Could a simple gas stop COVID-19 from getting worse?
NCT ID NCT04305457
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether breathing in nitric oxide gas could keep mild-to-moderate COVID-19 from becoming severe. Researchers enrolled 62 hospitalized adults who were breathing on their own. The goal was to see if the gas reduced the need for a breathing tube. The trial was stopped early, so results are limited.
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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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62 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 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: 1. Laboratory confirmed COVID19 infection defined with a positive RT-PCR from any specimen and/or detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG antibodies. 2. Hospital admission with at least one of the following: 1. fever ≥ 36.6 °C from axillary site; or ≥ 37.2°C from oral site; or ≥ 37.6°C from tympanic or rectal site. 2. Respiratory rate ≥ 24 bpm 3. cough 3. Spontaneous breathing with or without hypoxia of any degree. Gas exchange and ventilation maybe assisted by any continuous continuous airway pressure (CPAP), or any system of Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV), with Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) ≤ 10 cmH2O. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Tracheostomy 2. Therapy with high flow nasal cannula 3. Any clinical contraindications, as judged by the attending physician 4. Patients enrolled in another interventional study 5. Hospitalized and confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 for more than 72 hours 6. Previous intubation for COVID-19 7. Patient not committed to full support (DNR, DNI or CMO) 8. Patient requiring oxygen at home for lung comorbidities 9. Primary cause of hopitalization not due to COVID-19
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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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Louisiana State University Health Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114-2621, United States
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