Drug trial aims to put the brakes on scarred lungs

NCT ID NCT05785624

Summary

This study tested whether an investigational drug called vixarelimab could slow the decline in lung function for people with two types of progressive lung scarring diseases. About 286 adults with either idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or lung disease related to systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) were randomly assigned to receive either vixarelimab or a placebo for one year, with an option for a second year of open-label treatment. The main goal was to see if the drug could better preserve breathing capacity, measured by a standard lung function test.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AZORG Campus Aalst-Moorselbaan

    Aalst, 9300, Belgium

  • Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

    Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, 42100, Italy

  • Asan Medical Center - PPDS

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Turin, Piedmont, 10126, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele" (Presidio Gaspare Rodolico)

    Catania, Sicily, 95123, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

    Florence, Tuscany, 50134, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

    Siena, Abruzzo, 53100, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona-Umberto I G.M. Lancisi G. Salesi

    Ancona, The Marches, 60020, Italy

  • Banner University Medicine Lung Institute

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2506, United States

  • Barzilai Medical Center

    Ashkelon, 7830604, Israel

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Baylor Scott and White Health - Advanced Lung Disease Specialists - Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75246-2073, United States

  • Bioclinica - Centro Integral En Reumatologia Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable - PPDS

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP 44160, Mexico

  • CEC SpA

    Ñuñoa, 7750495, Chile

  • CHU de Liège

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • CHU de Reims

    Reims, 51100, France

  • CHUS H Clinico U de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela, LA Coruna, 15706, Spain

  • CICUM San Miguel

    Americana, Jalisco, 44160, Mexico

  • Centro Médico Dra de Salvo

    Buenos Aires, C1426ABP, Argentina

  • Centro de Investigacion del Maule

    Talca, 3481349, Chile

  • Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Tucuman

    San Miguel de Tucumán, T4000AXL, Argentina

  • Centro de Investigaciones Reumatologicas

    San Miguel de Tucumán, T4000AXL, Argentina

  • Christchurch Hospital

    Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand

  • Coastal Pulmonary and Critical Care PLC

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33704-2733, United States

  • Consultorios Médicos Dr. Doreski

    Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, C1426ABP, Argentina

  • Dr Anil Dhar Professional Medicine Corporation

    Windsor, Ontario, N8X 5A6, Canada

  • Dr JM Engelbrecht Trial site

    Cape Town, 7130, South Africa

  • Dunedin Hospital

    Dunedin, New Zealand

  • Dynamic Drug Advancement Ltd.

    Ajax, Ontario, L1S 2J5, Canada

  • EMED Centrum Uslug Medycznych Ewa Smialek

    Rzeszów, 35-205, Poland

  • El Paso Pulmonary Association Elligo PPDS

    El Paso, Texas, 79902-1124, United States

  • Emory Clinic

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Enroll SpA - PPDS

    Providencia, 7500587, Chile

  • Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin

    Berlin, 13125, Germany

  • Far East Memorial Hospital

    New Taipei City, 220, Taiwan

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli

    Rome, Lazio, 00168, Italy

  • Fundacion Scherbovsky

    Mendoza, 5500, Argentina

  • Gachon University Gil Medical Center

    Incheon, 21565, South Korea

  • GenHarp Clinical Solutions

    Evergreen Park, Illinois, 60805-2758, United States

  • Groupe Hospitalier Bichat Claude Bernard

    Paris, 75018, France

  • Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel

  • Hannibal Regional Healthcare System HRMG Hannibal

    Hannibal, Missouri, 63401-6890, United States

  • Hanyang University Medical Center

    Seoul, 04763, South Korea

  • Hopital Avicenne

    Bobigny, 93000, France

  • Hopital Louis Pradel

    Bron, 69677, France

  • Hopital Nord AP-HM

    Marseille, 13015, France

  • Hopital Pasteur 2

    Nice, 06001, France

  • Hospital Brasilia

    Brasília, Federal District, 71635580, Brazil

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 8036, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Dia do Pulmao

