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Can a new drug curb COPD Flare-Ups?

NCT ID NCT07780656

Disease control Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026

Summary

This clinical trial is testing whether an investigational drug called felcorekibart, when added to standard COPD therapy, can reduce the number of moderate and severe flare-ups in adults aged 40 to 80 with moderate to very severe COPD. Participants will receive either felcorekibart or a placebo, and researchers will track how often exacerbations occur over the study period. The trial also measures changes in respiratory symptoms and quality of life. The goal is to see if this new treatment can offer better control of this chronic lung condition.

What this could mean

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Active substance
felcorekibart (GSK5784283), an investigational drug added to standard COPD therapy
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a new add-on treatment to reduce the frequency of COPD flare-ups, potentially improving quality of life for people with this chronic lung disease.
What could go wrong
This is a phase 3 trial, but results are not yet known. The drug may not prove more effective than placebo, and there could be side effects. The study focuses on a specific patient group, so benefits may not apply to all COPD patients.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

About 624 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Aug 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Mar 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

40 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Male or eligible female participants. * Participants with \>=40 to less than or equal to (\<=) 80 years of age. * An eosinophilic phenotype with elevated BEC. * Moderate to very severe COPD with frequent exacerbations. * Participants with elevated COPD assessment test (CAT) score. * Current or former cigarette smokers. * On triple (Inhaled corticosteroid \[ICS\]+ Long-acting muscarinic antagonist \[LAMA\]+ Long-acting beta-agonist \[LABA\]) or dual inhaled COPD therapy, if ICS is considered not appropriate. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or prior physician diagnosis of asthma. * Other clinically significant lung disease. * Pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, or lower respiratory tract infection within the 4 weeks prior to Screening Visit 1. * Participants with a history of, or plan for lung volume reduction surgery / endobronchial valve procedure. * Continuous oxygen therapy (more than 16 hours/ day). * Cor pulmonale resulting in right heart failure and severe pulmonary hypertension. * A current malignancy or history of malignant neoplasm within the last 5 years (except definitively treated non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix). * Myocardial infarction, unstable angina or stroke within 6 months of screening, unstable arrhythmia. * New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure. * Other significant medical conditions that could impact participants' safety or study outcomes.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset

As listed by the trial registrant

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Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive

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