Clinical trial Recruiting at 165 sites Phase 3 Interventional Ages 18 and up

Evaluating inhaled treprostinil for progressive pulmonary fibrosis

Official title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multinational, Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Treprostinil in Subjects With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (TETON-PPF)

Run by United Therapeutics · NCT05943535 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing if inhaled treprostinil can help people with progressive pulmonary fibrosis breathe better and live longer compared to a placebo.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 3
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment698 (estimated)
SponsorUnited Therapeutics
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsrituximab, methotrexate
Locations165 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 164 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedOctober 30, 2023
Main results expectedNovember 2027
Study endsNovember 2027
Registry record updatedJuly 13, 2026
Trial IDNCT05943535 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 and older with radiological evidence of pulmonary fibrosis and a diagnosis of progressive pulmonary fibrosis that has worsened despite standard treatment.

Probably not a fit

Patients with stable pulmonary fibrosis or those who do not meet the specific progression criteria may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This Phase 3 clinical trial assesses the safety and efficacy of inhaled treprostinil in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis over a 52-week period. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either inhaled treprostinil or a placebo, with doses titrated based on tolerance. The study will monitor various efficacy outcomes, including lung function and overall survival, alongside safety assessments for adverse events. Participants completing the study may have the option to enter an open-label extension study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could improve lung function and quality of life for patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promise with inhaled therapies for pulmonary conditions, suggesting potential for success with this approach.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject gives voluntary informed consent to participate in the study.
2. Subject is ≥18 years of age, inclusive, at the time of signing informed consent.
3. Subject has radiological evidence of pulmonary fibrosis of \>10% extent on an HRCT scan in the previous 12 months (confirmed by central review).
4. Subject has a diagnosis of PPF (other than IPF) that fulfills at least 1 of the following criteria for progression within 24 months of screening despite standard treatment of ILD, as assessed by the Investigator:

   1. Clinically significant decline in % predicted FVC based on ≥10% relative decline
   2. Marginal decline in % predicted FVC based on ≥5% to \<10% relative decline combined with worsening of respiratory symptoms
   3. Marginal decline in % predicted FVC based on ≥5% to \<10% relative decline combined with increasing extent of fibrotic changes on chest imaging
   4. Worsening of respiratory symptoms as well as increasing extent of fibrotic changes on chest imaging
5. FVC ≥45% predicted at Screening (confirmed by central review).
6. Subjects must be on 1 of the following:

   1. On nintedanib or pirfenidone for ≥90 days prior to Baseline and in the Investigator's opinion, are planning to continue treatment through the study
   2. Not on treatment with nintedanib or pirfenidone for ≥90 days prior to Baseline and in the Investigator's opinion, not planning to initiate either treatment during the study.

   Concomitant use of both nintedanib and pirfenidone is not permitted.
7. Subjects treated with immunosuppressive agents (eg, mycophenolate, methotrexate, azathioprine, oral corticosteroids, rituximab) need to be on treatment for at least 120 days prior to Baseline and, in the Investigator's clinical opinion, must be refractory to treatment.
8. Women of childbearing potential must be non-pregnant (as confirmed by a urine pregnancy test at Screening and Baseline) and non-lactating, and will agree to do 1 of the following:

   1. Abstain from intercourse (when it is in line with their preferred and usual lifestyle)
   2. Use 2 medically acceptable, highly effective forms of contraception for the duration of the study, and at least 30 days after discontinuing study drug.

   i. Medically acceptable, highly effective forms of contraception can include approved hormonal contraceptives (oral, injectable, and implantable) and barrier methods (such as a condom or diaphragm) when used with a spermicide.

