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Efficacy and safety of BI 655066 (risankizumab) in patients with severe persistent asthma.

A phase IIa, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel group study to assess the safety and efficacy of subcutaneously administered BI 655066 (risankizumab) as add-on therapy over 24 weeks in patients with severe persistent asthma.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2014-004932-20-BE
Enrollment
200
Registered
2015-04-23
Start date
2015-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-06-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Severe Asthma

Interventions

Product Name: BI 655066 90 mg/ml Pharmaceutical Form: Solution for injection in pre-filled syringe INN or Proposed INN: Risankizumab Current Sponsor code: BI 655066 Concentration unit: mg/ml milligram

Sponsors

SCS Boehringer Ingelheim Comm.V
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pre-bronchodilator clinic measured FEV1 between 40% and 85% of predicted normal. 2. One year history of asthma diagnosed by a physician, and have FEV1 reversibility of 12% and an absolute change of at least 200 mL after administration of 400 µg salbutamol. 3. Must be on at least medium dose inhaled corticosteroids and at least one other asthma controller medication for at least one year. 4. Must have documented history of two or more severe asthma exacerbations in the last 12 months or one severe asthma exacerbation in the last 12 months with hospitalization or one exacerbation in the last 6 months. Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: 0 F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 170 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 30

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a significant disease other than asthma. 2. Patients who are not able to produce sputum or sputum samples of sufficient quality. 3. Patients who had clinically relevant history of intubation for asthma exacerbation in the past year. 4. Patients diagnosed with any concurrent respiratory disease. 5. Recent history (within 6 months) of myocardial infarction or hospitalized for cardiac failure in the past year. 6. Patients who have undergone thoracotomy with pulmonary resection. 7. Patients who have undergone bronchial thermoplasty or radiotherapy procedure in the past year or have planned procedures during the study. 8. Patients taking oral corticosteroids with a total daily dose of more than 20 mg prednisone (or equivalent) in the past 6 weeks. 9. Pregnant or nursing women. 10. Women of childbearing potential that, if sexually active, is unwilling to use a highly effective method of birth control. 11. Clinically relevant acute infections or chronic infections. 12. Have received any live bacterial or live viral vaccination in the last12 weeks. 13. Have received Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination in the last 12 months. 14. Have received treatment with ustekinumab (Stelara®). 15. Have received treatment with any other biologics in the last 3 months or within 6 times the half-life of the compound. 16. History of allergy or hypersensitivity to biologic agent or its excipients, or hypersensitivity to beta-adrenergic medications.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: The main objective of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BI 655066 as compared to placebo in severe asthma patients.;Secondary Objective: To identify a diagnostic biomarker that can be used to identify patients who will likely respond to therapy with BI 655066.;Primary end point(s): Time to first asthma worsening during the planned 24 week treatment period ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 24 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): 1: Annualized rate of asthma worsening during the planned 24 week treatment period 2: Annualized rate of severe asthma exacerbation during the planned 24-week treatment period 3: Weekly Asthma Control Questionaire score at week 24 4: Trough FEV1 in-clinic change from baseline at week 24 5: Post-bronchodilator FEV1 in-clinic change from baseline at week 24 6: Time to first severe asthma exacerbation during the planned 24-week treatment period 7: Time to first asthma worsening (alternative definition 1) during the planned 24-week treatment period;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 1: 24 weeks 2: 24 weeks 3: 24 weeks 4: 24 weeks 5: 24 weeks 6: 24 weeks 7: 24 weeks

Countries

Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactQRPE PSC CT Information Disclosure

Boehringer Ingelheim

clintriage.rdg@boehringer-ingelheim.com+18002430127

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026