New pill shows promise in slowing lung scarring disease

NCT ID NCT06588686

First seen Oct 31, 2025 · Last updated May 16, 2026 · Updated 32 times

Summary

This study tests a new oral drug called buloxibutid in 378 adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a disease that scars the lungs and makes breathing hard. Over 52 weeks, researchers compare two doses of the drug against a placebo to see if it helps maintain lung function and slows disease progression. Participants either take the drug alone or with their current IPF treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens

    Athens, 11527, Greece

  • Allergology- Pulmunology Outpatient Clinic Alergopneuma, Pulmonology Outpatient Clinic

    Świdnik, 21-040, Poland

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Austin Hospital

    Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Belgrano Clinical Research Center

    Buenos Aires, C1028AAP, Argentina

  • Breathe Comprehensive Clinical Health

    Godoy Cruz, 5501, Argentina

  • CEMER Medical Center for Respiratory Diseases

    Buenos Aires, 1602, Argentina

  • CINME - Metabolic Research Center

    Buenos Aires, C1056ABI, Argentina

  • China Medical University Hospital

    Taichung, 404327, Taiwan

  • Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Department of Pulmonary Medicine

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Clinical Research Centre Respiratory Medicine

    Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60596, Germany

  • Clinical Research Specialists

    Kissimmee, Florida, 34746, United States

  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine

    Concord, NSW 2139, Australia

  • Diex Research Trois-Riviere Inc.

    Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G9A 4P3, Canada

  • Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez Monterrey University Hospital

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico

  • El Paso Pulmonary Association

    El Paso, Texas, 79902, United States

  • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Emphysema Foundation, Pneumology

    Mar del Plata, 7600, Argentina

  • Endeavor Health - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States

  • Erasme Hospital

    Brussels, 1070, Belgium

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    New Taipei City, 220, Taiwan

  • Flinders Medical Centre

    Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia

  • Foundation PTV - Polyclinic Tor Vergata

    Roma, 00133, Italy

  • General Hospital of Chest Diseases "Sotiria" 5th Pulmonology Department

    Athens, 11527, Greece

  • General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Papanikolaou", University Department of Pulmonology

    Thessaloniki, PC 57010, Greece

  • Guy's Hospital

    London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

  • Hannover Medical School, Center for Internal Medicine

    Hanover, Lower Saxony, 30625, Germany

  • Hanyang University - Myongji Hospital

    Goyang-si, 10475, South Korea

  • Homerton University Hospital

    London, E9 6SR, United Kingdom

  • Hospital Penzing, Department of Respiratory and lung diseases

    Vienna, 1140, Austria

  • IMER Respiratory Medicine Institute

    Córdoba, X5003DCE, Argentina

  • IRCCS Policlinic Hospital San Martino

    Genoa, Liguria, 16132, Italy

  • Ibamedica

    Santa Fe, 3000, Argentina

  • Immenhausen Lung Hospital

    Immenhausen, Hesse, 34 376, Germany

  • InJe University Busan Paik Hospital

    Busan, 47392, South Korea

  • InJe University Haeundae Paik Hospital

    Busan, 48108, South Korea

  • InnovaCiencia

    Rosario, S2000, Argentina

  • Integral Health Medical Unit

    San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66465, Mexico

  • Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, 833401, Taiwan

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, 807377, Taiwan

  • Keck Medicine of University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Kelowna Respiratory & Allergy Clinic

    Kelowna, British Columbia, V1W 1V3, Canada

  • Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Department of Pulmonology

    Linz, Upper Austria, 4021, Austria

  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul, 02841, South Korea

  • Local Healthcare Company Papa Giovanni XXIII (ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII)

    Bergamo, 24127, Italy

  • Low Country Lung and Critical Care

    North Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, United States

  • Lung Research Victoria

    Footscray, Victoria, 3011, Australia

  • MICS Medical Centre Bydgoszcz

    Bydgoszcz, 85-065, Poland

  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Medical Center Dra. De Salvo

    Buenos Aires, C1426ABP, Argentina

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan, 704302, Taiwan

  • National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosio Villegas (INER)

    Mexico City, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico

  • National Jewish Medical and Research Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80206, United States

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 100225, Taiwan

  • Norbert Barlicki University Clinical Hospital in Lodz Departament of Pneumology and Allergy

    Lodz, 90-153, Poland

  • Oaxaca Site Management Organization S.C - (Osmo)

    Oaxaca City, 68000, Mexico

  • Oregon Clinic, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine East

    Portland, Oregon, 97220, United States

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

  • Paradigm Clinical Research

    San Diego, California, 92108, United States

  • Paradigm Clinical Research Centers, Inc.

    Redding, California, 96001, United States

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

    Birmingham, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

  • Renown Clinical Research

    Reno, Nevada, 89502, United States

  • Research Institute of Respiratory Diseases

    San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, 4000, Argentina

  • Royal Brompton Hospital

    London, SW3 6NP, United Kingdom

  • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

    Exeter, EX2 5DW, United Kingdom

  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

    Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia

  • RuhrlandClinic - Lung Center

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45122, Germany

  • Salzburg Regional Hospital, Department of Pneumology/Respiratory Medicine

    Salzburg, 5020, Austria

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • San Gerardo of Tintori IRCCS Foundation

    Monza, 20900, Italy

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Soon Chun Hyang Central Medical Center

    Bucheon-si, 14584, South Korea

  • Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Seoul

    Seoul, 04401, South Korea

  • Southeastern Research Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States

  • St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney Ltd.

    Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

  • StatCare - Bearden

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37919, United States

  • Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

  • Summit Health - Bend

    Bend, Oregon, 97201, United States

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, 112201, Taiwan

  • Temple University Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

  • The Catholic University Of Korea Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital

    Bucheon-si, 14647, South Korea

  • The Prince Charles Hospital

    Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Woodville, SA 5011, Australia

  • Townsville University Hospital

    Douglas, QLD 4814, Australia

  • Twoja Przychodnia Medical Centre of Nowa Sol

    Nowa Sól, 67-100, Poland

  • UAB Hospital, School of Medicine/Lung Health Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • UC Davis Health System

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest

    San Diego, California, 92103, United States

  • UCL Mont-Godinne University Hospitals

    Yvoir, 5530, Belgium

  • University General Hospital "Attikon", 2nd Pulmonary Department

    Athens, PC 12462, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Heraklion, Pneumonology Clinic

    Heraklion, Crete, 715 00, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Ioannina

    Ioannina, 45500, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Patras

    Pátrai, 26504, Greece

  • University Hospital - Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I - GM Lancisi - G Salesi of Ancona

    Ancona, 60126, Italy

  • University Hospital Center Sart-Tilman

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • University Hospital City of Health and Science of Turin - Hospital Molinette

    Turin, 10126, Italy

  • University Hospital Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106, Germany

  • University Hospital Heidelberg, Clinic of Thoracic Medicine Heidelberg GmbH

    Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69126, Germany

  • University Hospital Tuebingen

    Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany

  • University Hospitals Saint-Luc

    Brussels, 1200, Belgium

  • University of Florida Health (UF Health)

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Utah, Health Sciences Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Clinical Science Center

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • VITAMED Galaj i Cichomski General Partnership

    Bydgoszcz, 85-079, Poland

  • Vistalba Health Center

    Mendoza, 5509, Argentina

  • Vivantes Hospital Neukoelln

    Berlin, 12351, Germany

  • William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

  • Wythenshawe Hospital

    Manchester, M23 9LT, United Kingdom

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