New combo inhaler aims to cut severe asthma attacks in half
NCT ID NCT06471257
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This phase 3 study tests whether an inhaler combining budesonide (a steroid) and albuterol (a rescue drug) works better than albuterol alone for preventing severe asthma attacks. About 790 Chinese adults with asthma who have had at least one severe attack in the past year will use the inhaler as needed for 24 to 52 weeks. The main goal is to see if the combo inhaler delays the first severe attack.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Budesonide/Albuterol inhaler (PT027)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more effective as-needed treatment for asthma that reduces the risk of severe attacks compared to using albuterol alone.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but results may not apply to all asthma patients. The study only includes Chinese adults, and the benefit over standard care may be modest. Side effects from the added steroid are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Documented physician-diagnosed asthma for at least 12 months prior to Visit 1 2. Receiving 1 of the scheduled asthma maintenance therapies for 3 months with stable dosing for at least the last 4 weeks before Visit 1 3. Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 of ≥ 40% to \< 90% predicted normal value for adults. 4. Documented reversibility to albuterol 5. A documented history of at least one severe asthma exacerbation within 12 months before Visit 1 6. ACQ-7 score ≥ 1.5 assessed at Visit 1 7. ACQ-5 score ≥ 1.5 assessed at Visit 2 8. Receiving inhaled SABA as needed prior to Visit 1 for at least 3 months 9. Use of Sponsor-provided salbutamol sulfate inhalation aerosol as needed medication due to asthma symptoms on at least 3 days during the last week of the run-in period before Visit 2 10. Demonstrate acceptable MDI administration technique as assessed by the investigator; use of spacers is prohibited 11. Able to perform acceptable and reproducible PEF measurements as assessed by the investigator 12. BMI \< 40 kg/m2 13. Negative pregnancy test (urine at Visit 1) for female participants of childbearing potential 14. Women of childbearing potential must agree to prevent pregnancy 15. Compliance: must be willing to remain at the study site as required per protocol and complete all visit assessments Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or other significant lung disease 2. Oral/SCS use (any dose) within 6 weeks before Visit 1 3. Chronic use of OCS ≥ 3 weeks use in 3 months prior to Visit 1 4. Having received any marketed or investigational biologic within 3 months or 5 half-lives before Visit 1, whichever is longer, or any other prohibited medication 5. Current smokers, former smokers with \> 10 pack-years history, or former smokers who stopped smoking \< 6 months before Visit 1 6. Life-threatening asthma as defined as any history of significant asthma episode(s) requiring intubation associated with hypercapnia, respiratory arrest, hypoxic seizures, or asthma related syncopal episode(s) within last 5 years of Visit 1 7. Completed treatment for lower respiratory infection or asthma exacerbation within 6 weeks of Visit 1 8. Upper respiratory infection involving antibiotic treatment not resolved within 7 days before Visit 1 9. Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities 10. Historical or current evidence of a clinically significant disease 11. Cancer not in complete remission for at least 5 years before Visit 1 12. History of psychiatric disease, intellectual deficiency, poor motivation, or other conditions if their magnitude is limiting informed consent validity 13. Have a known or suspected hypersensitivity to albuterol/salbutamol, or budesonide and/or their excipients 14. Inability to abstain from protocol-defined prohibited medications during the study 15. Having received a live attenuated vaccination within 7 days of Visit 1 16. Currently pregnant or breastfeeding 17. Participants who experience \> 1 asthma exacerbation during the screening period
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
83 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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.
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