Overview
Sponsor-declared trial summary
Chronic Atelectasis
To determine the efficacy of 6 months of maintenance treatment with AZI on incidence of respiratory exacerbations in subjects with structural lung damage or congenital lung and airway malformations, 0-72 months of age
Key facts
- Sponsor
- Rigshospitalet
- Participant type
- Pediatric, Patients
- Age range
- 0-17 years
- Gender
- Male and Female
- Therapeutic area
- Diseases [C] - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01], Diseases [C] - Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
- Decision date (initial)
- 2025-11-14
- Transition trial
- No
- Low-intervention
- No
- Rare-disease indication
- Yes
- Vulnerable population
- Yes
- Funding sources
- Boernelungefonden · Rigshospitalets Forskningsfond
External identifiers
- EU CT number
- 2024-518730-88-00
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT06409299
Trial design
CTIS Part I — objectives, methods, condition coding
Main objective
Scope: Efficacy, Safety
To determine the efficacy of 6 months of maintenance treatment with AZI on incidence of respiratory exacerbations in subjects with structural lung damage or congenital lung and airway malformations, 0-72 months of age
Secondary objectives 1
- To determine the efficacy of 6 months of maintenance treatment with AZI on the severity of respiratory exacerbations in subjects with structural lung damage or congenital lung and airway malformations, 0-72 months of age
Conditions and MedDRA coding
Chronic Atelectasis
Study design 1 period
| # | Title | Allocation | Blinding | Roles blinded | Arms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRALULALA-AZI Clinical trial were the subject aged 0-6 years will recieve either the active treatment azithromycin (10 mg/kg/day) or placebo (10 mg/kg/day) administered 3 times a week, Monday – Wednesday – Friday (MWF) for 6 months from 1st October to 1st march +/- 14 days
|
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Eligibility criteria
Principal inclusion / exclusion criteria as submitted by sponsor
Inclusion criteria 5
- Radiologically or/and bronchoscopy verified structural lung damage or congenital lung and airway malformations
- Outpatient affiliation with one of the three specialized pediatric pulmonology centers in Denmark.
- At risk of or already documented respiratory infections requiring antibiotics.
- Age between 0-72 months.
- Parents provide written informed consent for their child to participate in the trial, according to local regulations.
Exclusion criteria 10
- Asthmatic challenges: Patients without any of the conditions mentioned in table 1 repeatedly experiencing asthmatic problems are not eligible for this study
- Cystic fibrosis (CF) or Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD): Patients with a CF or PCD diagnosis will be excluded
- Children already receiving AZI 3 times a week to prevent infections
- Impaired liver function: Children with an alanine transaminase (ALAT) > twice the upper limits of normal will be excluded
- Impaired kidney function: Children with GFR < 50 ml/min will be excluded
- Neurological or psychiatric disorders will be excluded
- Prolonged QT interval: Patients with either congenital or acquired prolonged QT interval will be excluded
- Heart disease: Patients with clinically relevant bradycardia, cardiac arrhythmia or severe heart failure are not eligible for this study
- Allergy to macrolide antibiotics: documented allergy to macrolide antibiotics (extremely rare) will result in exclusion from the study
- Current treatment with medication known to interact with AZI: ciclosporin, coumarin-like oral anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin), digoxin, ergotamine derivatives (e.g. methylergometrine), nelfinavir, rifabutin and active substances known to prolong QT interval such as amiodarone and other class ΙA and class ΙΙΙ antiarrhythmics, cisapride, terfenadin, moxifloxacin and levofloxacin, antipsychotic agents such as pimozide and antidepressants such as citalopram
Endpoints
Primary and secondary outcome measures (English text)
Primary endpoints 1
- Difference in the number of respiratory exacerbations between the treatment groups in the intervention period in the intervention period
Secondary endpoints 3
- Difference in duration of exacerbations between the treatment groups in the intervention period
- Difference in number of hospital admissions between the treatment groups in the intervention period
- Difference in duration of hospital admissions between the treatment groups in the intervention period
Investigational products
Investigational medicinal products (IMPs), comparators, placebo, auxiliary
Test 1
ZITHROMAX 40 mg/ml pulver till oral suspension
PRD1968567 · Product
- Active substance
- Azithromycin
- Pharmaceutical form
- ORAL SUSPENSION
- Route of administration
- ORAL
- Max daily dose
- 30 mg/Kg milligram(s)/kilogram
- Max total dose
- 100 mg/Kg milligram(s)/kilogram
- Max treatment duration
- 6 Month(s)
- Authorisation status
- Authorised
- ATC code
- J01FA10 — AZITHROMYCIN
- Marketing authorisation
- 11615
- MA holder
- PFIZER OY
- MA country
- Finland
- Paediatric formulation
- No
- Orphan designation
- No
- Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
- No
Placebo 1
N/A · Product
- Other product name
- N/A
- Pharmaceutical form
- N/A
- ATC code
- N/A — N/A
- Marketing authorisation
- N/A
- MA holder
- N/A
- MA country
- Iceland
- Paediatric formulation
- No
Sponsors and contacts
Sponsor organisations, regulatory contacts, third parties
Rigshospitalet
- Sponsor organisation
- Rigshospitalet
- Address
- Blegdamsvej 9
- City
- Copenhagen Oe
- Postcode
- 2100
- Country
- Denmark
Scientific contact point
- Organisation
- Rigshospitalet
- Contact name
- Frederik Buchvald
Public contact point
- Organisation
- Rigshospitalet
- Contact name
- Marika Nathalie Rønne
Third parties 2
| Organisation | City, country | Duties |
|---|---|---|
| Frederiksberg Hospital ORG-100028217
|
Frederiksberg, Denmark | On site monitoring |
| Region Hovedstadens Apotek Herlev Hospital ORG-100024582
|
Herlev, Denmark | Code 14 |
Locations
1 EU/EEA country · 3 investigational sites
By country
| Country | MS status | Planned subjects | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Authorised, recruitment pending | 150 | 3 |
| Rest of world | — | 0 | — |
Investigational sites
Results and documents
Annex IV summary of results, Annex V layperson summary, and all documents registered in CTIS for this trial
Documents 9 files
Public protocol annexes, IB summaries, regulatory submissions and post-authorisation documents registered in CTIS.
| Type | Title | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Protocol (for publication) | CTIS Daily Resp Symp Score TRALULALA-AZI | 1 |
| Protocol (for publication) | CTIS PedsQL-4-Core-All-AU4-dan-DK TRALULALA-AZI | 1 |
| Protocol (for publication) | CTIS Phase IV justification TRALULALA-AZI | 1 |
| Protocol (for publication) | CTIS Protocol Enhancing Lung Health in Kids with structural Lung Damage and Malformations | 6 |
| Recruitment arrangements (for publication) | CTIS Recruitment arrangements TRALULALA-AZI | 4 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | CTIS Deltagerinformation inkl samtykke TRALULALA-AZI | 5 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | CTIS Rettigheder som forsgsperson TRALULALA-AZI | 1 |
| Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) (for publication) | CTIS SmPC DK Zithromax TRALULALA-AZI | 1 |
| Synopsis of the protocol (for publication) | CTIS Synopsis TRALULALA-AZI | 2 |
Application history
2 submissions — initial application plus substantial / non-substantial modifications
| # | Type | Code | Submitted | Reference MS | Conclusion | Decision date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INITIAL | IN | 2025-08-15 | Denmark | Acceptable 2025-11-13
|
2025-11-14 |
| 2 | NON SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION | NSM-2 | 2026-03-20 | Denmark | Acceptable 2025-11-13
|
2026-03-20 |