New inhaled drug aims to ease COPD breathing
NCT ID NCT07147946
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests an inhaled drug called TQC3721 in 666 people with moderate-to-severe COPD. The drug works by reducing inflammation and opening airways. Participants will inhale the drug or a placebo daily for up to 24 weeks to see if it improves lung function.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- TQC3721 suspension for inhalation (a PDE3/4 inhibitor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new inhaled treatment option to help control COPD symptoms and improve lung function.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but results may not show significant benefit over placebo. Side effects from the drug are possible, and it is not a cure.
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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 666 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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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40 to 80 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. Sign an informed consent form before screening and fully understand the trial content, process, and potential adverse reactions. 2. Comply with the experimental schedule and be able to use the nebulizer inhaler correctly. 3. The age range is 40 to 80 years old (including the threshold), and both male and female participants are eligible. 4. The subjects have no pregnancy plans and voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures for at least one month from screening to the last use of the study drug. 5. Patients with a clear clinical history and related symptoms of COPD before screening. 6. Capable of conducting acceptable and reproducible lung function tests. 7. COPD clinical stability (no moderate to severe COPD acute exacerbation) within the 4 weeks prior to screening visit (V1 visit) and between V1 visit and V2 visit. 8. Smoking history ≥ 10 pack years. Exclusion Criteria: 1. A history of life-threatening COPD, including admission to the intensive care unit and/or the need for intubation. 2. COPD acute exacerbations requiring systemic hormone therapy within 3 months prior to screening visit (V1 visit) or prior to randomization visit (V2 visit). 3. Within the first 6 months of screening, there has been at least 1 hospitalization history due to acute exacerbation of COPD or pneumonia. 4. Treatment with antibiotics for upper and/or lower respiratory tract infections within 6 weeks prior to screening or randomization visit (V3 visit). 5. Simultaneously suffering from other respiratory diseases. 6. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed clinically significant abnormalities and concluded that the abnormalities were not caused by COPD. 7. Previous lung resection or lung reduction surgery. 11.Previously received TQC3721 treatment. 12.Patients who received immunosuppressant therapy within 4 weeks prior to the screening period 13.In the investigator's assessment, patients are unable to discontinue the prohibited drugs specified in the protocol during the screening and treatment phases of the study; 14.Patients with a history of uncontrolled current diseases that the investigator judges to be clinically significant; 15.A history or current evidence of clinically significant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases; 16.A history of malignant tumors (cured or uncured) in any organ or system within the past 5 years; 17.Intolerance or allergy to salbutamol or other inhaled bronchodilator therapies for COPD; 18.Patients requiring long-term oxygen therapy; 19.Female subjects who are currently pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant during the study period after enrollment; 20.Having participated in any clinical trial of drugs or medical devices within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the screening visit; 21.Other conditions deemed unsuitable for participation in the study by the investigator.
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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
76 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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Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University
Jining, Shandong, 272029, China
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Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China
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Baoji Central Hospital
Baoji, Shanxi, 721008, China
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Baotou Central Hospital
Baotou, Inner Mongolia, 14000, China
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Binzhou People's Hospital
Binzhou, Shandong, 256610, China
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Bozhou People's Hospital
Bozhou, Anhui, 236805, China
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Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated TCM- WM·HEBEI
Cangzhou, Hebei, 61013, China
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Central Hospital of Dalian University of Technology
Dalian, Liaoning, 116000, China
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Changzhi People's Hospital
Changzhi, Shanxi, 46000, China
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Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, Anhui, 238000, China
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Chengdu Second People's Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610017, China
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Chifeng Municipal Hospital
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, 24000, China
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Chizhou People's Hospital
Chizhou, Anhui, 247000, China
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Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 404000, China
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Daqing Longnan Hospital
Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163000, China
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Dongyang People's Hospital
Jinhua, Zhejiang, 322100, China
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350000, China
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Fuling Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 408099, China
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Gansu Provincial Hospital
Lanzhou, Gansu, 730099, China
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Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
Guiyang, Guizhou, 550000, China
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Hebei Medical University Third Hospital
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 65799, China
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Hebei PetroChina Central Hospital
Langfang, Hebei, 65000, China
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Heze Municipal Hospital
Heze, Shandong, 274031, China
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Huizhou Central People's Hospital
Huizhou, Guangdong, 516000, China
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Hunan Provincial People's Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, 410001, China
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Inner Mongolia Medical University Affiliated Hospital
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 10000, China
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Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital
Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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Jiangyin Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214400, China
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Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital
Jiaozuo, Henan, 454001, China
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Jinhua municipal central hospital
Jinhua, Zhejiang, 321000, China
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Jiujiang First People's Hospital
Jiujiang, Jiangxi, 332000, China
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Longgang District People's Hospital of Shenzhen
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China
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Mianyang Central Hospital
Mianyang, Sichuan, 621000, China
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Mianyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Mianyang, Sichuan, 621000, China
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Nanjing Jiangning Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 21100, China
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Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China
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Peolpe's Hospital Of Chongqing Banan District
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400054, China
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Puyang Oilfield General Hospital
Puyang, Henan, 457001, China
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Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital
Xining, Qinghai, 810007, China
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Qiqihar First Hospital
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, 161005, China
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Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200023, China
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Shanghai General Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200080, China
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Shaoxing People's Hospital
Shaoxing, Zhejiang, 312000, China
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Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
Shenyang, Liaoning, 110021, China
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Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province
Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225001, China
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Suining Central Hospital
Suining, Sichuan, 629099, China
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Taizhou Central Hospital
Taizhou, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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The Central Hospital of Yongzhou
Yongzhou, Hunan, 425002, China
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The Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University(The First people's Hospital of Shunde )
Foshan, Guangdong, 528300, China
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The Fifth People's Hospital of Wuxi
Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214001, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400010, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University
Haikou, Hainan, 570102, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University
Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University
Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832008, China
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The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 66000, China
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The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu
Shangqiu, Henan, 476100, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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The Second Hospital of Jiaxing
Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314000, China
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The first hospital of Jilin University
Changchun, Jilin, 130000, China
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Tianjin 4th Center Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300140, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300052, China
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Weifang NO.2 People's Hospital
Weifang, Shandong, 261041, China
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610044, China
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Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital
Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710100, China
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Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, 410028, China
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Xuzhou Central Hospital
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221009, China
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Yan'an University Xianyang Hospital
Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712000, China
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Yangquan coal Industry(Group) General Hospital
Yangquan, Shanxi, 45000, China
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Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
Yantai, Shandong, 264099, China
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Yichang Central People's Hospital
Yichang, Hubei, 443003, China
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Yixing People's Hospital
Yixing, Jiangsu, 225000, China
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Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital of Fujian Province
Zhangzhou, Fujian, 363000, China
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