New triple inhaler could simplify asthma care for teens
NCT ID NCT05776927
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 9 times
Summary
This study tests a new once-daily inhaler called QVM149, which combines three medicines (indacaterol, glycopyrronium, and mometasone furoate) to control asthma. It will enroll 304 teenagers aged 12 to 17 and compare the new inhaler to a standard twice-daily treatment (salmeterol/fluticasone). The main goal is to see if QVM149 improves lung function over 26 weeks, with follow-up for up to a year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- QVM149 (a combination of indacaterol, glycopyrronium, and mometasone furoate) delivered via inhaler
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective once-daily inhaler option for teenagers with asthma, potentially improving lung function and symptom control compared to current twice-daily treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, so it's further along, but it's still testing a new combination. It may not prove superior to existing treatments, and side effects like throat irritation or increased heart rate are possible. Results may not apply to all asthma severities.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 188 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Key Inclusion criteria: * Male and female adolescent participants aged from ≥ 12 years old to less than 18 years old at screening visit * Participants with a documented diagnosis of persistent asthma (according to Global Initiative for Asthma GINA 2024) for a period of at least 1 year prior to screening. * Participants who have used medium or high dose ICS with LABA in combination (GINA 2024) for asthma for at least 3 months and at stable doses for at least 1 month prior to screening * Participants must be symptomatic / inadequately controlled according to the Investigator's opinion despite treatment with medium or high stable doses of ICS with LABA in combination (GINA 2024) before screening * Participants who demonstrate an increase in FEV1 of ≥ 12% within 15 to 30 minutes after administration of 200-400 μg salbutamol/180-360 μg albuterol at run-in visit * Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 50% of the predicted normal value for the participant according to American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) 2019 criteria at both run-in and before randomization Key Exclusion criteria: * Participants who have had a severe asthma attack/exacerbation requiring systemic steroids OR hospitalization (\> 24 hours) OR emergency room (ER) visit (≤ 24 hours) within 6 weeks of screening. If participants experience an asthma attack/exacerbation requiring systemic steroids or emergency room visit between screening and end of run-in they may be re-screened 6 weeks after recovery from the exacerbation * Participants who have ever required intubation for a severe asthma attack/exacerbation * Participants with a history of chronic lung diseases other than asthma, including (but not limited to) sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, clinically significant bronchiectasis and active tuberculosis * Participants with Type I diabetes or uncontrolled Type II diabetes * Participants who have a clinically significant laboratory abnormality as per investigator judgement before the end of run-in * Participants with a history of myocardial infarction (this should be confirmed clinically by the Investigator) within the previous 12 months * Participants with a history of long QT syndrome or a family history of a first degree relative with sudden cardiac death under the age of 50 years, or participants whose QTc measured at run-in or at baseline (prior to randomization) (Fridericia method) is prolonged (\> 450 msec for males and \> 460 msec for females) and confirmed by a central assessor or the inability to determine the QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) interval (these participants should not be re-screened) * Female participants of childbearing potential defined as all females physiologically capable of becoming pregnant (e.g. are menstruating) who do not agree to abstinence or, if sexually active, do not agree to the use of contraception as defined in the exclusion criteria * Use of long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) within 3 months prior to screening Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
19 sites in 8 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSzeged, 6720, Hungary
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTarnów, Poland, 33-100, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBialystok, 15-698, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKrakow, 31-625, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLublin, 20-637, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPiaseczno, 05-500, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTorun, 87-100, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBucharest, 050159, Romania
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBratislava, Mestska Cast Ruzinov, 821 08, Slovakia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGEast London, Eastern Cape, 5201, South Africa
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGermiston, Gauteng, 1401, South Africa
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKrugersdorp, Gauteng, 1739, South Africa
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLenasia, Gauteng, 1827, South Africa
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPaarl, Western Cape, 7626, South Africa
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSantiago Compostela, A Coruna, 15706, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSabadell, Barcelona, 08208, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSeville, 41013, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKaohsiung City, 833, Taiwan
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