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Clinical trialNCT00262613CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Sodium Pyruvate Therapy in COPD Patients

SponsorEmphycorpEnrollment60Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Summary

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In animal models, sodium pyruvate has been shown to be an effective anti-inflammatory agent, and in human studies sodium pyruvate has been shown to be a bronchodilating agent. Subjects with COPD are known to have inflammation in the lung, and often have bronchoconstriction. As such, these subjects typically are on multiple therapies, including steroid therapy. This trial will study the effect of inhaled sodium pyruvate on inflammation and lung function in COPD subjects over a six week period.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Hospital for Special Care

    New Britain, Connecticut, United States

  • Yale University School of Medicine

    New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Sodium pyruvate in 0.9% sodium chloride solution
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Sept 2004
Primary completion
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Completion
31 May 2006
Last update posted
29 May 2006
Registered enrollment
60
Registry id
NCT00262613
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.