Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents With Severe, Uncontrolled Asthma (DESTINATION)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03706079 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 15, 2018
Results First Posted : February 9, 2023
Last Update Posted : February 9, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Asthma | Biological: Tezepelumab Other: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Subjects who have not met investigational product discontinuation criteria and have attended the EOT visit in either study D5180C00007 or D5180C00009 will be offered the opportunity to consent for the Multicentre, Double-blind, Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled, Phase 3, Safety Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Tezepelumab versus placebo in Adults and Adolescents (12 years of age and older) with a history of asthma exacerbations and inadequately controlled severe asthma receiving medium or high dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus at least one additional asthma controller medication with or without oral corticosteroids
Following treatment, subjects will enter a follow-up phase, determined by the predecessor study they had previously completed. Subjects will not receive IP during the follow-up phase. For subjects who entered the study from study D5180C00007 and did not meet IP Discontinuation criteria, the follow-up phase will extend from week 104 to Week 140. Subjects who entered the study from study D5180C00009 will have their follow-up phase extend to week 116.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 951 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Subjects previously randomized in one of the predecessor studies to tezepelumab will be assigned and remain on tezepelumab dosing in the Destination Study. Subjects randomized to placebo arm in the predecessor studies will be re-randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either tezepelumab or placebo. Given the randomization scheme of subjects in the predecessor studies, this will give an overall subject distribution of 3:1 (tezepelumab:placebo), assuming a similar number of subjects rollover from each arm in the predecessor studies. |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Masking Description: | Double-Blind |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicentre, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Phase 3, Safety Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents With Severe Uncontrolled Asthma (DESTINATION) |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 7, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 26, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 18, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Tezepelumab
Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection
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Biological: Tezepelumab
Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo: Placebo subcutaneous injection
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Other: Placebo
Placebo subcutaneous injection |
- Exposure Adjusted Incidence Rates of AEs/SAEs [ Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0 in predecessor study) to Week 104. For subjects switching treatments from placebo in the predecessor to tezepelumab in DESTINATION, all data collected after first dose of tezepelumab are excluded. ]Includes adverse events with an onset date between the date of first dose of IP in the predecessor and minimum (date of last dose of IP + 33 days, date of death, date of study withdrawal, day prior to start of another biologic). The analysis is based on the Safety Analysis Set. Exposure adjusted rates are defined as number of subjects with AEs divided by total time at risk across all subjects, multiplied by 100
- Total Time at Risk [ Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0 in predecessor study) to Week 104. For subjects switching treatments from placebo in the predecessor to tezepelumab in DESTINATION, all data collected after first dose of tezepelumab are excluded. ]Includes time between the date of first dose of IP in the predecessor and minimum (date of last dose of IP + 33 days, date of death, date of study withdrawal, day prior to start of another biologic). The analysis is based on the Safety Analysis Set.
- Annualized Asthma Exacerbation Rate (AAER) [ Time Frame: Baseline (Week 0 in predecessor study) to Week 104. For subjects switching treatments from placebo in the predecessor to tezepelumab in DESTINATION, all data collected after first dose of tezepelumab are excluded. ]The annualized exacerbation rate is based on exacerbations reported by the investigator in the eCRF. The analysis is based on the primary population (Full Analysis Set)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 13 Years to 81 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provision of signed and dated written informed consent
- Negative urine test for female subjects of childbearing potential prior to administration of IP at visit 1
- Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner must use a highly effective method of contraception from screening, and must agree to continue using such precautions for 16 weeks after the final dose of IP.
- Female or male subjects who have not met investigational product discontinuation criteria and have attended the EOT visit in either study D5180C00007 (NAVIGATOR) or D5180C00009 (SOURCE)
To enter the extended follow-up phase of the study, the following inclusion criteria also apply:
- Provision of signed and dated Addendum for Extended Follow-up to informed consent, as well as assent by adolescent subjects where applicable, prior to any mandatory study specific procedures, sampling and analyses before Extended Follow Up.
- Must have entered DESTINATION from D5180C00007 study and have completed IP dosing to Week 100, have not met IP Discontinuation criteria and have attended the EOT Visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any clinically important pulmonary disease other than asthma
- Any disorder, including, but not limited to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurological, musculoskeletal, infectious, endocrine, metabolic, hematological, psychiatric, or major physical impairment that is not stable
- History of chronic alcohol or drug abuse within 12 months prior to visit 1
- Current malignancy or malignancy that developed during a predecessor study
- Major surgery or planned surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia or inpatient status for > 1 day during the conduct of the study
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive/immunomodulating drugs except for OCS used in the treatment of asthma/asthma exacerbations within the last 12 weeks prior to randomization
- Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study involving an IP
- Any clinically meaningful abnormal finding in physical examination, vital signs, ECG,haematology, clinical chemistry, or urinalysis during the predecessor study
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or lactating
To enter the extended follow-up phase of the study (which extends from week 104 to week 140), the following exclusion criteria also apply:
- Discontinuation of IP during the treatment period of DESTINATION.
- Entered DESTINATION from D5180C00009 (SOURCE) study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03706079

Principal Investigator: | Andrew Menzies-Gow, MD | Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom |
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Responsible Party: | AstraZeneca |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03706079 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
D5180C00018 |
First Posted: | October 15, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 9, 2023 |
Last Update Posted: | February 9, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Asthma, Uncontrolled Asthma, Severe Uncontrolled Asthma |
Asthma Bronchial Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Hypersensitivity Immune System Diseases |