KL₄Surfactant Treatment in Patients With ARDS
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00215553 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Slow enrollment and administrative reasons)
First Posted : September 22, 2005
Results First Posted : April 27, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 9, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | Drug: A.1 Lucinactant Other: B.3 SoC Drug: A.2 Lucinactant Drug: A.3 Lucinactant Drug: A.4 Lucinactant Drug: B.1 Lucinactant Drug: B.2 Lucinactant | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 124 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of SURFAXIN® (Lucinactant) Delivered Via Bronchopulmonary Segmental Lavage to Standard of Care in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). |
Study Start Date : | May 2001 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2006 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: A.1 Lucinactant
3 30-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 5, 5, and 10 mg/mL total phopholipids. One re-treatment at 48 hours.
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Drug: A.1 Lucinactant
3 30 mL aliquots at concentrations of 5, 5, and 10 mg/mL
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
Experimental: A.2 Lucinactant
3 30-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 10, 10, and 10 mg/mL total phospholipids. One lavage re-treatment at 48 hours.
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Drug: A.2 Lucinactant
3 30 mL aliquots at a concentration of 10 mg/mL each
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
Experimental: A.3 Lucinactant
2 50-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL total phospholipids. One lavage re-treatment at 48 hours.
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Drug: A.3 Lucinactant
2 50 mL aliquots at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
Experimental: A.4 Lucinactant
2 50-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL total phospholipids (TPL). One re-treatment at 48 hours. One bolus re-treatment (20 mg/mL TPL) in another 48 hours. A second bolus re-treatment (20 mg/mL TPL) administered 48 hours later.
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Drug: A.4 Lucinactant
2 50 mL aliquots at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL, with bolus re-treatment allowed
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
Experimental: B.1 Lucinactant
2 50-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL total phospholipids. One lavage re-treatment at 48 hours.
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Drug: B.1 Lucinactant
2 50 mL aliquots at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
Experimental: B.2 Lucinactant
2 50-mL aliquots per bronchopulmonary segment using concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL total phospholipids (TPL). One re-treatment at 48 hours. One bolus re-treatment (20 mg/mL TPL) in another 48 hours. A second bolus re-treatment (20 mg/mL TPL) administered 48 hours later.
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Drug: B.2 Lucinactant
2 50 mL aliquots at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/mL, with bolus re-treatment allowed
Other Name: KL₄Surfactant |
B.3 SoC
Received standard ARDS management and ICU care (Standard of Care [SOC]). Included, but was not limited to, support with oxygen, conventional mechanical ventilation, sedations, and paralysis.
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Other: B.3 SoC
Standard ARDS management and ICU care
Other Name: Negative control |
- Incidence of Patients Being Alive and Not Receiving Mechanical Ventilation for ≥48 Hours at the End of Day 28. [ Time Frame: Through 28 days ]
- Mortality [ Time Frame: Through 28 days ]
- Days in ICU [ Time Frame: Through 28 days ]Number of days in ICU

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Intubated and required mechanical ventilation support
- Met the criteria for ARDS
- Partial pressure of oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) ≤ 200 mmHg and ≥ 60 mmHg within 60 minutes before randomization
- Mean blood pressure was ≥ 60 mmHg immediately before randomization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Had ARDS due solely to a major trauma
- Was currently participating in another clinical trial or received an experimental drug or device within the previous month
- A woman of childbearing age, unless pregnancy was excluded by a negative urine hCG test or if the subject was surgically incapable of childbearing
- Had a previous episode of ARDS that resolved and then recurred during the current hospitalization
- Had a disease that was sufficiently advanced, in the best judgment of the Principal Investigator, to markedly limit life expectancy to < 6 months
- Was known to have AIDS or symptomatic HIV (CD4 counts <500). Subjects with asymptomatic HIV were not excluded
- Received chemotherapy or radiation within the previous 90 days
- Received an organ transplant other than corneal transplants
- Received, or was currently receiving, immunosuppression therapy within the last 6 months
- Had severe neurological damage or the presence of a disease that was likely to significantly prevent weaning from the ventilator
- Had a best Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of ≤ 8 or an intracranial pressure ≥ 20 cm H2O prior to the institution of sedatives or paralysis

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00215553
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Discovery Laboratories, Inc. | |
Warrington, Pennsylvania, United States, 18976-3646 |
Study Director: | Timothy J Gregory, PhD | Windtree Therapeutics |
Responsible Party: | Windtree Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00215553 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
KL4-ARDS-04 |
First Posted: | September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | April 27, 2012 |
Last Update Posted: | August 9, 2018 |
Last Verified: | July 2018 |
Respiratory Distress Syndrome Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn Acute Lung Injury Syndrome Disease Pathologic Processes Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiration Disorders Infant, Premature, Diseases Infant, Newborn, Diseases Lung Injury Pulmonary Surfactants Respiratory System Agents |