    Blumenau, Santa Catarina, 89030-101, Brazil

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon

    Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

    Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33011, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

  • Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

    Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Son Espases

    Palma de Mallorca, 07120, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre HCPA PPDS

    Pôrto Alegre, Pará, 90035-903, Brazil

  • Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve

    Montpellier, 34295, France

  • INSARES

    Mendoza, Mendoza City, M5500CCG, Argentina

  • IU Health Ball Memorial Physicians Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

    Muncie, Indiana, 47303-3432, United States

  • Instituto Ave Pulmo

    Mar del Plata, B7602DCK, Argentina

  • Instituto De Patologias Respiratorias

    San Miguel de Tucumán, 4000, Argentina

  • Instituto Del Buen Aire

    Santa Fe, 3000, Argentina

  • Instituto Medico Rio Cuarto

    Río Cuarto, 5800, Argentina

  • Instituto Medico de la Fundacion Estudios Clinicos

    Rosario, S2013DTC, Argentina

  • IntraCare Health Center ? Prestige

    Dallas, Texas, 75254, United States

  • Kaplan Medical Center

    Rehovot, 7610001, Israel

  • Kelowna Allergy and Respiratory Health Clinic

    Kelowna, British Columbia, V1W 1V3, Canada

  • L2 Ip - Instituto de Pesquisas Clinicas Ltda - ME

    Brasília, Federal District, 70200-730, Brazil

  • Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center

    Haifa, 34362, Israel

  • McGovern Medical School

    Houston, Texas, 77030-1501, United States

  • Monash Health Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • Northwestern Medicine - Northwestern Medicine Glen

    Glenview, Illinois, 60026-8039, United States

  • Ospedale S. Giuseppe Multimedica

    Milan, Lombardy, 20123, Italy

  • PULMAG Grzegorz Gasior Marzena Kociolek Spolka Cywilna

    Sosnowiec, 41-208, Poland

  • Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Buckhead

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30309-1740, United States

  • Presidio Ospedaliero GB Morgagni L Pierantoni

    Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, 47121, Italy

  • Pulmonix LLC

    Greensboro, North Carolina, 27403-4443, United States

  • Rabin Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 52621, Israel

  • Rambam Medical Center

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Renstar Medical Research

    Ocala, Florida, 34470, United States

  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia

  • Ruhrlandklinik

    Essen, 45239, Germany

  • SPZOZ Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny nr 1 im. Norberta Barlickiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi

    Lodz, 90-153, Poland

  • Samsung Medical Center - PPDS

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Shamir Medical Center Assaf Harofeh

    Beer Jacob, 0073100, Israel

  • Southeastern Research Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103-4029, United States

  • Southern Arizona VA Health Care System NAVREF PPDS

    Tucson, Arizona, 85723-0001, United States

  • St Augustines Hospital

    Durban, 4001, South Africa

  • St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 2010, Australia

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    Taichung, 40705, Taiwan

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center PPDS

    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • The Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital

    Seoul, 03312, South Korea

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel

  • The Lundquist Institute for BioMedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Cente

    Torrance, California, 90502, United States

  • The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104-5417, United States

  • UCLA Rheumatology

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-8344, United States

  • Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf

    Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany

  • University General Hospital of Heraklion

    Heraklion, 711 10, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Larissa

    Larissa, 412 21, Greece

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

    San Francisco, California, 94143-2204, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco-Fresno

    Fresno, California, 93701-2302, United States

  • University of Cape Town Lung Institute UCTLI

    Cape Town, 7700, South Africa

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Michigan Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-1036, United States

  • University of Utah - PPDS

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108-1287, United States

  • Waikato Hospital

    Hamilton, 3248, New Zealand

  • Weston Hospital

    Weston, Florida, 33331-3609, United States

  • Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy

    Warsaw, 04-141, Poland

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