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Peginterferon α-2b Injection for the Treatment of Pediatric RSV Bronchiolitis

An interventional study of Peginterferon α-2b injection and Recombinant Human Interferon α2b in Bronchiolitis, sponsored by Children's Hospital of Soochow University. Recruiting at 3 sites in China. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 2 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-14.

Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Soochow University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2026, 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Months to 2 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multicenter, randomized, positive-controlled, non-inferiority clinical study, planning to enroll 90 children with bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus infection, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of inhaled Peginterferon α-2b injection compared to recombinant human interferon α2b in the treatment of pediatric respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.

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Conditions studied

  • Bronchiolitis

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Keywords

  • Bronchiolitis
  • Peginterferon α-2b
  • respiratory syncytial virus
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In context

Bronchiolitis

289 studies on the registry are indexed under Bronchiolitis; 51 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 90 is close to the median of 100 across 195 interventional studies indexed under Bronchiolitis.

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Lead sponsor

Children's Hospital of Soochow University is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Months to 2 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. The guardian of the child is able to understand the content, requirements, and limitations of the protocol, fully understands the possible adverse reactions that may occur during the study, is willing to complete the follow-up as required, and voluntarily signs the form before the start of the study.
  2. The child's age is 6 months or older but no more than 2 years old (including the critical value) at the time of signing the informed consent, and the gender is not specified.
  3. Positive viral detection in nasopharyngeal swab.
  4. Presence of rapid breathing, wheezing, moist rales and/or wheezing sounds in the lungs; with or without chest imaging showing signs of hyperinflation, patchy infiltrates, localized atelectasis, and peribronchitis.
  5. The severity of the illness is mild or moderate (evaluation criteria see Appendix 1: Wang Bronchiolitis Scoring Standard).
  6. The time from the onset of the child's illness to the signing of the informed consent form is within 72 hours (the appearance of symptoms and signs related to RSV bronchiolitis does not exceed 72 hours from the signing of the informed consent, including but not limited to: tachypnea, wheezing, hypoxemia, dyspnea, fever).
  7. No use of other antiviral drugs or immunomodulators within 3 weeks before randomization.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Extreme restlessness, drowsiness, coma, and possibly requiring mechanical ventilation assistance for breathing.
  2. Presence of other chronic severe diseases such as cardiac insufficiency, respiratory insufficiency, liver insufficiency, renal insufficiency, and severe malnutrition.
  3. Having diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus or psoriasis, or immunodeficiency diseases.
  4. Having epilepsy or other disorders of central nervous system function.
  5. The investigator's comprehensive judgment suspects a concurrent bacterial infection.
  6. Clinical diagnosis of myocarditis or suspected myocarditis (diagnostic criteria see Appendix 2: Diagnostic Recommendations for Myocarditis in Children).
  7. Known or suspected allergy to interferon or .
  8. Participation in other interventional clinical trials within 3 months prior to screening, or planning to participate in other clinical trials during the study period. (9) A history of pneumonia in the past 3 months.

(10) Other conditions deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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Autoimmune disease

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
90 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Peginterferon α-2b 90 mcg dose group

    The experimental group participants inhaled Peginterferon on the basis of receiving symptomatic supportive treatment.

    Drug: Peginterferon α-2b injection

  • Active comparator
    Recombinant human interferon α-2b dose group

    The control group participants received symptomatic supportive treatment and aerosolized inhalation therapy with recombinant human interferon α-2b.

    Drug: Recombinant Human Interferon α2b

Interventions

  • Peginterferon α-2b injection, 90 mcg, on the basis of conventional treatments such as asthma control, oxygen inhalation, and fluid replacement, nebulized inhalation using air compression or oxygen-driven methods is administered on days 1, 3, and 5, once a day.

  • DrugRecombinant Human Interferon α2b

    Recombinant Human Interferon alpha 2b, at a dose of 100,000 IU/kg, based on the conventional treatments such as asthma control, oxygen inhalation, and fluid replacement, will be administered via nebulized inhalation using air compression or oxygen-driven methods from day 1 to day 5, twice daily.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The rate of change in Wang's bronchiolitis score from baseline.

    Time frame: Day 6.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Wang's bronchiolitis score change from baseline.

    Time frame: Day1-7.

  2. The proportion of Wang's bronchiolitis score being 0 points.

    Time frame: Day6.

  3. Length of hospital stay.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  4. Duration of oxygen therapy support.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  5. Change in viral load from baseline.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  6. Adverse Event(AE).

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  7. Body temperature.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  8. Number of Participants with Abnormal Laboratory Parameters Findings.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

  9. The number of research subjects who withdrew early.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 18 months

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Study locations

1 of 3 sites recruiting
  • Wuhan Women and Children's Health Care Center
    Wuhan, Hubei, China
    Not yet recruiting
    • Xiaoxia Lu, Ph.D · Contact
  • Children's Hospital of Soochow University
    Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
    Recruiting
  • The First Hospital of Jilin University
    Changchun, Jilin, China
    Not yet recruiting
    • Fanzheng Meng, Ph.D · Contact
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Mar 2025; primary completion for Jun 2026, 15 months later.

Of 54 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Bronchiolitis, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 35. This study's planned 15 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 57 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 35.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 21, 2025
First posted
Feb 14, 2025
StartEst.
Mar 2025
Primary completionEst.
Jun 2026
CompletionEst.
Jun 2027
Last update
Feb 14, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 14, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06827249
Lead sponsor
Children's Hospital of Soochow University
Responsible party
Hao Chuangli (Chief physician, Children's Hospital of Soochow University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 14, 2025
Start date
Mar 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 14, 2025

Study contacts

Chuangli Hao, Ph.D
Contact
hcl_md@163.com
13771905555
Chuangli Hao, Ph.D
principal investigator · Children's Hospital of Soochow University
Fanzheng Meng, Ph.D
study director · The First Hospital of Jilin University
Xiaoxia Lu, Ph.D
study director · Wuhan women and children's health care center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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