New drug aims to reduce deaths from severe lung failure

NCT ID NCT05947955

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests an experimental drug called recombinant human plasma gelsolin (rhu-pGSN) added to standard care for people with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by pneumonia or other infections. About 600 hospitalized adults will receive either the drug or a placebo, and researchers will measure how many survive at 28 days, how many days they need a ventilator, and other outcomes. The goal is to see if this drug can improve survival and recovery.

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Asst-Spedali Civili di Brescia

    RECRUITING

    Brescia, 25123, Italy

  • Baylor Scott & White Health

    RECRUITING

    Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

  • Bellvitge University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08907, Spain

  • Bryan Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Lincoln, Nebraska, 68506, United States

  • CHU Charleroi Marie Curie Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Charleroi, 6042, Belgium

  • CHU Nantes

    RECRUITING

    Nantes, 1, France

  • Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis

    RECRUITING

    Nijmegen, 6532 SZ, Netherlands

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  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Departemental (CHD) Vendee

    RECRUITING

    La Roche-sur-Yon, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

    RECRUITING

    Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle

    RECRUITING

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalier de Melun-Senart

    RECRUITING

    Melun, 77000, France

  • Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux du nord de l'île de Montréal-Hôpital du Sacré de Montréal (CIUSSS-NÎM-HSCM)

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H4J1C5, Canada

  • Clinical County Hospital Timisoara

    RECRUITING

    Timișoara, 300723, Romania

  • Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies

    RECRUITING

    Ottignies, 1340, Belgium

  • Clínico San Carlos

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, Spain

  • County Clinical Hospital Tirgu Mures

    RECRUITING

    Târgu Mureş, 540103, Romania

  • Derriford Hospital (University Hospitals Plymouth Hospital Trust)

    RECRUITING

    Plymouth, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom

  • Ferenc Csolnoky Hospital of Veszprem County

    RECRUITING

    Veszprém, H-8200, Hungary

  • Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS

    RECRUITING

    Rome, 00165, Italy

  • Foothills Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, AB T2N 5A1, Canada

  • Gelderse Vallei Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ede, Netherlands

  • Gelre Hospitals, Department of ICU

    RECRUITING

    Apeldoorn, Netherlands

  • General University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Prague, 2, 12000, Czechia

  • Grey Nuns Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6L 5X8, Canada

  • HUB - Hôpital Erasme

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, 1070, Belgium

  • Hannibal Regional Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hannibal, Missouri, 63401, United States

  • Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75013, France

  • Hospital Clínic Barcelona

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08030, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus

    RECRUITING

    Tarragona, 43204, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII

    RECRUITING

    Tarragona, 43005, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Getafe

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, 28905, Spain

  • Hospital of Siofok

    RECRUITING

    Siófok, 8600, Hungary

  • Hôpital du Kremlin Bicêtre, APHP

    RECRUITING

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France

  • Jena University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Jena, 07747, Germany

  • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

    RECRUITING

    's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

  • Lions Gate Hospital

    RECRUITING

    North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7L 2L7, Canada

  • Mayo Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • McGill University Health Centre - Royal Victoria Hospital (MUHC-RVH)

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • McGovern Medical School - UT Physicians Pulmonary Medicine - Texas Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Medisch Spectrum Twente

    RECRUITING

    Enschede, 7512 KZ, Netherlands

  • National Institute of Pulmonology

    RECRUITING

    Budapest, H-1121, Hungary

  • New York University Grossman School of Medicine

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Northwestern University - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Nouvel Hopital Civil

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Peter Lougheed Centre

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, T1Y 6J4, Canada

  • Pinderfields Hospital (Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust)

    RECRUITING

    Wakefield, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom

  • Rocky View General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, T2V 1P9, Canada

  • Saarland University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Homburg, 66421, Germany

  • South Health Campus

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, T3M 1M4, Canada

  • Spital Universitar de Urgenta ELIAS (University Emergency Hospital Elias)

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, Romania

  • St. Anne's University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Brno, 602 00, Czechia

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada

  • Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County Teaching Hospital, Andras Josa Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Nyíregyháza, H-4400, Hungary

  • Szent Damján Greek Catholic Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kisvárda, 4600, Hungary

  • Tenon Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75020, France

  • UMHAT "Alexandrovska" EAD

    RECRUITING

    Sofia, Bulgaria

  • University Health Network (UHN)-Toronto General Hospital (TGH)

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2N2, Canada

  • University Hospital Královské Vinohrady

    RECRUITING

    Prague, 100 34 10, Czechia

  • University Hospital LMU Munich

    RECRUITING

    Munich, D-81377, Germany

  • University Hospital of Bucharest

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 050098, Romania

  • University Hospital of Bucharest

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08208, Spain

  • University Hospital of Wales

    RECRUITING

    Cardiff, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom

  • University of Louisville Hospital - Jewish Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • University of Louisville-Jewish Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States

  • Wellstar MCG Augusta University

    RECRUITING

    Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States

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