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Interstitial Lung DiseasePhase 2TIPSNCT07443436

Immunomodulatory Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Surfactant Related Gene Variants

A Phase 2 study testing Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week), Prednisone 10 mg/day and Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day in people with Interstitial Lung Disease, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 3 sites in France.

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Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

Scientific justification : Variants in surfactant-related genes (SRG) explain approximately 6% of familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF). The pathophysiology is unknown and seems to involve endoplasmic reticulum stress in type 2 alveolar epithelial cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Interstitial Lung Disease
What is being tested?
Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week), Prednisone 10 mg/day and Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
3 sitesFrance
Study dates
1 Nov 2026to 1 Nov 2027
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 18 years and <80 years
  • Carrier of a variant classified as pathogenic or probably pathogenic or considered as eligible by the genetic multidisciplinary discussion in SFTPA1, SFTPA2, SFTPC, NKX2-1, SFTPB or two variants classified as pathogenic or probably pathogenic or considered as eligible by the genetic multidisciplinary discussion in ABCA3 or SFTPB
  • ILD whatever the pattern corresponding to a volume > 10% of the total lung on a CT scan of less than 2 years

Who cannot join

  • Contraindication to azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine and prednisone (details in section 6.2)
  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • Female of childbearing potential* not willing to use reliable contraception from inclusion and during 22 months
  • Desire to have a child within 22 months
  • Enrolment to another interventional study (clinical trial on medicinal product, medical device and interventional research involving human participants not concerning health product)
  • Subject deprived of their liberty or subject that may have insufficient power, intelligence, education, resources, strength, or other needed attributes to protect their own interests; or unable to explicitly give consent.
  • No affiliation to any health insurance system
  • Refusal to participate to the study

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Annabelle METOIS contact

0140257939

annabelle/metois@aphp.fr

BORIE Raphaël contact

raphael.borie@aphp.fr

France3 sites
  • Pneumologie Louis Pradel

    Bron, 69500

    COTTIN Vincent, vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr

  • Pneumologie Institu Coeur Poumon

    Lille, 59037

    WEMEAU Lidwine, lidwibne.wemeau@chru-lille.fr

  • Pneumologie Pontchaillou

    Rennes, 35033

    JOUNEAU Stéphane, stephane.jouneau@chu-rennes.fr

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About this study

Scientific justification : Variants in surfactant-related genes (SRG) explain approximately 6% of familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF).

The pathophysiology is unknown and seems to involve endoplasmic reticulum stress in type 2 alveolar epithelial cells.

Read more

Variable improvement in the prognosis of childhood and adult interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with a variant of a SRG, initially reported to be lethal within months of diagnosis, has been observed since the consensual use of prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress, without demonstration of the efficacy of any of these treatments alone or in combination.

The investigators hypothesize that a treatment combining prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine is safe and could improve the prognosis of adult patients with ILD associated with SRG variant.

Main objective and primary endpoint : Main objective:

Evaluate the efficacy of triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine) for 12 months in patients with ILD associated with a variant of a surfactant-related gene.

Primary endpoint:

Difference in forced vital capacity decline between the 2 groups at one year.

Secondary objectives and endpoints : Secondary objectives:

  1. tolerance of the triple therapy,
  2. correlation between the respiratory, radiological and clinical functional response,
  3. quality of life of the patients,
  4. overall survival, transplant-free survival, exacerbation free-survival, hospitalization-free survival

Secondary endpoints:

  1. Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months after randomization) (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at one year after randomization)
  2. Thoracic CT scan and PFT at 6 months and one year after randomization
  3. Quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0) at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year after randomization,
  4. Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization.

Design of the study : Multicenter, randomized, controlled, two-arm, parallel, open-label superiority study comparing triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine) to standard of care

Category : Category 2

Population of study participants: Patients aged over 18 years with ILD and SRG variant

Number of participants included : 30

Design of the study : Multicenter, randomized, controlled, two-arm, parallel, open-label superiority study comparing triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine) to standard of care.

Being tested
Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week), Prednisone 10 mg/day, Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day, Active Comparator: Standard of care
Medical subject headings
Lung Diseases, Interstitial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week)Drug

    Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

  • Prednisone 10 mg/dayDrug

    Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

  • Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/dayDrug

    Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

  • Active Comparator: Standard of careDrug

    Standard of care: any symptomatic treatment to interstitial lung disease. No other experimental or off-label treatment (such as ivacaftor) will be allowed during the study.

