Afrezza® INHALE-1 Study in Pediatrics

Last updated: May 5, 2025
Sponsor: Mannkind Corporation
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Diabetes Prevention

Diabetes And Hypertension

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatment

Afrezza

Basal Insulin

Rapid-acting Insulin Analog

Clinical Study ID

NCT04974528
MKC-TI-155 Part 2
  • Ages 4-17
  • All Genders

Study Summary

INHALE-1 is a Phase 3, open-label, randomized clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Afrezza in combination with a basal insulin (i.e., the Afrezza group) versus insulin aspart, insulin lispro or insulin glulisine in combination with a basal insulin (i.e., the Rapid-acting Insulin Analog [RAA] injection group) in pediatric subjects with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. Following 26 weeks of randomized treatment (i.e., Afrezza or RAA injection combined with a basal insulin), all subjects will enter a treatment extension where subjects will receive Afrezza until Week 52. The purpose of the treatment extension is to assess safety and efficacy with continued use of Afrezza.

Pediatric subjects ≥4 and <18 years of age will be enrolled in this study. Subjects will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the Afrezza group or the RAA injection group.

The study is composed of:

  • Up to 5-week screening/run-in period

  • 26 week randomized treatment period

  • 26-week treatment extension

  • 4-week follow-up period

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Assent from the pediatric subject, as appropriate, and fully informed consent fromthe parent(s) or legal guardian, as required by both state and federal laws and thelocal Institutional Review Board (IRB)

  • Subjects ≥4 and <18 years of age

  • Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) per the Investigator and have been using insulin for at least 6 months forT1DM, or at least 3 months for T2DM

  • Treatment with basal-bolus insulin therapy delivered by multiple daily injectionsfor at least 2 weeks

  • Bolus insulins are restricted to the RAAs insulin lispro, insulin aspart or insulinglulisine, including biosimilar products

  • Basal insulins are restricted to insulin glargine, insulin degludec or insulindetemir, including biosimilar products

  • Access to stable WiFi connection

  • HbA1c ≥7.0% and ≤11%

  • Average prandial dose of insulin ≥2 units per meal

  • Utilized CGM for ≥70% of the time over a consecutive 14-day period precedingrandomization

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of recent blood transfusions (within previous 3 months), hemoglobinopathies,or any other conditions that affect HbA1c measurements

  • Recent history of asthma (defined as using any medications to treat within the lastyear), any other clinically important pulmonary disease (e.g., cystic fibrosis orbronchopulmonary dysplasia), or significant congenital or acquired cardiopulmonarydisease

  • History of serious complications of diabetes (e.g., active proliferative retinopathyor symptomatic autonomic neuropathy), or likely need for specific treatment fordiabetic retinopathy (laser photocoagulation, vitrectomy, other) in the next year

  • FEV1 and FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) ≤80% of predicted Global Lung FunctionInitiative (GLI) value

  • Inability to achieve an acceptable FEV1 and FVC reading for subjects ≥8 years of agewould make the subject ineligible

  • For subjects <8 years of age who are unable to achieve an acceptable FVC reading,FEV1 only may be assessed; inability to achieve an acceptable FEV1 would make thesubject ineligible

  • Respiratory tract infection within 14 days before screening (subject may return 14days after resolution of symptoms for rescreening)

  • Inability or unwillingness to perform study procedures

  • Exposure to any investigational product(s), including drugs or devices, in the past 30 days

  • Any disease other than diabetes or exposure to any medication that, in the judgmentof the Investigator, may impact glucose metabolism and current or anticipated acuteuses of glucocorticoids or weight loss medications, with the exception of metforminand/or GLP-1 agonists (if GLP-1 agonists used for at least the 3 months prior toenrollment) in subjects with T2DM

  • Use of antiadrenergic drugs (e.g., clonidine)

  • Any concurrent illness (other than diabetes mellitus) not controlled by a stabletherapeutic regimen

  • Current uncontrolled eating disorder (e.g., anorexia or bulimia nervosa)

  • Current drug or alcohol abuse or a history of drug or alcohol abuse that, in theopinion of the Investigator or the Sponsor, would make the subject an unsuitablecandidate for participation in the study

  • Smoking (includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, marijuana, and vaping devices) for thepreceding 6 months and/or positive urine cotinine test

  • Female subject who is pregnant, breast-feeding, intends to become pregnant, or is ofchild-bearing potential, sexually active and not using adequate contraceptivemethods as required by local regulation or practice

  • An event of severe hypoglycemia, as judged by the Investigator, within the last 90days prior to screening

  • An episode of DKA requiring hospitalization within the last 90 days prior toscreening

Study Design

Total Participants: 319
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: Afrezza
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
September 29, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
April 29, 2025

Connect with a study center

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90027
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Endocrinology, CEDE

    Sacramento, California 95821
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sutter Institute for Medical Research (formerly Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Endocrinology)

    Sacramento, California 95821
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital

    San Diego, California 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, California 94158
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Yale New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut 06511
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

    Wilmington, Delaware 19803
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

    Hollywood, Florida 33021
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Advent Health Orlando

    Orlando, Florida 32803
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of South Florida

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia 30329
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rocky Mountain Clinical Research

    Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa 52242
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Iowa Diabetes Research, IDR

    West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Louisville, Norton Children's Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky 40202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Dr. Barry J. Reiner

    Baltimore, Maryland 21229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • John Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Joslin Diabetes Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Michigan Pediatrics

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Michigan Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Services

    Livonia, Michigan 48152
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Minnesota

    Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri 64111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Heather Harding

    Kansas City, Missouri 64111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The DOCS

    Las Vegas, Nevada 89113
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Atlantic Health

    Morristown, New Jersey 07960
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UBMD Pediatrics Buffalo

    Buffalo, New York 14203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NYU Langone, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Oklahoma Children's Hospital

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • AM Diabetes and Endocrinology Center

    Bartlett, Tennessee 38133
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UT Southwestern

    Dallas, Texas 75390
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • DHR Health

    Edinburg, Texas 78539
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic, DGD

    San Antonio, Texas 78229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia 23298
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Seattle Children's

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
    United States

    Site Not Available

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