Efficacy and Safety of Pirfenidone Capsules in the Treatment of Pneumoconiosis

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase III Clinical Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Pirfenidone Capsules in the Treatment of Pneumoconiosis

This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study.

The main purpose of this study was to confirm the efficacy and safety of pirfenidone capsules in the treatment of pneumoconiosis.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Pneumoconiosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Pirfenidone Capsules; Drug: placebo capsules

Detailed Description

272 patients with pneumoconiosis participated in the 52-week study and were randomized to pirfenidone or placebo.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 272
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Ling Zhang, Dr; Phone Number: +86 13501209210; Email: zhangling@bjcontinent.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing, China
    • Recruiting
    • Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital
    • Contact: Huaiping Dai; Email: daihuaping@sina.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Age 18~70 years old (including 18 years old and 70 years old), gender is not limited.

  2. Diagnosed with silicosis or coal worker's pneumoconiosis, in line with GBZ 70-2015 "Diagnosis of Occupational Pneumoconiosis".

  3. Forced vital capacity at screening percentage of predicted value %FVC≥40% and <80% 4. The percentage of carbon monoxide dispersion in the predicted value at the time of screening %DLCO≥30% and <80%.

  5.HRCT at screening showed diffuse interstitial changes in the lungs. 6. Patients voluntarily participated in this trial, with good compliance, and had the ability to understand and sign informed consent before the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Those who do not meet any of the inclusion criteria. 2. Those who have received lung lavage therapy within 3 months and plan to receive lung lavage therapy during the trial.

  3. ALT or AST > 3 times ULN. 4. TBiL > 2 times ULN. 5. Creatinine clearance <30 mL/min. 6. Patients with co-infection or high fever within 4 weeks prior to screening, including but not limited to acute bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, urinary tract infection, or cellulitis.

  7. Combined with tuberculosis or lung cancer. 8. Significant pulmonary arterial hypertension requiring parenteral therapy with epoprostenol/treprostinil or severe right heart failure determined by the investigator to be unsuitable to participate in the trial.

  9. Severe cardiovascular disease with one of the following conditions:

  1. Severe hypertension within 6 weeks and uncontrolled with treatment (≥160/100 mmHg);
  2. Myocardial infarction within 6 months;

  3. Unstable angina within 6 months. 10. Coagulation parameters: International normalized ratio (INR) > 2, prothrombin time (PT) prolongation > 1.5 times ULN.

     11. Other conditions or comorbidities that may interfere with testing procedures (eg, intolerance to interruption of supplemental oxygen during pulmonary function tests) or, based on the investigator's judgment, that may interfere with trial participation or that may put patients at risk.

     12. Patients with dysphagia or clinical signs of malabsorption or who require parenteral nutrition.

     13. With active peptic ulcer. 14. History of thrombotic events (including stroke and transient ischemic attack) within 12 months.

     15. Use of cytotoxic drugs, immunosuppressive drugs, cytokine-modulating drugs, or receptor antagonist drugs such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, etanercept, infliximab, white Triene antagonists, methotrexate, tacrolimus, TNF-α inhibitors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors TKIs and other drugs.

     16. Use of interferon, bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids (tetrandrine), polyethylene pyrimidine nitroxide (gramsilpine), quinape phosphate, hydroxyquinoline phosphate, aluminum citrate within 1 month before randomization , nintedanib, or high-dose acetylcysteine.

     17. Patients who have previously used drugs that may cause pulmonary fibrosis, such as amiodarone, or have been exposed to asbestos, beryllium and other substances, or exposed to radioactive environments.

     18. Hypersensitivity to the investigational drug or its components (eg, lactose).

     19. Investigator judges that life expectancy due to other medical conditions is < 2.5 years.

     20. Major surgery planned during treatment. 21. Women who were pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant during the trial.

     22. Women of childbearing age who are unwilling or unable to use a highly effective method of contraception during the 28 days before or 3 months after dosing.

     23. According to the researcher, the patient is either alcohol or drug abuser. 24. mentally ill. 25. Those who participated in clinical trials of other drugs within 3 months. 26. Investigators judged to be unfit to participate in the trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pirfenidone group; Patient takes pirfenidone 3 times a day，Week 1, 2 capsules/time; Week 2, 4 capsules/time; Week 3-52, 6 capsules/time	Drug: Pirfenidone Capsules; After randomization, the experimental group took pirfenidone capsules 3 times a day，Week 1, 2 capsules/time; Week 2, 4 capsules/time; Week 3-52, 6 capsules/time; Other Names: F647
Placebo Comparator: placebo group; Patients take a placebo 3 times a day，Week 1, 2 capsules/time; Week 2, 4 capsules/time; Week 3-52, 6 capsules/time	Drug: placebo capsules; After randomization, the experimental group took placebo capsules 3 times a day，Week 1, 2 capsules/time; Week 2, 4 capsules/time; Week 3-52, 6 capsules/time; Other Names: N

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in pulmonary function FVC%	Change in FVC % (FVC % predicted) at 52 weeks of treatment	52 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pulmonary function FVC	Changes in FVC (L) at 52 weeks of treatment	52 weeks
Changes in lung function DLco%	Change in DLco% at 52 weeks of treatment	52 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Beijing Continent Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Huaping Dai, Dr, China-Japan Friendship Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 7, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 16, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 21, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 24, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 19, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Lung Diseases, Interstitial; Occupational Diseases; Lung Injury; Pneumoconiosis; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Analgesics; Sensory System Agents; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; pirfenidone
• Other Study ID Numbers: GNI-F647-202101

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No