Could a common heartburn drug be the key to slowing a deadly lung disease?
NCT ID NCT04965298
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether lansoprazole, a medicine that reduces stomach acid, can slow the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a lung disease that causes scarring and breathing problems. About 298 adults with IPF will take either lansoprazole or a placebo twice daily for 12 months. Researchers will measure changes in lung function, cough, and quality of life to see if the drug helps.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 298 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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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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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female, aged greater than or equal to 40 years. 2. A diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) based on local or regional multi-disciplinary consensus according to the latest international guidelines (50). 3. Patients may be receiving licensed anti-fibrotic medication (for at least 4 weeks prior to randomisation with no planned amendments for at least 4 weeks post-randomisation). 4. Able to provide informed consent. Additional Inclusion Criteria for cough count sub-study: 1\. Pre-existing diagnosis of persistent cough (defined as troublesome for more than 8 weeks prior to study enrolment). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients unable to comply with study assessments including the ability to complete reliable spirometry assessments. 2. Concomitant use of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) or prokinetic drugs (cisapride, domperidone, metoclopramide, erythromycin, prucalopride etc.) within 2 weeks prior to randomisation. 3. Patients with a self-reported respiratory tract infection within 4 weeks of screening (defined as two or more of: increased cough, sputum or breathlessness and requiring antimicrobial therapy). 4. Significant co-existing respiratory disease (defined as a respiratory condition that exhibits a clinically relevant effect on respiratory symptoms and disease progression as determined by the PI). The presence of traction bronchiectasis is permitted. 5. Patients with an FEV1/FVC\<0.7. 6. Significant medical, surgical or psychiatric disease that in the opinion of the patient's attending physician would affect subject safety or influence the study outcomes including liver failure (e.g. serum transaminase \> 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN), Bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN (unless the patient has Gilbert's Syndrome) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) greater than stage 3 , erosive oesophagitis, Barrett's oesophagus or any condition requiring lifelong proton pump inhibitor use. 7. Known allergy to proton pump inhibitors or the contents of placebo. 8. Concomitant use of atazanavir, ketoconazole, itraconazole, tacrolimus, methotrexate, fluvoxamine (see section 6.4.5). 9. Females who are of childbearing potential or lactating. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high FSH level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient. 10. Receipt of another investigational drug or biological agent associated with another clinical trial within the 4 weeks prior to TIPAL study enrolment or 5 times the drug half-life, whichever is the longer. 11. Receiving long-term oxygen therapy. 12. Patients with hypomagnesemia (defined as magnesium ≤0.6 mmol/L).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
42 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Barts Health NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, E1 2ES, United Kingdom
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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDLuton, LU4 0DZ, United Kingdom
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBlackpool, FY3 8NR, United Kingdom
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDHuddersfield, HD3 3EA, United Kingdom
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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
COMPLETEDCardiff, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGDoncaster, DN2 5LT, United Kingdom
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East Cheshire NHS Trust
COMPLETEDMacclesfield, SK10 3BL, United Kingdom
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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
COMPLETEDBlackburn, BB2 3HH, United Kingdom
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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
RECRUITINGStevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom
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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDFrimley, GU16 7UJ, United Kingdom
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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDBasingstoke, RG24 9NA, United Kingdom
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
RECRUITINGHull, HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom
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Hywel Dda University Health Board
RECRUITINGCarmarthen, SA31 3BB, United Kingdom
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, W2 1NY, United Kingdom
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Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGTeddington, TW11 8HU, United Kingdom
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDPreston, PR2 9HT, United Kingdom
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLeeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, SE13 6LH, United Kingdom
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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLiverpool, L7 8XP, United Kingdom
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGManchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDCrewe, CW1 4QJ, United Kingdom
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NHS Grampian
RECRUITINGAberdeen, AB15 6RE, United Kingdom
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NHS Tayside
RECRUITINGDundee, DD2 1UB, United Kingdom
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGNorwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
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North Bristol NHS Trust
COMPLETEDBristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGStockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
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Northern Health and Social Care Trust
RECRUITINGAntrim, BT41 2RL, United Kingdom
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGNorth Shields, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
COMPLETEDNottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDOxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
COMPLETEDPortsmouth, PO6 3LY, United Kingdom
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Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, SW3 6PY, United Kingdom
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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGExeter, EX2 5DW, United Kingdom
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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGCambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom
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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGBath, BA1 3NG, United Kingdom
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
COMPLETEDSheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGSutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
RECRUITINGShrewsbury, SY3 8XQ, United Kingdom
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGTaunton, TA1 5DA, United Kingdom
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South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGSunderland, SR4 7TP, United Kingdom
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Southern Health & Social Care Trust
COMPLETEDCraigavon, BT63 5QQ, United Kingdom
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGNewcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
RECRUITINGHarlow, CM20 1QX, United Kingdom
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
RECRUITINGWolverhampton, WV10 0QP, United Kingdom
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGTorquay, TQ2 7AA, United Kingdom
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGSouthampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGBirmingham, B15 2GW, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (QEHB)
RECRUITINGBirmingham, B15 2GW, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLeicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGKendal, LA9 7RG, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals of North Midlands
RECRUITINGStoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGBury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ, United Kingdom
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Western Health and Social Care Trust
RECRUITINGLondonderry, BT47 6SB, United Kingdom
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
RECRUITINGWorcester, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGWigan, WN1 2NN, United Kingdom
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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGYork, YO31 8HE, United Kingdom
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