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Can inhaled nitric oxide speed pneumonia recovery?
NCT ID NCT06170372
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial investigates whether adding high-dose inhaled nitric oxide to standard antibiotics can help people with pneumonia recover faster. The study includes 200 adults with hospital-acquired or community-acquired pneumonia. Participants receive either nitric oxide or a sham treatment three times daily for up to seven days, and researchers track how quickly pneumonia resolves and how the heart and lungs respond.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- inhaled nitric oxide at 200 ppm
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple add-on therapy to help people recover faster from pneumonia and reduce strain on the heart and lungs.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no prior proof of benefit in pneumonia. High-dose nitric oxide can affect blood oxygen levels and must be carefully monitored.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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. An established diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia (NP) after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or hospitalization for Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). 2. Spontaneous breathing. 3. Age \> 18 years. 4. Signed informed consent. 5. Negative result of immunochromatographic Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 rapid antigen test on the day of diagnosis of pneumonia. Diagnostic criteria for NP The diagnosis of NP is considered established when the number of points on the Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) is greater than 6: Diagnostic criteria for CAP: Radiologically confirmed focal pulmonary opacity and at least 2 clinical symptoms and signs of the following: 1. acute fever at the onset of the disease (t° \> 38.0°C); 2. cough with sputum; 3. physical signs (crepitus/fine rales, bronchial breathing, shortening of percussion sound); 4. leukocytosis \> 10x109/l and/or left shift (\> 10%) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed infectious process of another localization (surgical site infection (SSI), acute and chronic urinary tract infection (active), catheter-related bloodstream infection, peritonitis, infective endocarditis etc.). 2. Mechanical ventilation 3. Presence of tracheostomy 4. Patient's participation in another clinical trial at the time of screening or within the previous 3 months. 5. Concomitant pulmonary disease with the need for respiratory support before the development of pneumonia. 6. History of malignancy or other irreversible diseases/conditions with a life expectancy of less than 1 year. 7. Presence of HIV infection
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiology Research Institute Tomsk National Research Medical Center
Tomsk, Select..., 634012, Russia
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