Can a simple vaccine keep COPD patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT07640841
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This large trial will study whether flu and pneumonia vaccines can reduce serious flare-ups and medical costs in people aged 45-80 with COPD. About 7,000 participants will be split into four groups: flu vaccine, pneumonia vaccine, both, or no vaccine. Researchers will track lung function and flare-ups over 12 months to see if vaccination makes a real difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (inactivated) and 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that routine flu and pneumonia vaccines help prevent COPD flare-ups and reduce healthcare costs for patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 4 trial, so the vaccines are already approved. The main uncertainty is whether they provide meaningful benefit specifically for COPD patients. The open-label design may introduce bias.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 7,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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45 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * Meet the GOLD diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: presence of risk factors and/or clinical symptoms and pulmonary function test showing persistent airflow limitation (i.e., post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC \< 70%), after excluding other diagnoses. * Aged between 45 and 80 years. * Provide informed consent and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Combined with structural lung disease (including: bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, old tuberculosis, diffuse panbronchiolitis, obliterative bronchiolitis, atelectasis, destroyed lung, congenital lung dysplasia, post-lung resection). * Combined with lung malignancy. * Combined with acute phase or unstable cardiovascular, liver, kidney, neurological or psychiatric diseases. * Pregnant, lactating women, or those planning pregnancy within 1 year. * History of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination within 5 years. * Other conditions that, in the investigator's judgment, make the subject unsuitable for participation in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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