 42.5 mcg
  • Placebo

Treatment groups

480 Participants
are divided into 6 treatment groups

6

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.