Clinical Study of ART-123 for the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the intravenous drip infusion of ART-123 in patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group comparison study, and to confirm its superiority over placebo with survival rate on Day 90 as the primary endpoint.

Timeline

Start

2016-05

Primary completion

2018-09

Completion

2018-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Thrombomodulin alfa did not improve the 90-day survival proportion. PMID 31917621 ↗

Publications

• Kondoh Y, Azuma A, Inoue Y, Ogura T, Sakamoto S, Tsushima K, Johkoh T, Fujimoto K, Ichikado K, Matsuzawa Y, Saito T, Kishi K, Tomii K, Sakamoto N, Aoshima M, Araya J, Izumi S, Arita M, Abe M, Yamauchi H, Shindoh J, Suda T, Okamoto M, Ebina M, Yamada Y, Tohda Y, Kawamura T, Taguchi Y, Ishii H, Hashimoto N, Abe S, Taniguchi H, Tagawa J, Bessho K, Yamamori N, Homma S. Thrombomodulin Alfa for Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 May 1;201(9):1110-1119. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201909-1818OC.

Drugs

Indications