New shot aims to tame COPD Flare-Ups
NCT ID NCT07440524
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 2 trial tests a new biologic drug called JKN24011 in 215 people with moderate to severe COPD. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo as a shot under the skin every four weeks. The main goal is to see if the drug can reduce the number of moderate or severe COPD flare-ups over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- JKN24011 (a biologic drug given as a shot under the skin)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a new treatment that reduces flare-ups in people with moderate to severe COPD.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 215 people, 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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215 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 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: * Written informed consent; able and willing to comply with study procedures. * Adults with documented COPD diagnosis and medical history consistent with guideline criteria. * Relevant exposure history consistent with COPD (e.g., smoking and/or biomass exposure). * On stable, guideline-based maintenance COPD therapy prior to randomization, per investigator judgment. * Protocol-defined exacerbation history, symptom burden, and lung function at screening. Exclusion Criteria: * Current or past asthma, or other clinically significant respiratory disease that may confound assessment. * Clinically significant uncontrolled comorbidities that increase risk or interfere with participation/outcomes. * Immunodeficiency/immune dysregulation, active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppression, or significant opportunistic infection history. * Active clinically significant infection or recent infection requiring systemic therapy; recent protocol-defined COPD exacerbation. * Current/recent malignancy (except low-risk, adequately treated cancers per protocol) or clinically significant abnormal screening labs. * Prohibited recent vaccines or therapies, prior relevant biologic/targeted therapy exposure, severe hypersensitivity to biologics/IMP, pregnancy/breastfeeding, or inability to comply (including substance abuse), per investigator judgment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai, 200040, China
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