Efficacy and Safety of Indacaterol Acetate Delivered Via the Concept1 Inhalation Device in Children Greater or Equal to 6 and Less Than 12 Years of Age With Asthma

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female children ≥ 6 years and < 12 years with confirmed diagnosis of asthma for at least 1 year prior to study enrollment.
• Written informed consent by parent(s)/legal guardian(s) and depending upon their age and local requirements a consent or assent for the patient.
• Patients receiving daily treatment with a stable low dose Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) (with or without additional controller), or patients receiving daily treatment with a stable mid-dose ICS (monotherapy or together with LTRA) for at least 4 weeks prior to Screening, and able to tolerate fluticasone propionate 100 μg b.i.d. inhaler starting at Visit 1 (or soon after).
• Patients with a pre-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 50% and ≤ 90% of the predicted normal value for the patient at the start and end of Run-in (Visits 101 and 199).
• Patients who demonstrate an increase in FEV1 of 12% within 30 minutes after administration of 400 μg salbutamol/360 μg albuterol (or equivalent dose) at Visit 101. All patients must perform a reversibility test at Visit 101.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients taking a mid-dose ICS (per GINA guidelines) in combination with LABA or any patient taking high-dose ICS.
• Evidence of unstable disease within 4 weeks prior to Screening (Visit 1).
• Patients who have had an asthma attack/exacerbation requiring systemic steroids (SCS) or hospitalization or emergency room visit within 3 months prior to Visit 1 (Screening) or more than 3 separate exacerbations in the 12 months preceding Visit 1.
• Suspected or documented bacterial or viral infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract, sinus or middle ear that is not resolved within 4 weeks of Screening (Visit 1).
• Prior intubation for asthma.