New inhaler hope for COPD patients in early trial
NCT ID NCT07640451
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a new inhaled drug called HRS-9821 in people with moderate to severe COPD. About 90 participants will receive either the drug or a placebo for 28 days. The main goal is to see if the drug improves lung function, measured by how much air they can exhale in one second.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HRS-9821 inhalation suspension
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new inhaled treatment option for people with moderate to severe COPD, potentially improving their lung function and daily breathing.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 90 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not work better than placebo, and side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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40 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: 1. Age ≥ 40 years old and \< 80 years old, male or female. 2. Meet the weight standard. 3. Smoking history ≥ 10 pack-years. 4. COPD has been diagnosed ≥ 1 year. 5. 4 weeks before screening, the background treatment for COPD was stable. 6. FEV1/FVC \< 0.7, 30% ≤ FEV1 ≤ 80%. 7. mMRC score ≥ 2. 8. The inspection and medication can be completed as required. 9. Non-pregnant and breastfeeding state. 10. Able and willing to provide a written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of life-threatening COPD. 2. Other pulmonary diseases that may affect the efficacy evaluation of this study. 3. Concurrent diseases other than COPD that may affect lung function. 4. History of asthma. 5. Pulmonary heart disease requiring clinical intervention, or moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension. 6. Malignant tumors within 5 years. 7. Uncontrolled severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within 1 year. 8. Unstable diseases. 9. Acute exacerbation of COPD within 12 weeks, hospitalization for COPD or pneumonia within 6 months. 10. Infection in the lungs or other parts occurs within 16 weeks and requires treatment. 11. Immunosuppression. 12. Uncontrolled hypertension. 13. Lung resection, surgical lung volume reduction or endoscopic treatment for COPD. 14. Undergone major surgery or planned surgery within 14 months. 15. Abnormal chest images have clinical significance. 16. Tuberculosis infection requiring treatment within 16 to 12 months. 17. Virological test result was positive. 18. Laboratory blood tests and electrocardiograms were significantly abnormal. 19. Requires oxygen inhalation or intermittent oxygen inhalation therapy. 20. Hypercapnia, using or requiring long-term use of any non-invasive positive pressure ventilation device. 21. Biological agents that may have therapeutic effects on the studied disease have been used within 12 weeks or within 5 half-lives of the drug. 22. Vaccination, theophylline or drugs within 4 weeks. 23. Having participated in other clinical studies within 4 weeks and used research drugs or medical devices containing active ingredients, or still within 5 half-lives of the research drug. 24. Systemic glucocorticoids, immunosuppressants, and oral Roflumilast within 12 weeks. 25. Undergoing or planning rehabilitation treatment for pulmonary rehabilitation. 26. Non-selective β blockers within 1 week. 27. Overly potent/moderately potent drugs that inhibit or induce the liver drug-metabolizing enzyme CYP3A4 within 14 days. 28. Allergic to the research drug or salbutamol or excipients. 29. Has been used HRS-9821. 30. Drug abuse and alcohol abuse within 1 year. 31. Pregnant or lactating period or planning to be pregnant or lactating. 32. The researchers judged that there were other unsuitable circumstances.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Tongji Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200065, China
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