   Women who are successfully sterilized (including hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy) or postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea for at least 12 consecutive months) are not considered to be of reproductive potential.
9. Males with a partner of childbearing potential must agree to use a condom for the duration of treatment and for at least 48 hours after discontinuing study drug.
10. In the opinion of the Investigator, the subject is able to communicate effectively with study personnel, and is considered reliable, willing, and likely to be cooperative with protocol requirements, including attending all study visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is pregnant or lactating.
2. Subject has primary obstructive airway physiology (forced expiratory volume in 1 second/FVC \<0.70 at Screening) or greater extent of emphysema than fibrosis on HRCT (confirmed by central review).
3. Subject has a diagnosis of IPF.
4. Subject has shown intolerance or significant lack of efficacy to a prostacyclin or prostacyclin analogue that resulted in discontinuation or inability to effectively titrate that therapy.
5. Subject has received any PAH-approved therapy, including prostacyclin therapy (epoprostenol, treprostinil, iloprost, or beraprost; except for acute vasoreactivity testing), IP receptor agonists (selexipag), endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is), soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators, or activin signaling inhibitors (sotatercept) within 60 days prior to Baseline. As needed use of a PDE5-I for erectile dysfunction is permitted, provided no doses are taken within 48 hours prior to any study-related efficacy assessments.
6. Subject is receiving \>10 L/min of oxygen supplementation by any mode of delivery at rest at Baseline.
7. Exacerbation of ILD or active pulmonary or upper respiratory infection within 30 days prior to Baseline. Subjects must have completed any antibiotic or steroid regimens for treatment of the infection or acute exacerbation more than 30 days prior to Baseline to be eligible. If hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of ILD or a pulmonary or upper respiratory infection, subjects must have been discharged more than 90 days prior to Baseline to be eligible.
8. Subject has uncontrolled cardiac disease, defined as myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to Baseline or unstable angina within 30 days prior to Baseline.
9. Use of any other investigational drug/device or participation in any investigational study in which the subject received a medical intervention (ie, procedure, device, medication/supplement) within 30 days prior to Screening. Subjects participating in non-interventional, observational, or registry studies are eligible.
10. Acute pulmonary embolism within 90 days prior to Baseline.
11. In the opinion of the Investigator, the subject has any condition that would interfere with the interpretation of study assessments or would impair study participation or cooperation.
12. In the opinion of the Investigator, life expectancy \<12 months due to ILD or a concomitant illness.
13. Subject has received nerandomilast within 60 days prior to Baseline.

Where it's running

  • UAB Lung Health Center
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Lung Institute
    Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    Recruiting
  • Norton Thoracic Institute
    Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    Recruiting
  • Peter Morton Medical Building
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • NewportNativeMD, Inc.
    Newport Beach, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California Irvine Medical Center
    Orange, California, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Paradigm Clinical Research
    Redding, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • UC Davis Health Medical Center
    Sacramento, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Paradigm Clinical Research
    San Diego, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Stanford University Medical Center
    Stanford, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Georgetown University Hospital
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent's Lung Institute
    Jacksonville, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic
    Jacksonville, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • TGH/USF Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant
    Tampa, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Weston, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Emory Clinic
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Clinical Research Unit
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Rush University Medical Center Outpatient Pulmonary Clinic
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • UI Health Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Loyola University Medical Center
    Maywood, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, Kansas, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Louisville Healthcare Outpatient Research Clinic
    Louisville, Kentucky, United States
    Recruiting
  • Tulane Medical Center
    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
    Recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Maryland Medical Center
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
    Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • Tufts Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Infinity Medical Center
    North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth
    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
    Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Minnesota Health Clinical Research Unit (CRU)
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
    Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Lung Research Center, LLC
    Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of New Mexico
    Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
    Recruiting
  • Northwell Health
    New Hyde Park, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Stony Brook Advanced Specialty Care
    Stony Brook, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Montefiore Medical Center
    The Bronx, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke University Medical Center
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • PulmonIx LLC
    Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • East Carolina University
    Greenville, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • St. Luke's Univeristy Health Network-Pulmonary & Critical Care
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CEnter
    Columbus, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting

+115 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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How to take part

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