Promising lung clot treatment study halted before it began
NCT ID NCT04996667
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to see if breathing in nitric oxide gas could improve blood flow in the lungs of people with a serious pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung). The plan was to measure heart and lung pressures in 20 patients at UCLA. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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: * Patient ≥ 18 years of age. * The patient or patient's surrogate decision maker must understand and sign the informed consent form (ICF). * Hospitalized (Emergency Room (ER) or inpatient) with: * Imaging (computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) or ventilation/perfusion (VQ) lung scan) proven acute pulmonary embolism (PE) * PE meets the following intermediate risk PE criteria (or massive, see below): * Troponin \> .1 AND * Imaging (computed tomography (CT) or transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE)) signs of RV compromise (at least 1 of the following): * RV:LV\>1 on TTE or CTPA OR RV dilation (TTE or CTPA OR RV dysfunction on TTE. * Massive PE * Intensive care unit (ICU) level of care (Patient moving to ICU, ICU level of care in ER, or currently in ICU) * Ability to comply with study protocol in investigator's judgement Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Inability to administer iNO through current mode of O2 delivery (i.e. BiPAP) * Active hemoptysis * Known allergy to iNO. * Any serious medical condition of lab abnormality that, in the investigator's judgement, precludes the patient's safe participation in the study. * Methemoglobin reductase deficiency * Unable to obtain consent or patient or patient surrogate decision maker declines * Patients already on iNO prior to study enrollment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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