Study on Foster Efficacy Maintenance and Reliever vs Foster Maintenance + Salbutamol Reliever in Asthmatics (MART2)

NCT00861926 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1714

Last updated 2026-05-07

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Summary

Primary objective:

The primary objective of the study was to compare the efficacy of Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) with Foster® 100/6 μg (one inhalation bid) plus additional inhalations as needed, with the standard treatment of Foster® 100/6 μg (one inhalation bid) plus salbutamol 100 μg (Ventolin ®) additional inhalations as needed in not fully controlled asthmatic patients.

Secondary objectives:

The secondary objectives of the study were:

* to evaluate the effect of treatments on lung function parameters and on other clinical outcome measures, and
* to assess the safety and the tolerability of Foster® as MART.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Salbutamol

Administered via a pressurized metered-dose inhaler

DRUG

Beclomethasone dipropionate + Formoterol

Administered via a pressurized metered-dose inhaler

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Alberto Papi, Professor · Universita degli Studi di Ferrara

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-20
Primary Completion
2010-12-07
Completion
2010-12-07

Countries

  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czechia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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