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Registration number
NCT00391443
Ethics application status
Date submitted
20/10/2006
Date registered
24/10/2006
Date last updated
4/02/2025

Titles & IDs
Public title
BUILD 3: Bosentan Use in Interstitial Lung Disease
Scientific title
Effects of Bosentan on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - a Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Event-driven, Group Sequential, Phase III Study.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
AC-052-321
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
BUILD 3
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Connective tissue diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Bosentan
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Bosentan - Subjects receive bosentan 62.5 mg twice daily (b.i.d.) for 4 weeks followed by bosentan 125 mg b.i.d (if body weight \> 40 kg) or bosentan 62.5 mg b.i.d. (if body weight \< 40 kg)

Placebo comparator: Placebo - Subjects receive placebo matching the bosentan treatment regimen


Treatment: Drugs: Bosentan
Bosentan 62.5 mg tablets twice daily (b.i.d.) for 4 weeks followed by bosentan 125 mg tablets b.i.d (if body weight \> 40 kg) or bosentan 62.5 mg tablets b.i.d. (if body weight \< 40 kg)

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo matching bosentan 62.5 mg tablets and 125 mg tablets
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Time to Occurrence of Disease Worsening or Death up to End of Study.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
36 months
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Patients Who Experienced Either Disease Worsening or Death at 1 Year.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
12 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Signed informed consent
* Male or female aged 18 years or older (females of child-bearing potential must have been surgically sterilized or use a reliable method of contraception.)
* Proven diagnosis of IPF according to American Thoracic Society / European Respiratory Society (ATS-ERS) statement, of <3 years, with surgical lung biopsy (SLB)
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Interstitial lung disease due to conditions other than IPF.
* Presence of extensive honeycombing (HC) on baseline high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan.
* Severe concomitant illness limiting life expectancy (<1 year).
* Severe restrictive lung disease.
* Obstructive lung disease.
* Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide <30% predicted.
* Residual volume > or = 120% predicted.
* Documented sustained improvement of patient's IPF condition up to 12 months prior to randomization with or without IPF-specific therapy.
* Recent pulmonary or upper respiratory tract infection (up to 4 weeks prior to randomization).
* Acute or chronic impairment (other than dyspnea) limiting the ability to comply with study requirements.
* Chronic heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III/IV or known left ventricular ejection fraction <25%.
* Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) > 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal ranges.
* Moderate to severe hepatic impairment.
* Serum creatinine > or = 2.5 mg/dl or chronic dialysis.
* Hemoglobin concentration <75% the lower limit of the normal ranges.
* Systolic blood pressure <85 mmHg.
* Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
* Current drug or alcohol dependence.
* Chronic treatment with the following drugs prescribed for IPF (within 4 weeks of randomization):oral corticosteroids (>20 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent), immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs, antifibrotic drugs, chronic use of N-acetylcysteine (prescribed for IPF).
* Oral anticoagulants other than those indicated for a venous or arterial thrombotic disease.
* Treatment with glibenclamide (glyburide) and calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine A, tacrolimus) up to 1 week prior to randomization.
* Treatment with an endothelin receptor antagonist up to 3 months prior to randomization.
* Participation in the BUILD 1 trial.
* Treatment with another investigational drug up to 3 months prior to randomization or planned treatment.
* Known hypersensitivity to bosentan or any of the excipients.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/07/2010
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
616
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Actelion
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Isabelle Leconte
Address 0 0
Actelion
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided


Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00391443