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Clinical Trial of Omalizumab for Allergen Sensitized and Exposed Individuals With COPD

Johns Hopkins University

Start Date

2/12/2026

Completion Date

5/1/2031

Summary

This research is being done to test if a drug called omalizumab can help people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and allergies. Each participant will be in the study for about 16 months, including 1-3 months of screening, 12 months of receiving the study drug at a clinic, and a follow-up call one month after your final clinic visit.

Detailed Description

This study is for people 40 years and older with COPD who also have allergens in their home that they are allergic to, like pet dander, cockroaches or dust mites.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 40 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: * Able and willing to provide informed consent. * Age \>40 years at screening. * Combustible tobacco cigarette exposure \>10 pack-years. * Self-report of physician diagnosis of COPD and currently on dual or triple long-acting inhaled therapy (ICS/LABA/LAMA, ICS/LABA, LABA/LAMA). * COPD Assessment Test (CAT) score of \>15 OR history of at least one documented moderate (requiring treatment with oral corticosteroids) or severe (requiring ED visit or hospitalization) COPD exacerbation in the past year. * Participants of childbearing potential must have negative pregnancy test upon study entry. * Female (and male) participants with reproductive potential must agree to use FDA approved methods of contraception for duration of study. * Post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio \< 0.7 and FEV1% predicted \< 80%. * Sensitization to one or more of five common indoor allergens including cat, dog, mouse, cockroach, dust mite defined with positive skin prick test (SPT) (SPT wheal size at least 3 mm greater than negative control). Positive specific IgE testing within 12 months of randomization to cat, dog, mouse, cockroach, or dust mite will be accepted in lieu of skin prick test if SPT is not interpretable or SPT cannot be safely performed. * Exposure to the same allergen to which individual is sensitized based on measurement in home settled dust (1 U/g cockroach, 1 μg/g mouse, 2 μg/g dust mite, (Der f 1), 8 μg/g for cat and dog). Exclusion Criteria: * Inability or unwillingness of a participant to give written informed consent or comply with study protocol. * Live in a location other than home (i.e., care facility) * Actively breastfeeding. * Current asthma diagnosis. * Other lung disease (cystic fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, bronchiectasis or otherwise) that is considered the primary respiratory diagnosis and would interfere with participation in the study * Reduced life expectancy due to other disease that in the opinion of the investigator may interfere with participation in the study. * Participants with severe medical condition(s) that in the view of the investigator prohibits participation in the study. * Received or listed for a lung transplant. * Surgical or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction surgery in the 12 months prior to screening. * History of infection or active infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis * Active parasitic infection diagnosed and/or treated within 6 months of randomization * Currently receiving allergen immunotherapy. * History of anaphylaxis from medications, foods or otherwise. * Current active prescription for epinephrine autoinjector for treatment of severe chronic urticaria. * Known sensitivity to study drug(s) or another biologic medication. * Use of any other investigational agent for COPD in the last 90 days. If the other investigational agent being used is a biologic agent, this must be washed out for 6 months prior to randomization. * Active use of biologic medication (monoclonal antibody) for treatment of respiratory disease in the past 6 months (benralizumab, omalizumab, mepolizumab, resilizumab, dupliumab, tezepelumab, or other similar medication or use of biologic medication for treatment of any non-respiratory disease in the past 3 months. * Use of chronic systemic corticosteroids at doses above 10mg daily prednisone or the equivalent. * Use of systemic corticosteroid course for acute exacerbation of COPD within 4 weeks of randomization. * Weight \< 66 or \>330 lbs; and total IgE \< 30 IU/mL or \>700 IU/mL; or no available dosing recommendation based on weight and total IgE level. * No ICS in background regimen for individuals with blood eosinophil count of \>300 and systemic steroid requiring exacerbation in the past year, except in case of contraindication to ICS such as thrush, osteoporosis, or pneumonia in the past year.

Interventions

DRUG

Omalizumab (Xolair®)

DRUG

Sodium Chloride (NaCl) 0.9 %

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Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Allergies

Locations

University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama 35294

United States

University of Arizona- Tuscon

Tucson, Arizona 85724

United States

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94143

United States

National Jewish Health

Denver, Colorado 80206

United States

University of Florida

Jacksonville, Florida 32209

United States

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois 60608

United States

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois 60611

United States

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois 60612

United States

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa 52242

United States

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas 66160

United States

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

United States

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

United States

Henry Ford Health

Detroit, Michigan 48202

United States

Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine

New York, New York 10029

United States

Columbia University

New York, New York 10032

United States

Cornell University

New York, New York 10032

United States

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina 27705

United States

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140

United States

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee 37203

United States

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas 77030

United States

University of Vermont

Colchester, Vermont 05446

United States

Pacific Northwest Airways - VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle

Seattle, Washington 98108

United States