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Arbidol for COPD Exacerbations: a randomized controlled trial

A 52-week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, trial for Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Arbidol Hydrochloride Capsules in Reducing the Frequency of Moderate or Severe Acute Exacerbations in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR1900022146
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-03-27
Start date
2019-05-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-09-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interventions

Arbidol group:Abidol 200 mg orally three times a day
control group:Take placebo three times a day

Sponsors

Shengjing Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients from Outpatient clinic 2. Informed consent and assent must be obtained before any study assessment is performed; 3. Aged = 40 years; 4. Continuous respiratory symptoms, such as chronic cough, sputum or shortness of breath etc.; 5. Exposure to risk factors: Host factors, Tobacco, Occupation, Indoor/outdoor pollution; 6. FEV1/FVC less than 0.70 after withholding bronchodilator; 7. 2 or more acute exacerbations of COPD within the 12 months prior to visit 0. Or more than 1 hospitalizations due to AECOPD within the 12 months prior to visit 0; 8. Good compliance.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with any chronic diseases except COPD which in the opinion of the investigator may interfere with study evaluation or optimal participation in the study; 2. Patients with a history of chronic lung disease other than COPD, including (but not limited to) active tuberculosis, lung cancer, clinically significant bronchiectasis, primary pulmonary hypertension, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, asthma (other than asthma COPD overlap), severe cor pulmonale; 3. Patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS) or acute left heart failure within the 6 months prior to visit 0. Patients accepted Coronary interventional therapy or coronary artery bypass grafting due to ACS within the 3 months prior to visit 0; 4. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension; 5. Patients who started oral >10mg prednisolone or Equivalent systemic corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to Visit 1. Or patients who received antibiotics within 4 weeks prior to Visit 1. Or patients who received standard treatment for COPD within 4 weeks prior to Visit 1. Or use of other investigational drugs within 5 half-lives of enrollment, or within 30 days, whichever is longer; 6. Patients who received influenza vaccine or other viral vaccine within the 12 months prior to visit 0; 7. The end of AECOPD therapy was within the 4 weeks prior to visit 0. Or Occurrence of AECOPD within the 6 weeks prior to visit 0; 8. History of arbidol sensitivity; 9. No person directly associated with the administration of the study is allowed to participate as a study subject; 10. Use of other investigational intervention within within 30 days; Patients with obviously abnormal liver function, AST or ALT>2 times the upper limit of normal value or total; 11. bilirubin>1.3 times the upper limit of normal value.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of moderate or severe acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of hospitalization due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;The time between the first use of the study drug and the next acute exacerbation (days);Average duration of moderate to severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;Utilization of medical care resources (the number of unplanned outpatient visits for COPD, the number of rescues for COPD being sent to the emergency room, the number of hospitalizations for COPD aggravating, and the number of intubation rescues for COPD aggravating);The decrease of FEV1 in COPD patients after one year, i.e. the value of Delta FEV1 compared with baseline;Respiratory viral composition in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalization;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLi Zhao

Shengjing Hospital

zhaol@sj-hospital.org+86 18940251639

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026