New hope for COPD patients with high lung blood pressure?
NCT ID NCT07263958
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether the inhaled drug iloprost can safely lower blood pressure in the lungs and improve exercise ability in adults with severe COPD. Fifteen participants will take iloprost 6 to 9 times daily for 12 weeks, with tests before and after treatment. There is no placebo group, so all participants receive the active drug.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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40 years and older
- 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: * Age 40 years or older. * Established diagnosis of severe or very severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), corresponding to GOLD stage 3 or 4. * Symptomatic Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) confirmed by Right Heart Catheterization (RHC) with the following hemodynamic profile at rest: * Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure (mPAP) \> 35 mmHg. * Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) \> 5 Wood Units (WU). * Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (PCWP) ≤ 15 mmHg. * Capable of providing written informed consent. Exclusion criteria: * History of hypersensitivity to iloprost or other prostacyclin analogs. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
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