Clinical Trials List
2025-10-31 - 2029-06-26
Phase II
Not yet recruiting8
A Phase 2b Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Participants with Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Trial Applicant
PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
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Sponsor
Upstream Bio, Inc.
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Trial scale
Multi-Regional Multi-Center
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Update
2026/02/01
Investigators and Locations
The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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Co-Principal Investigator
- 莊政皓 Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Ming-Ju Tsai Division of Thoracic Medicine
- 張旭良 Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Hung-Ling Huang Division of Thoracic Medicine
- 鄭孟軒 Division of Thoracic Medicine
- 陳家閔 Division of Thoracic Medicine
- 鄭至宏 Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Wei-An Chang Division of Thoracic Medicine
- jong rung Tsai Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Inn-Wen Chong Division of Thoracic Medicine
The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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Co-Principal Investigator
- 簡格凌 Division of Thoracic Medicine
The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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Co-Principal Investigator
- Mei-Chuan Chen Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Shang-Fu Hsu Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Chi-Li Chung Division of Thoracic Medicine
- Shu-Leung Lai
- Pai-Chien Chou Division of Thoracic Medicine
The Actual Total Number of Participants Enrolled
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Condition/Disease
Objectives
Test Drug
Active Ingredient
Dosage Form
Dosage
Endpoints
exacerbation events compared with placebo
over 108 weeks of treatment
Inclution Criteria
• Physician diagnosis of COPD for >12 months.
• Current or former smokers with a smoking history of 10 pack-years or more.
Note: current smokers are defined as participants who are active smokers with 10 or more
pack-years of smoking, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, etc. Former smokers
are participants who were active smokers with 10 or more pack-year history of smoking and
who have stopped completely for at least 6 months prior to Visit 1.
• Post-bronchodilator FEV1/forced vital capacity ratio < 0.70 and predicted post-bronchodilator
FEV1 >30% and <80%).
• Modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale grade >2.
• Documented history of >2 moderate or >1 severe exacerbation within the year prior to
inclusion.
a. At least one exacerbation should have occurred while the participant was taking
inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)/long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA)/long-acting
beta-agonists (LABA) or LAMA/LABA if ICS is contraindicated.
b. At least one moderate exacerbation should have required systemic corticosteroids
(with or without antibiotics).
Moderate exacerbation is defined as acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) that requires
systemic corticosteroids (intramuscular [IM], intravenous [IV], or oral) or antibiotics. Severe
exacerbation is defined as AECOPD requiring hospitalization or observation >24 hours in
emergency room or urgent care facility.
• Background triple therapy (ICS, LABA, LAMA) for 3 months before randomization with a
stable dose of medications for 1 or more months prior to Visit 1. If ICS is contraindicated,
double therapy with LABA and LAMA are allowed.
• Are >80% compliant with all COPD background therapy for at least 4 consecutive weeks
during the screening period.
Exclusion Criteria
weeks prior to or during the screening period.
• Respiratory tract infection within 4 weeks prior to or during the screening period.
• Treatment with oxygen of >4 L/minute. Nocturnal oxygen use for sleep apnea is allowed.
• Systemic or biologic immunosuppressant therapy to treat inflammatory disease or autoimmune
disease within 24 weeks or 5 half-lives prior to Visit 1, whichever is longer, with the exception
of oral corticosteroids. Treatment with cyclophosphamide and rituximab within 12 months of
Visit 1.
• Treatment with macrolides (e.g., azithromycin therapy), unless on stable therapy for at least 3
months before Visit 1.
• Current diagnosis of asthma according to the 2023 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
guidelines or other accepted guidelines. Note: Participants with a past diagnosis of asthma that
was documented to be incorrect by a healthcare provider/investigator may be included.
• History or evidence of a clinically meaningful pulmonary condition other than COPD (e.g.,
pulmonary fibrosis, chronic hypercapnia requiring BiPAP, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease,
pulmonary hypertension, bronchiectasis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome) or another diagnosed
pulmonary or systemic disease associated with elevated peripheral eosinophil counts.
The Estimated Number of Participants
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Taiwan
11 participants
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Global
666 participants