JUST BREATHE, Breathing Life Into Innovative Therapies for ARDS (Master Record)

NCT ID: NCT06703073

Last Updated: 2025-12-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-10

Study Completion Date

2028-09-30

Brief Summary

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This is a Phase 2 multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of host-directed therapeutics in hospitalized adults diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) utilizing a platform trial design. Participants will be randomized to receive either a placebo or one of the active treatments.

This record describes the default procedures and analyses for all cohorts. Each specific cohort may have additional eligibility requirements, safety and efficacy procedures, or endpoints, which will be described in the corresponding intervention-specific records on clinicaltrials.gov listed below in the detailed description.

Detailed Description

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This is a master protocol for a Phase 2 platform clinical trial to evaluate host-directed therapeutic candidates (i.e., investigational product, IP) for the treatment of hospitalized participants diagnosed with ARDS. The safety and efficacy of each IP will be studied within its own cohort (IP versus Placebo). All patients will continue to receive standard treatments for ARDS as per the investigator. An individual participant will complete the study in approximately 90 days. The study will include a screening period (\<24 hours from providing informed consent to treatment), in-hospital treatment period with IP/placebo starting on Day 1 through discharge from the hospital, and a follow-up period after discharge from the hospital through the end of study (Day 90 + 2 weeks).

Outcome data will be assembled for each patient over time (such as ventilatory status, oxygenation, and survival). Functional status using the WHO Ordinal scale and Karnofsky scale will be collected. Resource utilization will be calculated (length of stay in a critical care setting, days intubated, and survival).

All participants will undergo a series of physical exams, laboratory assessments/biomarker collections, ECG, Chest X-ray or CT scan, and questionnaires through Day 90. Exploratory biomarkers will be evaluated over time to facilitate clinical learning.

For information specific to each intervention included in this platform trial, please refer to the below corresponding, separate, clinicaltrials.gov records:

Vilobelimab NCT06701682 ; Paridiprubart NCT06701669 ; Bevacizumab NCT06701656

Conditions

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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) ARDS ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Keywords

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BARDA JUST BREATHE ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Acute Respiratory Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators
The overall 2-step randomization scheme will be implemented.

* Randomization Level 1 will be open-label, assigning an eligible patient to one of the available treatment cohorts.
* Randomization Level 2 will be double-blinded and will randomize participants at a 1:1 ratio to receive either IP or placebo within a specific cohort. Thus, the PPD blinded team, site blinded staff members, and participants/legal authorized representative will be considered blinded to study treatment assignment (either IP or placebo) throughout the course of the study.

To preserve the integrity of the study blind, an unblinded pharmacist at each site will be responsible for the reconstitution and dispensation of all study drugs and placebos and will endeavor to ensure that there are no observable differences between the treatment groups (IP or placebo) when dispensing the study materials.

Study Groups

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Cohort A: vilobelimab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cohort A: vilobelimab

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as an IV formulation of 800 mg per dose and up to 6 doses (planned for Days 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, and 22, if participant is in hospital setting and deemed appropriate by the investigator)

Cohort A: placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Cohort A: placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as an IV formulation of placebo of up to 6 doses (planned for Days 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, and 22, if participant is in hospital setting and deemed appropriate by the investigator)

Cohort B: paridiprubart

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cohort B: paridiprubart

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as a single IV dose of 15 mg/kg up to maximum of 1440 mg on Day 1

Cohort B: placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Cohort B: placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as a single IV dose of placebo on Day 1

Cohort C: bevacizumab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cohort C: bevacizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as a single IV dose of 500 mg on Day 1

Cohort C: placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Cohort C: placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered as a single IV dose of placebo on Day 1

Interventions

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Cohort A: vilobelimab

Administered as an IV formulation of 800 mg per dose and up to 6 doses (planned for Days 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, and 22, if participant is in hospital setting and deemed appropriate by the investigator)

Intervention Type DRUG

Cohort A: placebo

Administered as an IV formulation of placebo of up to 6 doses (planned for Days 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, and 22, if participant is in hospital setting and deemed appropriate by the investigator)

Intervention Type DRUG

Cohort B: paridiprubart

Administered as a single IV dose of 15 mg/kg up to maximum of 1440 mg on Day 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Cohort B: placebo

Administered as a single IV dose of placebo on Day 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Cohort C: bevacizumab

Administered as a single IV dose of 500 mg on Day 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Cohort C: placebo

Administered as a single IV dose of placebo on Day 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participant (or their Legally Authorized Representative (LAR)) provides informed consent and agrees to comply with protocol requirements
* Participant is at least 18 years of age or older at the time of consent.
* Participant with signs and symptoms of ARDS according to the Berlin definition of ARDS.

