Clinical trialNCT00515164CompletedPhase 2Interventional

US Biologic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) Phase 2 Emphysema Study

SponsorAeris TherapeuticsEnrollment22Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseasePulmonary Emphysema

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Summary

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The purpose of this study it to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the 20 mL BLVR System in patients with advanced upper lobe predominant emphysema.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a FindMyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Charlie Strange, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Principal Investigator
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Geoffrey McLennan, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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Gerard Criner, MD
Temple University Lung Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Mark Gotfried, MD
Pulmonary Associates, Phoenix, AZ
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Mark Krasna, MD
St Joseph's Medical Center, Towson, MD
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Sanjiv Tewari, MD
Akron Medical Center, Akron, OH
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Thomas Gildea, MD
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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William Leeds, DO
Veritas Clinical Specialties, Topeka, KS
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Sites

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

United States

Pulmonary Associates
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Veritas Clinical Specialties, Ltd
Topeka, Kansas, United States
St Joseph'S Medical Center
Towson, Maryland, United States
Akron Medical Center
Akron, Ohio, United States
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Temple University Lung Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Drugs studied

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

Biologic Lung Volume Reduction - 20 mL Hydrogel

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Registration & key dates

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

Start: 31 Aug 2007
Primary completion: 30 Apr 2008
Completion: 31 Dec 2009
Last update posted: 24 Oct 2011
Registered enrollment: 22
Registry id: NCT00515164

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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.