Asthma drug roflumilast tested for Long-Term safety in new study
NCT ID NCT00246922
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at the long-term safety of the drug roflumilast in adults with asthma. Participants had already finished a 24-week study and took the drug once daily for another 28 weeks. The goal was to see if the drug remained safe over a longer period.
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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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150 people
- Started
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Dec 2004
- Finished
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Oct 2007
- 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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20 to 71 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.
Main inclusion criteria: * Patients with asthma disease * Written informed consent * Patients who completed the 24-week evaluation of study APTA-2217-05 Main exclusion criteria: * % FEV1.0 \< 60% at both 18 weeks and 24 weeks measurements during APTA-2217-05 * Patients with poorly controlled asthma between informed consent day and study starting day: need for oral or intravenous steroid therapy, hospitalization or any emergency visit, PEF value worsened for 2 or more consecutive days * Serious diseases
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nycomed Japan and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Osaka, Japan
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