Study groups in NCT07443436
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Prednisone 10 mg/day -Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day - Azithromycin 250mg*3ExperimentalThe experimental treatment will be the combination of: * Prednisone 10 mg/day (1 tablet/day) * Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day (2 tablets/day) * Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week) Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no
Receives: Drug: Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week); Drug: Prednisone 10 mg/day; Drug: Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day
Standard of careActive comparatorStandard of care: any symptomatic treatment to interstitial lung disease. No other experimental or off-label treatment (such as ivacaftor) will be allowed during the study.
Receives: Drug: Active Comparator: Standard of care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Difference in forced vital capacity decline between the 2 groups at one year.

    Evaluate the efficacy of triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine) for 12 months in patients with ILD associated with a variant of a surfactant-related gene.

    Measured: 12 Months

Secondary outcomes (22)
  1. tolerance of the triple therapy

    Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (including QTc prolongation) (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months after randomization) (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at 6 months and 12 months after randomization)

    Measured: 12 months

  2. correlation between the respiratory, radiological and clinical functional response,

    Thoracic CT scan (progression criteria [99]) and PFT (Pulmonary function tests) at one year after randomization

    Measured: 12 months

  3. Quality of life of the patients

    Quality of life questionnaire (SF-36, scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the poorest health and 100 represents the best possible health) (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0 : a validated patient-reported questionnaire for assessing quality of life in cancer patients.) at one year after randomization,

    Measured: 12 months

  4. tolerance of the triple therapy

    Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (including QTc prolongation) at 6, months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at one year after randomization)

    Measured: 6 months

  5. tolerance of the triple therapy

    Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (including QTc prolongation) at 3 months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at one year after randomization)

    Measured: 3 months

  6. correlation between the respiratory, radiological and clinical functional response,

    Thoracic CT scan (progression criteria [99]) and PFT (Pulmonary function tests) at 6 months after randomization

    Measured: 6 months

  7. Quality of life of the patients

    Quality of life questionnaire (SF-36,scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the poorest health and 100 represents the best possible health) (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0 : a validated patient-reported questionnaire for assessing quality of life in cancer patients.) at 9 months after randomization,

    Measured: 9 months

  8. Quality of life of the patients

    Quality of life questionnaire (SF-36 scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the poorest health and 100 represents the best possible health) (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0 :a validated patient-reported questionnaire for assessing quality of life in cancer patients. ) at 6 months after randomization,

    Measured: 6 months

  9. Quality of life of the patients

    Quality of life questionnaire (SF-36, scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the poorest health and 100 represents the best possible health) (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0 :a validated patient-reported questionnaire for assessing quality of life in cancer patients ) at 3 months after randomization,

    Measured: 3 months

  10. Overall survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization

    Measured: 12 months

  11. Transplant-free survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization

    Measured: 12 months

  12. Exacerbation free-survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization

    Measured: 12 months

  13. Hospitalization-free survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization

    Measured: 12 months

  14. tolerance of the triple therapy

    Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment),

    Measured: 9 months

  15. tolerance of the triple therapy

    ECG (including QTc prolongation) at 12 months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients)

    Measured: 12 months

  16. tolerance of the triple therapy

    Ophthalmological (at one year after randomization)

    Measured: 12 months

  17. tolerance of the triple therapy

    ECG (including QTc prolongation) at , 9 months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients)

    Measured: 9 months

  18. tolerance of the triple therapy

    ECG (including QTc prolongation) at 6 months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients)

    Measured: 6 months

  19. tolerance of the triple therapy

    ECG (including QTc prolongation) at 3 months after randomization (only HCQ or AZI patients)

    Measured: 3 months

  20. Overall survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 9 months after randomization

    Measured: 9 months

  21. Overall survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 6 months after randomization

    Measured: 6 months

  22. Overall survival

    Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 3 months after randomization

    Measured: 3 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Mar 2026
  2. Study start1 Nov 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion1 Nov 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Nov 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07443436
Sponsor's protocol ID
APHP251230
Acronym
TIPS
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
11 Feb 2026
Last updated
22 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Azithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week), Prednisone 10 mg/day and Hydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day in people with Interstitial Lung Disease, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 3 sites in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Annabelle METOIS (0140257939, annabelle/metois@aphp.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Difference in forced vital capacity decline between the 2 groups at one year. (time frame: 12 Months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Sep 2026.

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