Note that participants on noninvasive ventilation may be screened.

* Participant of childbearing potential must agree to either abstinence or use at least one primary form of contraception, not including hormonal contraception, from the time of screening through Day 28. Additional cohort-specific requirements may apply
* Participant agrees to not participate in another investigational interventional study while participating in this study (i.e., through Day 90).

Exclusion Criteria

* Participant with ARDS or at risk of developing ARDS due to the following reasons: trauma, large volume aspiration, or transfusion.
* Participant with pulmonary edema due to cardiogenic pulmonary edema/fluid overload or hypoxemia primarily attributable atelectasis, in the absence of a predisposing risk factor for ARDS.
* Participant who demonstrates an improvement in oxygenation and ventilatory support 24 hours prior to or during screening up to randomization, such that per investigator clinical judgement, the participant is expected to have significant improvement in lung function over subsequent 24 hours regardless of additional interventions.
* Participant is known to be pregnant, nursing, or with a positive (urine and/or serum test) pregnancy test.
* Participant is anticipated to be transferred to another hospital which is not a study site within 72 hours.
* Participant is not expected to survive for 72 hours.
* Participant has been on invasive mechanical ventilation or ECMO for more than 48 hours for ARDS at the time of consent.
* Participant has an underlying clinical condition where, in the opinion of the Investigator and based on their clinical judgement, it would be extremely unlikely that the participant would come off ventilation
* Participant has severe COPD requiring continuous long-term home oxygen therapy or mechanical ventilation (noninvasive ventilation or via tracheotomy) except for CPAP or bi-level positive airway pressure used solely for sleep-disordered breathing.
* Participant has interstitial lung disease or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis requiring continuous chronic home oxygen therapy.
* Participant has NY Heart Association Class IV congestive heart failure.
* Participant has a known allergy to any study medication or any of its excipients.
* Participant is receiving systemic immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ or hematopoietic cancer or transplant anti-rejection medication.

NOTE: Patients on chronic low dose immunosuppressive therapy may be enrolled at the discretion of the investigator in consultation with the medical monitor.

* Participant is undergoing active cancer systemic chemotherapy.
* Participant received treatment with an investigational immunomodulator or immunosuppressant drugs within 5 half-lives or 30 days (whichever is longer) before randomization.
* Participant with concurrent infections or history of the following:

1. Known active tuberculosis,
2. Known active Hepatitis B, or
3. HIV and a CD4 count less than 50 or a detectable viral load of \>200 copies/mL HIV RNA.
* Participant received treatment with any other investigational drugs within 30 days prior to consent.
* Participant had a history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days of screening or inadequate wound healing secondary to major thoracoabdominal surgery at the time of screening.
* Participant is considered by the investigator, for any reason, to be an unsuitable candidate for the study.

Participant may have additional cohort-specific requirements.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

InflaRx GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Edesa Biotech Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Genentech, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

PPD Development, LP

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Community Regional Medical Center

Fresno, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Long Beach, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of California Irvine Medical Center

Orange, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of California Davis Medical Center - Pulmonary Medicine

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Denver Health Hospital and Authority

Denver, Colorado, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Nova Clinical Research

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

Boise, Idaho, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center-

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Michigan Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Henry Ford Health Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Renown Institute for Heart & Vascular Health

Reno, Nevada, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Montefiore Hospital - Moses Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Durham VA Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Baylor All Saints Medical Center

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Intermountain Medical Center

Murray, Utah, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Swedish Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Just Breathe Trial Team

Role: CONTACT

Phone: Please email

Email: [email protected]

References

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Truwit JD, Fleming K, Nanchal RS. Empowering Respiratory Therapists to Restrict Nebulized 3% Saline and N-Acetylcysteine During Mechanical Ventilation. Respir Care. 2025 Aug;70(8):937-945. doi: 10.1089/respcare.12586. Epub 2025 Feb 24.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40028879 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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75A50124C00001

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

BP-ARDS-P2-001 (Master Record)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id