Autopsy report · NCT03060772

A Study of Pleiotropic Pioglitazone Effects on the Alcoholic Lung (APPEAL Study)

“Study was suspended in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic as a result of recruitment challenges and the inability to conduct all study procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy) per protocol. In late 2021 the decision was made to not re-open the study.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 10 months before it started.
• Ran for about 2 years 1 month before it stopped.
• 50 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 2

Sponsor

Emory University

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Alcoholism

Interventions

Pioglitazone

Participants

50

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.