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. 2020 May 1;2020(5):CD008649. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008649.pub4

NCT02134353.

Study name Long‐Term Administration of Inhaled Mannitol in Cystic Fibrosis ‐ A Safety and Efficacy Trial in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Subjects
Methods Randomised, double‐blind, parallel study.
Treatment duration: 26 weeks.
Multicentre in USA, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine.
Participants Estimated enrolment: 440 adults with CF (18 years or older).
Interventions Inhaled mannitol 400 mg twice daily versus inhaled control twice daily for 26 weeks.
Outcomes Primary outcome: FEV1 (mean absolute change in mL) over weeks 6, 14 and 26 with a REML‐based repeated measures approach.
Secondary outcomes: FVC (mean change from baseline in mL); time to first pulmonary exacerbation; rate of pulmonary exacerbations; number of days in hospital due to pulmonary exacerbation; incidence of pulmonary exacerbations; days on antibiotics (oral, inhaled or IV) due to pulmonary exacerbation; ease of expectoration measured using a visual analogue scale; CFQ‐R respiratory domain score.
Starting date October 2014.
Contact information April 2016 (March 2016 is final data collection date for primary outcome measure).
Notes Contact: Brett Charlton (brett.charlton@pharmaxis.com.au).

CF: cystic fibrosis
CFQ‐R: cystic fibrosis questionnaire (revised)
FEV1: forced expiratory volume at one second
FVC: forced vital capacity
IV: intravenous
REML: restricted maximum likelihood