New drug aims to save lives in severe respiratory failure
NCT ID NCT07208591
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests an experimental drug called STSA-1002 in 406 adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by a viral infection. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo added to standard care. The main goal is to see if the drug lowers the chance of death within 28 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- STSA-1002 injection
- What this could lead to
- If successful, STSA-1002 could become a new treatment to reduce deaths and speed recovery in patients with severe respiratory failure from viral infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is still an experimental drug. Even in Phase 3, it may not prove better than placebo, and side effects are possible. Results may not apply to all ARDS causes.
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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 406 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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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18 to 85 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. 18 years old ≤ ≤ 85 years old; 2. laboratory tests results indicate respiratory viral infection; 3. Fulfills the diagnostic criteria for A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ; 4. The time from the onset of respiratory infection-related symptoms to randomization is ≤ 12 days (for patients without invasive mechanical ventilation)/)/≤ 14 days (for patients with invasive mechanical ventilation); Or worsening of respiratory infection-related symptoms within ≤7 days from randomization; 5. PaO2/FiO2≤200mmHg; 6. The subjects (including their partners) have no plans to have children during the trial and within 3 months after the last dose, and agree to take appropriate and effective contraceptive measures (such as contraceptive pills, condoms, etc.); 7. Volunteer to participate in the trial and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. ECMO before the first dose; 2. According to the comprehensive judgment of the investigator, the patient's condition improved within 48 hours before the first dose; 3. The expected survival period is no more than 24 hours or cardiac arrest occurred 4 weeks before the first dosedose; 4. Patients with stroke or acute coronary syndrome within 3 months before randomization; 5. Patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema, which is the main cause of respiratory failure; New York Heart Classification III-IV patients; 6. Severe chronic respiratory failure; 7. Known active pulmonary tuberculosis; 8. Combined with liver insufficiency 9. Long-term dialysis and/or known severe renal impairment Cytomegalovirus infection; 10. Known HIV infection with CD4+ T-lymphocyte count \< 200 cells/μL; 11. Organ transplant patients; 12. Patients who received radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the past 1 years or the malignant tumor is still in the active phase; 13. Septic shock 14. Absolute neutrophil count is less than 0.5×109/L; 15. Hemoglobin is less than 60g/L, or the researcher judges that there is active gastrointestinal bleeding; 16. Severe underlying diseases with poor compliance with basic treatment;17. Pregnant or lactating women; 18\. Participated in new drug clinical trials and medication within 3 months before screening; 19. Allergic or allergic to any component of the trial drug and its excipients (such as allergic to two or more drugs); 20. Other diseases or conditions that the investigator considers unsuitable for participation in this trial.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
15 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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China-Japan Friendship Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100029, China
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Dazhou Central Hospital
RECRUITINGDazhou, Sichuan, 635099, China
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Hangzhou First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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Henan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University
RECRUITINGZunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, 471099, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
RECRUITINGXiamen, Fujian, 361003, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 51063, China
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The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510150, China
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Weifang People's Hospital
RECRUITINGWeifang, Shandong, 261041, China
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Wuhan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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Xiangtan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXiangtan, Hunan, 411100, China
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