Multi-Center Clean Air Randomized Controlled Trial in COPD

NCT ID: NCT06376994

Last Updated: 2025-10-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

770 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-24

Study Completion Date

2029-11-30

Brief Summary

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This is a multi-center randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of an air cleaner intervention aimed at improving indoor air quality on reducing COPD exacerbation risk and improving quality of life, functional status, rescue medication use.

Detailed Description

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The Multi-Center Clean Air Randomized Controlled Trial in COPD (Clean Air) is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial that will enroll 770 former smokers with COPD over a 4-year period and follow participants at regular intervals for one year. The primary endpoint is respiratory specific quality of life. Secondary endpoints include rate of acute exacerbations, rescue medication use, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness.

Conditions

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Active air cleaner

The active arm will receive two active air cleaners with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters which remove particulate matter (PM), as well as activated carbon filters to remove Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and other trace gases.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Air cleaner

Intervention Type DEVICE

The intervention is two active air cleaners with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters which remove PM, as well as activated carbon filters to remove NO2 (and other trace gases). These will be run for a year in a participant's house.

Sham air cleaner

The sham control treatment arm will receive two sham air cleaners that have the internal HEPA and carbon filters removed, but which will run normally, including similar noise, airflow, and overall appearance compared to active air cleaners, thus blinding participants to filter status.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham air cleaner

Intervention Type DEVICE

The sham intervention is two sham air cleaners that have the internal HEPA and carbon filters removed, but which will run normally, including similar noise, airflow, and overall appearance compared to active air cleaners, thus blinding participants to filter status. These will be run for a year in a participant's house.

Interventions

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Air cleaner

The intervention is two active air cleaners with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters which remove PM, as well as activated carbon filters to remove NO2 (and other trace gases). These will be run for a year in a participant's house.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham air cleaner

The sham intervention is two sham air cleaners that have the internal HEPA and carbon filters removed, but which will run normally, including similar noise, airflow, and overall appearance compared to active air cleaners, thus blinding participants to filter status. These will be run for a year in a participant's house.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

To be eligible, subjects must meet all these criteria:

1. Age ≥ 40 years.
2. Self-report of physician diagnosis of COPD.
3. Spirometry confirmed airway obstruction (post-bronchodilator spirometry of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) \< 0.7) as defined by the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria (6, 11)
4. Tobacco exposure ≥ 10 pack-years. This refers to regular cigarette tobacco consumption.
5. Self-reported former smoker of at least 6 months' duration. This does not include e-cigarette use.
6. COPD Assessment Test (CAT) score ≥ 10, Modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale (mMRC) ≥ 2, or history of moderate or severe exacerbation in the past 12 months (as defined by history of receiving a course of systemic corticosteroids or antibiotics for respiratory problems; or visiting an emergency department or being hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation within the past 12 months.)

Exclusion Criteria

To be eligible, subjects must not meet any one of these criteria:

1. Living in a location other than home (e.g., long-term care facility, nursing home)
2. Other chronic lung diseases, except asthma
3. Condition with less than a year of life expectancy (e.g., metastatic cancer) or in hospice
4. Spends \>2 months per year in location other than home; or plans to change residence in the next 12 months
5. Pregnant or breastfeeding
6. Current air cleaner use in the home (\*If the individual is willing to discontinue use of the personal air cleaner, this person can be eligible if all other eligibility has been met)
7. Inability to bring air cleaners (about 15 pounds each) into home, either by self, friend, or relative
8. Deemed by the study investigator to be unable to complete study protocol, including likely lack of internet connectivity
9. Participating in another interventional clinical trial
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

JHSPH Center for Clinical Trials

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Stephan Ehrhardt

Associate professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Alabama, Lung Health Center

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Tidal Health

Salisbury, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Dartmouth Hitchcock

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Reading Hospital

West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Stephan Ehrhardt, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

(410) 502-3872

Facility Contacts

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Geneva Avery

Role: primary

205-934-5555

Tiffany Bina

Role: primary

310-206-1629

Eric Garcia

Role: primary

319-353-8863

Valeriya Rodionova

Role: primary

410-328-2835

Wendy Lorizio

Role: primary

410-510-2449

Maggie Maly

Role: backup

410-550-9527

Sandra Fetko

Role: primary

410-912-6045

Alethea atadika

Role: primary

781-964-8163

Crystal Cutlip

Role: primary

734-647-6399

Athena Fowler

Role: primary

603-650-0567

Elena Engel

Role: primary

224-235-8363

Pamela marrero

Role: primary

484-628-8355

Other Identifiers

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1U24HL169566-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB00407311

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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