This was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, three-arm, placebo-controlled study designed to demonstrate the efficacy of two different formulations of omalizumab compared with placebo in reducing the airway reaction to an inhaled aeroallergen solution in adult subjects with mild allergic asthma.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
61
Aged Liquid; subcutaneous repeating dose
Lyophilized; subcutaneous repeating dose
Subcutaneous repeating dose
Change in Logarithmically Transformed (log2) Allergen PC15 Concentration (Allergen Concentration Required to Evoke a 15% Decrease in FEV1)
The primary analysis included two tests: a test for superiority of the lyophilized formulation of omalizumab compared with placebo in the change of allergen concentration and a test for the superiority of the aged liquid omalizumab compared with placebo. The difference for the change in the allergen concentration between the lyophilized formulation of omalizumab and placebo, and between the aged liquid omalizumab and placebo were assessed by the exact Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
Time frame: From baseline to Week 16
Ratio of the Allergen Forced Expiratory Volume at One Second (FEV1) Two-point Slope at the Week 16 Allergen Challenge to the Allergen FEV1 Two-point Slope at the Baseline Allergen Challenge
FEV1 is the volume exhaled during the first second of a forced expiratory maneuver started from the level of total lung capacity, measured in liters. The allergen FEV1 two-point slope is defined as the final percent change in FEV1 from pre-challenge value divided by the final value of allergen concentration used in the challenge.
Time frame: From baseline to Week 16
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