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NCT03111212: ThIlo
Iloprost in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Phase 3 trial testing Iloprost in Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult in 150 participants. Completed in 14 August 2021.
14 May 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University Hospital Tuebingen |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 150 |
| Start date | 25 June 2019 |
| Primary completion | 14 May 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 14 August 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across Germany |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Iloprost — full drug profile →
- control
Conditions studied
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult — all drugs for Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult →
Sponsor
University Hospital Tuebingen
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The patients will be randomized into one of two groups. Both groups will receive standard care as is state of the art. The intervention group will receive Iloprost nebulized as inhalative therapy.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Mitochondrial network dynamics in pulmonary disease: Bridging the gap between inflammation, oxidative stress, and bioenergetics.
Pokharel MD, Garcia-Flores A, Marciano D, Franco MC, et al · · 2024 · cited 73× · PMID 38295575 · DOI 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103049 -
Challenges in ARDS Definition, Management, and Identification of Effective Personalized Therapies.
Battaglini D, Fazzini B, Silva PL, Cruz FF, et al · · 2023 · cited 48× · PMID 36835919 · DOI 10.3390/jcm12041381 -
Impairment of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Gierhardt M, Pak O, Walmrath D, Seeger W, et al · · 2021 · cited 26× · PMID 34526314 · DOI 10.1183/16000617.0059-2021 -
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Bench-to-Bedside Approaches to Improve Drug Development.
Hussain M, Xu C, Ahmad M, Majeed A, et al · · 2018 · cited 24× · PMID 29484641 · DOI 10.1002/cpt.1034 -
Core genes involved in the regulation of acute lung injury and their association with COVID-19 and tumor progression: A bioinformatics and experimental study.
Sen'kova AV, Savin IA, Brenner EV, Zenkova MA, et al · · 2021 · cited 10× · PMID 34807957 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0260450 -
Therapeutic iloprost for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (the ThIlo trial): a prospective, randomized, multicenter phase II study.
Haeberle H, Prohaska S, Martus P, Straub A, et al · · 2020 · cited 10× · PMID 32131881 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-4163-0 -
Inhaled prostacyclin therapy in the acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled multicenter trial.
Haeberle HA, Calov S, Martus P, Serna-Higuita LM, et al · · 2023 · cited 7× · PMID 36805707 · DOI 10.1186/s12931-023-02346-0 -
COVID-19 does not influence functional status after ARDS therapy.
Bernard A, Serna-Higuita LM, Martus P, Mirakaj V, et al · · 2023 · cited 1× · PMID 36740717 · DOI 10.1186/s13054-023-04330-y
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Verify against primary sources
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- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03111212 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University Hospital Tuebingen
- Last refreshed: 30 December 2021
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