Numerous clinical trials evaluate indacaterol across Phase 1 through Phase 4 development, primarily targeting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, general obstructive lung diseases, and healthy volunteer cohorts. Sponsored by academic investigators and major pharmaceutical companies—including Novartis, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Orion Pharma—these studies span various operational statuses, from actively recruiting and completed to terminated, withdrawn, or suspended.
| NCT Number | Recruitment | Conditions | Sponsor/Collaborators | Start Date | Phases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT05776927 | RECRUITING | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2026-08-04 | PHASE3 |
| NCT05562466 | RECRUITING | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2023-05-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT06067100 | RECRUITING | Exercise Performance |
Morten Hostrup, PhD |
2024-01-15 | |
| NCT06077019 | RECRUITING | Exercise Performance |
Morten Hostrup, PhD |
2023-10-03 | |
| NCT06035393 | TERMINATED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd. |
2024-01-15 | PHASE2 |
| NCT07541378 | SUSPENDED | COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
Medical University of Bialystok |
2024-03-11 | |
| NCT04259164 | COMPLETED | Asthma; Allergic Asthma |
University Medical Center Groningen |
2020-09-10 | PHASE3 |
| NCT05288075 | COMPLETED | Healthy Volunteers |
Orion Corporation, Orion Pharma |
2022-02-28 | PHASE1 |
| NCT04589663 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2021-06-07 | PHASE2 |
| NCT05288075 | Completed | Healthy Volunteers |
Orion Corporation Orion Pharma |
2022-02-28 | Phase 1 |
| NCT04856098 | COMPLETED | Healthy Volunteers |
Orion Corporation, Orion Pharma |
2021-05-07 | PHASE1 |
| NCT02867761 | COMPLETED | COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
University of Michigan |
2017-08-29 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02872090 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon |
2016-03 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02892019 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2017-04-18 | PHASE2 |
| NCT02567214 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Laval University |
2016-06 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02554786 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-12-29 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02566031 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-03-23 | PHASE4 |
| NCT03364829 | UNKNOWN | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital |
2016-01-01 | PHASE4 |
| NCT03257995 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2017-09-05 | PHASE2 |
| NCT02576626 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Wouter H. van Geffen |
2015-12 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02516592 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-10-13 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02442206 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-05-18 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02202616 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2014-08-27 | PHASE4 |
| NCT03030638 | Completed | Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive |
Boehringer Ingelheim|RTI health solutions US |
2017-02-08 | -- |
| NCT02953041 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
University of Saskatchewan |
2016-10 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02598505 | COMPLETED | Heart Failure |
Centro Cardiologico Monzino |
2015-09 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02693769 | TERMINATED | ACOS (Fixed Airflow Obstruction and Elevated Eosinophils) |
Mundipharma Research Limited |
2016-07 | PHASE2; PHASE3 |
| NCT02487446 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-07-28 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02487498 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-07-27 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02573155 | COMPLETED | Asthma (Part 1); COPD (Part 2) |
AstraZeneca |
2015-10 | PHASE1 |
| NCT02665130 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Yuan-Ming Luo |
2014-12 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02039011 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
University of Dundee |
2014-02 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02233543 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2014-11-30 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01985334 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2014-02-14 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02418468 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2015-04-28 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02055352 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2014-05-30 | PHASE4 |
| NCT05506865 | COMPLETED | COPD |
National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico |
2012-09 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01727024 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-04 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02547558 | UNKNOWN | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona |
2015-10 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01782326 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-07 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02473237 | COMPLETED | COPD |
National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico |
2013-04 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01794780 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-02-05 | PHASE4 |
| NCT02257385 | COMPLETED | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive |
GlaxoSmithKline |
2014-10-15 | PHASE3 |
| NCT02059434 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Asthma |
AstraZeneca |
2013-09-01 | PHASE1 |
| NCT01996124 | COMPLETED | COPD; Hyperinflation; Right Cardiac Failure |
University of Milan |
2013-11 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01437748 | COMPLETED | Healthy; COPD |
University of Milan |
2011-08 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01778062 | COMPLETED | Patients With Moderate-to-severe COPD With Destroyed Lung by Tuberculosis |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-02 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01959412 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-11 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01555138 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-02 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01709903 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01712516 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-12 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01727141 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01845623 | WITHDRAWN | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2013-08 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01693003 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre |
2013-03 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01715311 | WITHDRAWN | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-11 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01609478 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-08 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01604278 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-05 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01498081 | COMPLETED | COPD |
AstraZeneca |
