Depemokimab Tested in Adults With COPD and Type 2 Inflammation
Tests depemokimab added to usual care in adults with moderate to severe COPD.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Where
- Aarau and Zurich, SwitzerlandSee the 2 sitesAlso in 22 other countries, 244 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Depemokimab as an Extended Treatment Duration Biologic in Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Type 2 Inflammation
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 981 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- 14 Feb 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Depemokimab
- Placebo
- Record updated
- 5 October 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 40 to 80 with moderate to severe COPD, frequent flare-ups and raised blood eosinophils, who already use inhaler therapy.
- Age
- 40 to 80 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Moderate to severe COPD with a documented history of at least 2 moderate or 1 severe flare-up in the 12 months before screening; CAT score of 10 or more.
- Earlier treatment
- Must have used ICS plus LAMA plus LABA inhaler therapy for at least 6 months before screening.
- Biomarker or test result
- Elevated blood eosinophil count; post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.70.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Current or past doctor diagnosis of asthma
- Pneumonia, COPD flare-up or lower respiratory tract infection in the 4 weeks before screening
- Needing oxygen for more than 16 hours a day
- Unstable heart disease or irregular heart rhythm
- Known parasitic infection in the last 6 months
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Participants must be greater than or equal to (>=) 40 to less than or equal to (<=) 80 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent
- Elevated blood eosinophil count (BEC)
- Moderate to severe COPD with frequent exacerbations, defined as:; A clinically documented history of COPD as defined by the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society for at least 1 year; A post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio of less than (<) 0.70 and a post- bronchodilator FEV1 >30 percent (%) and <= 80% predicted normal values; A well-documented history of at least 2 moderate or 1 severe exacerbation in the 12 months prior to screening
- COPD assessment test (CAT) score >=10 at Visit 1
- Smoking status: Current or former cigarette smokers with a history of cigarette smoking of >=10 pack-years
- Participants should be on optimized inhaler therapy, defined as inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus Long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist (LAMA) plus Long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist (LABA) either as multiple inhalers or a single combination inhaler for at least 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1
- Body mass index (BMI) >=16 kilogram per square meter (kg/m\^2)
- Male or eligible female participants
Who cannot take part
- Participants with a current or prior physician diagnosis of asthma
- Participants with pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, or lower respiratory tract infection within the 4 weeks prior to Screening Visit 1
- Pulmonary rehabilitation: Participants in the acute phase of a pulmonary rehabilitation program within 4 weeks prior to Screening Visit 1
- Other clinically significant lung disease: The Investigator must judge that COPD is the primary diagnosis accounting for the clinical manifestations of the lung disease
- Lung resection: Participants with a history of, or plan for lung volume reduction surgery / endobronchial valve procedure
- Cor pulmonale - resulting in right heart failure, severe pulmonary hypertension
- Unstable cardiovascular disease or arrhythmia
- Parasitic Infection: Participants with a known, pre-existing parasitic infection within 6 months of Screening (Visit 1)
- The following subjects are excluded:
- Continuous oxygen: Participants requiring oxygen supplementation for more than 16 hours per day to maintain resting oxygen saturation greater than 88%
- Chronic hypercapnia requiring Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) use (including Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure [BiPAP] or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure [CPAP])
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 80 years old?
Where in Switzerland
Also in 22 other countries, 244 sites
- AarauHospital not named in the registryContact: Hans-Joachim Kabitz (principal investigator)Taking people
- ZurichHospital not named in the registryContact: Marc Spielmanns (principal investigator)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Depemokimab is being developed as a treatment for individuals with moderate to severe COPD. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of depemokimab as an add-on medicine in participants with uncontrolled moderate to severe COPD with type 2 inflammation.
The 2 groups in the trial
- DepemokimabTreatment being tested
Participants will be administered depemokimab along with standard of care (SoC).
- PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison
Participants will be administered placebo along with SoC.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Depemokimab In Adult Participants With COPD With Type 2 Inflammation
- Plain-language title
- Depemokimab Tested in Adults With COPD and Type 2 InflammationGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06959095, who can take part
- Record updated
- 5 October 2026