New drug fights common cold to protect vulnerable lungs

NCT ID NCT06149494

Completed Disease control Sponsor: Altesa Biosciences, Inc. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Summary

This study tested an experimental drug called vapendavir to see if it could reduce serious lung symptoms in people with COPD after they caught a common cold virus. Researchers gave the drug or a placebo to 52 adults with moderate COPD who were then exposed to the virus. The main goal was to see if the drug lowered the severity of symptoms like shortness of breath, wheezing, and cough compared to the placebo.

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Locations

St. Mary's Hospital - Imperial College Respiratory Research Unit (ICRRU)

London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

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CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE COPD COPD EXACERBATION ACUTE COPD WITH ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION EMPHYSEMA OR COPD ENTEROVIRUS ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS INFECTION VIRAL INFECTIONS INFECTIONS, RESPIRATORY LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE LOWER RESPIRATORY DISORDER LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND LUNG INFECTIONS LUNG DISEASE CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PULMONARY DISEASE PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE RESPIRATORY COMPLICATION RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASE CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTION RHINOVIRUS RHINOVIRUS INFECTION UPPER RESP TRACT INFECTION UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASE UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASE, ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY DISORDER UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS VIRAL INFECTION VIRUS DISEASES VIRUS INFECTION, RNA