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Diseases / Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis

Disease

Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease characterized by persistent, irreversible dilation of the bronchial airways with impaired mucociliary clearance. It is associated with recurrent infection, mucus retention, chronic cough, and progressive respiratory morbidity.

Trials
329
Recruiting
59
Completed
135
With results
29

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 11 2
Phase 1 1531 10
Phase 1/2 141 6
Phase 2 221114514 30
Phase 3 131543 26
Phase 4 5114218 31
Not applicable 1581515123 104
Unknown 345143222139 120

Trials started per year

2021
3
2022
12
2023
27
2024
26
2025
33
2026
18

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Bronchiectasis 2106302631104120 329
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive 1341637 61
Asthma 11211124 40
Cystic Fibrosis 133211311 34
Lung Diseases, Interstitial 1169 17
Lung Diseases 13217 14
Pseudomonas Infections 121413 12
Lung Neoplasms 146 11
Pulmonary Fibrosis 1162 10
Emphysema 1142 8

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Assiut University141
2Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China130
3Bayer62
4Hacettepe University60
5The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University60
6First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University50
7Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease51
8Imperial College London50
9Ruijin Hospital50
10Syntara52

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Azithromycin9
2Ciprofloxacin5
3Saline Solution, Hypertonic5
4Sodium Chloride5
5Exercise4
6Roflumilast4
7Bronchoalveolar Lavage3
8Bronchoscopy3
9Chest Wall Oscillation3
10Inhalation3

Evidence

Results reported
21.5%29 of 135 completed
Published
21.5%29 of 135 completed
Primary endpoint met
52.4%11 of 21 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
18
Statistical analysis plan
15
PubMed citations
131

Trial profile

Median enrollment
76
Median duration
25.7months
Countries
53
Study sites
2182

Who is enrolled

Adults
320
Children
47
Older adults
289
Healthy volunteers
70

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
23
Phase 1
36
Phase 1/2
18
Phase 2
89
Phase 3
245
Phase 4
71
Not applicable
46
Unknown
150

Where trials run

China
65
United Kingdom
58
United States
51
Turkey (Türkiye)
32
Spain
30
Australia
22
Italy
22
Canada
20
Germany
19
France
18

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1ShanghaiChina31
2LondonUnited Kingdom26
3GuangzhouChina20
4BarcelonaSpain19
5CambridgeUnited Kingdom18
6TylerUnited States18
7IstanbulTurkey (Türkiye)17
8New YorkUnited States17
9EdinburghUnited Kingdom16
10HanoverGermany15

Terminations

Terminated
22
Withdrawn
3
Suspended
3
Stopped for recruitment
1.2%4 of 329 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
14
Recruitment
4
COVID-19
3
Funding
3
Business decision
2
Lack of efficacy
2

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT04843345 Suspended Suspended Indefinite paused for staffing issues 2030-04-01
NCT07547436 Suspended Suspended The pause is for strategic business reasons to facilitate internal portfolio review. The pause is not due to any concerns with patient safety, with program benefit/risk, or with trial integrity. 2029-05-11
NCT00001223 Terminated Terminated PI left NIH 2026-01-30
NCT04266873 Suspended Suspended Data analysis review of current data 2025-12-31
NCT06418711 Terminated Terminated Futility 2025-11-10
NCT03696290 Terminated Terminated Poor recruitment 2025-03-04
NCT03737617 Withdrawn Withdrawn Cant obtain IMP 2024-12-01
NCT04017312 Terminated Terminated Data 2024-08-06
NCT04616924 Terminated Terminated extremely slow enrollment into study 2023-08-28
NCT04396366 Terminated Terminated Strategic business decision 2023-06-21

Trial records