2012-03 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01285492 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00845728 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01232894 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01484197 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-11 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01272362 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-04 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01315249 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01543828 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2012-01 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01377428 | WITHDRAWN | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-09 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01202188 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-09 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01120717 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-04 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01294787 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2011-02 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01377051 | COMPLETED | COPD; Lung Diseases; Dyspnea; Hypoxemia; Tachycardia |
University of Milan |
2011-05 | PHASE4 |
| NCT01012765 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00876694 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01079130 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-02 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01089127 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01072448 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2010-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01156844 | COMPLETED | Persistent Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2010-03 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01068600 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2010-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00999908 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-10 | PHASE3 |
| NCT01012739 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00846586 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00900731 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-06 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00792805 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2008-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00877383 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-04 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00927901 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00794157 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2008-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00821093 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2009-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00677807 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis |
2008-05 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00620022 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2008-04 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00567996 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis |
2007-11 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00615459 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis |
2008-02 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00624702 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis |
2008-02 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00570778 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2007-12 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00636961 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2008-02 | PHASE2 |
| NCT01263808 | COMPLETED | Healthy Volunteers; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2008-04 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00669617 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2008-04 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00529529 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2007-09 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00463567 | COMPLETED | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; COPD; Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
Novartis |
2007-04 | PHASE2; PHASE3 |
| NCT00615030 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis |
2008-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00558285 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Novartis |
2007-11 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00393458 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2006-10 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00622635 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2008-01 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00624286 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2008-02 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00531050 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2007-08 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00557466 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis |
2007-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00545272 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2007-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00557440 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis |
2007-11 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00556673 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis |
2007-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00605306 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis |
2008-01 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00403754 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
2006-11 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00403845 | COMPLETED | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Novartis |
2006-12 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00403637 | COMPLETED | Asthma |
Novartis |
2006-11 | PHASE2; PHASE3 |
| NCT00396604 | COMPLETED | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; COPD; Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
Novartis |
2006-10 | PHASE2; PHASE3 |
| NCT00410501 | COMPLETED | Healthy |
Novartis |
2006-12 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00416702 | COMPLETED | Hepatic Insufficiency |
Novartis |
2006-11 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00422552 | COMPLETED | COPD |
Novartis |
2006-09 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
(data from https://clinicaltrials.gov, updated on 2026-08-26)
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Appendix RUO and cGMP Quality Standards
| Quality Dimension | RUO (Research Use Only) | cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Applicability | Prohibited in human clinical trials or medical diagnostics. | Mandatory for human clinical trials (Phase I–III) and therapies. |
| Regulatory Status | Non-regulated grade; exempt from drug manufacturing laws. | Legally enforced by health authorities (e.g., FDA, EMA, NMPA). |
| Facility Environment | Unclassified analytical or research laboratories. | Validated Cleanrooms (ISO Class 5–8) with continuous monitoring. |
| Quality Control | Basic purity and activity testing. | Rigorous safety release testing (Sterility, Endotoxin, Mycoplasma). |
| Process Validation | Basic equipment calibration; no process validation required. | Full qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) and complete batch records. |
| Quality Assurance | Vendor self-declared without required formal QMS. | Mandatory QA/QC unit, Change Control, CAPA, and vendor audits. |
| Regulatory Impact | High risk of IND rejection if used as a critical raw material. | Required for IND/NDA filings, supported by Drug Master Files (DMF). |
Footnotes
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Note: Technical data last updated: Sep 1, 2026.