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NCT Number: NCT02085018

Pilot Trial Of Omeprazole in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of unknown cause in which areas of normal lung tissue are replaced by scars. As a result it becomes harder for the lungs to extract oxygen from the air. IPF is commonly progressive, and around 50% of patients diagnosed with the disease die after approximately 3 years. The most common, troublesome symptoms of IPF are breathlessness on exertion, and cough. No drug treatments have been unequivocally shown to improve the death rate, or to significantly impact upon symptoms, in IPF.

In recent years it has been recognised that cough can be caused by small amounts of liquid coming up from the stomach and "going down the wrong way" into the lungs, a process commonly known as "reflux". As liquid in the stomach is usually acidic, patients' lungs may repeatedly be exposed to small amounts of acid. Reflux is unusually common in IPF and could potentially contribute to the debilitating cough found with the disease. However there are many potential causes for cough in IPF.

Stomach acid can be efficiently "switched off" by drugs called "proton pump inhibitors", one of which is called omeprazole. If reflux of stomach acid does contribute to cough in IPF, omeprazole might be expected to reduce cough. The purpose of this study is therefore to test whether omeprazole does reduce cough in patients with IPF. Sixty patients with IPF will be randomly allocated to have 3 months of omeprazole or a placebo. Neither the patient nor the doctor will be aware which treatment has been given, ie this is a randomised "double-blind", placebo--controlled trial. Patients' cough frequency will be measured before and after treatment and the change in cough frequency compared in those receiving omeprazole and those receiving placebo. Change in cough frequency is the main thing we aim to compare, but a range of other measurements will be assessed such as the numbers of patients eligible to take part, agreeing to randomisation and providing outcome data, patients' lung function, symptom scores, the amount of reflux, and the amount of inflammation in the lungs.

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Key information

Conditions

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

40 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4LP, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • IPF is considered the most likely diagnosis by the Regional Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Team meeting (ILD-MDT).
  • History of cough, with or without exertional dyspnoea.
  • High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan features of honeycombing in a predominantly basal subpleural distribution.
  • Bibasal crackles on auscultation.
  • Features of a restrictive ventilatory defect [vital capacity (VC) <90% predicted and/or diffusion factor for carbon monoxide (Tco) <90% predicted].
  • Aged 40-85 years.
  • Patients taking short courses (eg. 2 months) of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) will be eligible once the treatment has been discontinued for a minimum of 1 month.

Exclusion criteria

  • Known allergy to Omeprazole or other proton pump inhibitor.
  • Concomitant use of warfarin, diazepam, phenytoin, ketoconazole.
  • Concomitant use of a regular PPI, antacid, prokinetic or raft alginate during the trial period.
  • History of upper respiratory tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection or exacerbation of IPF in the 4 weeks before starting study drugs.
  • Active trial of treatment for IPF 9eg. prednisolone, pirfenidone, N-acetylcysteine) started in the 4 weeks before starting study drugs.
  • Documented history of hepatic cirrhosis.
  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • ILD-MDT considers the most likely cause of he patient's ILD to be a condition other than IPF (eg. rheumatoid lung, systemic sclerosis ILD, asbestosis, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, etc.).
  • Concurrent enrolment in a trial of a Clinical Trial of Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP) for IPF.

Treatment and study plan

Omeprazole

Drug

Drug

Other names: Losec

Matched placebo

Drug

Matched placebo

Primary outcomes

  1. objectively measured cough frequency

    Time frame: 90 days

    the change in frequency of objectively measured cough from beginning of the study to the end of treatment (within 2 weeks of completion of treatment). This will be compared in the two groups.

Secondary outcomes

  1. symptoms of cough

    Time frame: 90 days

    change in symptoms of cough at the end of treatment as measured by validated cough questionnaire

  2. reflux symptoms

    Time frame: 90 days

    change in symptoms of reflux as measured by validated questionnaires

  3. acid and non-acid reflux

    Time frame: 90 days

    change in acid and non-acid reflux measured by oesophageal physiological study

  4. vital capacity (VC) & transfer factor for carbon monoxide (Tco)

    Time frame: 90 days

    change in VC and Tco as measured by lung function tests

  5. 6 minute walk distance

    Time frame: 90 days

    change in 6 minute walk distance from baseline to 90 days

  6. assess amount of inflammation in lung

    Time frame: 90 days

    assess markers of lung inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid (eg. concentration of transforming growth factor beta, interleukin-8 etc.)

  7. lung infection rate

    Time frame: 90 days

    assess bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid for infections over period from baseline to 90 days, also patient reported infection in adverse event diary

  8. adverse events rate

    Time frame: 90 days

    patient reported adverse events, assess lung infection rate in bronchoalveolar fluids over period from baseline to 90 days

Other outcomes

  1. rate of recruitment

    Time frame: 18 months

    Number of participants eligible and consented for study

  2. rate of study completion

    Time frame: 18 months

    Number of participants completing all study procedures (over 90 days for each participant)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

Other

Collaborators

  • Newcastle University

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial of Omeprazole in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Acronym: PPIPF

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Mar 12, 2014
Registry last updated
Nov 20, 2017

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