Biomarker & Intervention Discovery

Bronchiectasis

This page lists 6 druggable gene targets and 15 recent clinical trials for Bronchiectasis, with each agent ranked by the strength of its evidence (clinical, mechanistic or correlative). Sources are linked so you can check every claim.

Disease Overview

Spontaneous remission
Not established
Best-intervention remission
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Gap size
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Primary barrier
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Biomarker Targets & Therapeutic Agents

Gene targets queried against DGIdb, Open Targets, ChEMBL, PubMed, and Europe PMC. Agents ranked: Clinical > Mechanistic > Correlative.

CFTR 222CXCR2 207ELANE 210FCGR3A 51MMP9 212MUC5AC 4
Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
NPPB ? unclear Mechanistic
LUMACAFTOR ~ modulates Mechanistic
TEZACAFTOR ↑ activates Mechanistic
SULFONAMIDE-01 ↑ activates Mechanistic
SCRIPTAID ? unclear Mechanistic
APIGENIN ↑ activates Mechanistic
TEZACAFTOR AND IVACAFTOR ? unclear Mechanistic
ROFLUMILAST ? unclear Mechanistic
CROFELEMER ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
UCCF-029 ↑ activates Mechanistic
CURCUMIN ? unclear Mechanistic
CAPSAICIN ↑ activates Mechanistic
IVACAFTOR ↑ activates Mechanistic
(R)-BPO-27 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
ICENTICAFTOR ↑ activates Mechanistic
BAMOCAFTOR ? unclear Mechanistic
UCCF-339 ↑ activates Mechanistic
CFTRINH-172 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
NIMODIPINE ↑ activates Mechanistic
CYSTEAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
PHENYLGLYCINE-01 ↑ activates Mechanistic
GLPG2737 ↑ activates Mechanistic
GLYH-101 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
IOWH-032 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
OLACAFTOR ~ modulates Mechanistic
ABBV-3221 ↑ activates Mechanistic
DEUTIVACAFTOR ↑ activates Mechanistic
NAVOCAFTOR ~ modulates Mechanistic
CBIQ ↑ activates Mechanistic
VITAMIN A COMPOUND ? unclear Mechanistic
GATX1 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
GLPG-1837 ? unclear Mechanistic
FELODIPINE ↑ activates Mechanistic
ELEXACAFTOR ~ modulates Mechanistic
ENTINOSTAT ? unclear Mechanistic
VANZACAFTOR ↑ activates Mechanistic
GLPG1837 ↑ activates Mechanistic
GALICAFTOR ~ modulates Mechanistic
NS004 ↑ activates Mechanistic
GLPG-2737 ? unclear Mechanistic

Showing top 40 of 222 agents ranked by evidence tier.

Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
BEVACIZUMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
DANIRIXIN ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
AZD-5122 ? unclear Mechanistic
CLOTRIMAZOLE ? unclear Mechanistic
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ? unclear Mechanistic
NAVARIXIN ? unclear Mechanistic
LADARIXIN ~ modulates Mechanistic
GENISTEIN ? unclear Mechanistic
ACETYLCYSTEINE ? unclear Mechanistic
ELUBRIXIN ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
VIMNERIXIN ? unclear Mechanistic
REPARIXIN ~ modulates Mechanistic
CANOCTAKIN ? unclear Mechanistic
MECHLORETHAMINE ? unclear Mechanistic
IBUPROFEN, SODIUM SALT ? unclear Mechanistic
SX-682 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE ANHYDROUS ? unclear Mechanistic
NAVARIXIN ANHYDROUS ? unclear Mechanistic 2.6 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL25573 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 200.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL27863 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 25.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL283736 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 860.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL280711 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 320.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL27446 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 22.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL28009 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 6.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL24912 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 10900.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL26830 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 57.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL312883 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 3500.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL85872 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2800.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL86002 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2000.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL85267 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2400.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL83292 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 670.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL310634 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 4400.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL84957 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1400.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL313465 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 730.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL82566 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 92.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL85045 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 450.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL87282 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1400.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL86284 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 830.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL84719 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 3500.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL315206 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 4200.0 nM (IC50)

Showing top 40 of 207 agents ranked by evidence tier.

Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
SIVELESTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
ALVELESTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
NIFEDIPINE ? unclear Mechanistic
NICOTINE POLACRILEX ? unclear Mechanistic
TIPRELESTAT ? unclear Mechanistic
COMPOUND 17 [PMID: 23642479] ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
.ALPHA.1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR HUMAN ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
LORECIVIVINT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
TAKINIB ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN ? unclear Mechanistic
SIVELESTAT SODIUM ? unclear Mechanistic
ROGOCEKIB ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
DEPELESTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
ML315 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
MW01 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
SYMPLOSTATIN 5 ? unclear Mechanistic
MW05 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
LONODELESTAT ? unclear Mechanistic
ERDOSTEINE ? unclear Mechanistic
COMPOUND 20 [PMID: 30998356] ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
CHEMBL:CHEMBL310871 ? unclear Mechanistic
ELAFIN ? unclear Mechanistic
CIRTUVIVINT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE ? unclear Mechanistic
CHEMBL314218 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 0.03 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL274085 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2.7 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL329376 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 31.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL543416 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 0.014 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL51377 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 102.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL432049 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 0.17 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL89299 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 8.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL95813 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 300.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL330647 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 25000.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL91944 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 0.06 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL318052 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 36000.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL319173 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1200.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL2368616 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 0.31 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL554013 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1.73 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL90730 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 26.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL421162 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1.0 nM (Ki)

Showing top 40 of 210 agents ranked by evidence tier.

Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
PREDNISOLONE ? unclear Mechanistic
AFM-13 ? unclear Mechanistic
BEMARITUZUMAB ~ modulates Mechanistic
RITUXIMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
IBOCTADEKIN ? unclear Mechanistic
IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT ? unclear Mechanistic
CIMETIDINE ? unclear Mechanistic
PICIBANIL ? unclear Mechanistic
TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE ? unclear Mechanistic
ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR ? unclear Mechanistic
THALIDOMIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
MUROMONAB-CD3 ? unclear Mechanistic
CA19-9 ANTIGEN ? unclear Mechanistic
PROTEASE INHIBITOR ? unclear Mechanistic
CHONDROITIN SULFATES ? unclear Mechanistic
EMFILERMIN ? unclear Mechanistic
VINCRISTINE ? unclear Mechanistic
RECOMBINANT FLT3 LIGAND ? unclear Mechanistic
POLY IC ? unclear Mechanistic
FENTANYL CITRATE ? unclear Mechanistic
INDOMETHACIN ? unclear Mechanistic
TRASTUZUMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT ? unclear Mechanistic
IMGATUZUMAB ~ modulates Mechanistic
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR ? unclear Mechanistic
RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN-2 ? unclear Mechanistic
GMA-161 ? unclear Mechanistic
DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
RECOMBINANT EOTAXIN ? unclear Mechanistic
AFM13 ? unclear Mechanistic
UBENIMEX ? unclear Mechanistic
LACTULOSE ? unclear Mechanistic
PUROMYCIN ? unclear Mechanistic
HEPARIN ? unclear Mechanistic
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE ANHYDROUS ? unclear Mechanistic
TOCILIZUMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN-8 ? unclear Mechanistic
ANTI-THYMOCYTE GLOBULIN ? unclear Mechanistic
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ? unclear Mechanistic

Showing top 40 of 51 agents ranked by evidence tier.

Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
CURCUMIN PYRAZOLE ? unclear Mechanistic
TST10088 ? unclear Mechanistic
CELECOXIB ? unclear Mechanistic
CURCUMIN ? unclear Mechanistic
TOZULERISTIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
SHARK CARTILAGE EXTRACT AE-941 ? unclear Mechanistic
HYDRALAZINE ? unclear Mechanistic
ULINASTATIN ? unclear Mechanistic
BEVACIZUMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
CARBOXYLATED GLUCOSAMINE ? unclear Mechanistic
METHYLDOPA ANHYDROUS ? unclear Mechanistic
ANDECALIXIMAB ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
DP-B99 ? unclear Mechanistic
NEOVASTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
PRINOMASTAT ? unclear Mechanistic 0.2 nM (IC50)
REBIMASTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
INCYCLINIDE ? unclear Mechanistic
CTS-1027 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 3.0 nM (IC50)
DEMETHYLWEDELOLACTONE ? unclear Mechanistic
S-3304 ? unclear Mechanistic 23.0 nM (IC50)
ILOMASTAT ? unclear Mechanistic
MARIMASTAT ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 1.5 nM (IC50)
AZD-1236 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT ? unclear Mechanistic
NIFEDIPINE ? unclear Mechanistic
CHEMBL435271 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 5.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL80814 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 34.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL276119 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 9.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL78934 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 20.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL78369 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 3.0 nM (IC50)
CGS-27023A ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 9.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL167278 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL169996 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 34.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL80453 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 44.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL303983 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 291.0 nM (Ki)
CHEMBL312432 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 6.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL306617 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 5.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL79111 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 43.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL78798 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 2.0 nM (IC50)
CHEMBL80969 ↓ inhibits Mechanistic 10.0 nM (IC50)

Showing top 40 of 212 agents ranked by evidence tier.

Therapeutic Agent Effect Direction Evidence Tier Potency Source
YTTRIUM Y 90 CLIVATUZUMAB TETRAXETAN ~ modulates Mechanistic
ENSITUXIMAB ? unclear Mechanistic
CLIVATUZUMAB TETRAXETAN ~ modulates Mechanistic
THERAPEUTIC GLUCOCORTICOID ? unclear Mechanistic

Clinical Trials

Drug, biologic and supplement trials (treatment or prevention) from ClinicalTrials.gov whose main condition is Bronchiectasis: recruiting, active or completed, most recently updated first. Data retrieved 2026-10-28.

NCT06872892 Phase: 3 Started: 2025-06-09

This study is open to adults and adolescents aged 12 to under 18 with bronchiectasis. People can participate in this study if they produce sputum and have had flare-ups (also called exacerbations). The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 1291583 helps people with bronch...

NCT06559150 Phase: 2 Started: 2024-09-11

This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ensifentrine inhalation suspension (3 mg) delivered twice daily via standard jet nebulizer up to 52 weeks, compared to placebo, in participants with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NC...

NCT07720375 Phase: 2 Started: 2026-08-05

The purpose of the study is to investigate the efficacy of galvokimig versus placebo on the time to the first pulmonary exacerbation in study participants with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB)

NCT06166056 Phase: 1/2 Started: 2023-11-29

The aim of this clinical trial is to assess the safety of: * single doses of the study drug CHF6333 in Healthy Volunteers (HVs) and in subjects with Bronchiectasis (BE) - Part I * repeated doses of the study drug CHF6333 in subjects with BE - Part II

NCT06160713 Phase: 3 Started: 2023-12-01

There is an intricate link between bronchiectasis and fungi. Patients with cystic fibrosis frequently manifest fungal sensitization and fungal colonization with Aspergillus fumigatus.6 Aspergillus species also has a cause-and-effect relationship with non-CF (cystic fibrosis) bronchiectasis.7, 8 In a...

NCT07048262 Phase: 2 Started: 2025-09-03

This study is a proof-of-concept phase 2b, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose selection study designed to explore the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of 2 active treatment regimens of CSL787 (human normal immunoglobulin G \[IgG\] inhalation solution) c...

NCT05846230 Phase: 2 Started: 2023-09-08

This study is open to adults aged 18 years and older with bronchiectasis. People can join the study if they were previously enrolled in another study with BI 1291583 (1397-0012: Airleafᵀᴹ or 1397-0013 Clairaflyᵀᴹ). The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 1291583 helps p...

NCT07774403 Phase: 2 Started: 2026-06-24

AZD0292 is a bispecific IgG1k mAb being evaluated for the prevention of exacerbations in bronchiectasis patients chronically colonized with PsA.

NCT06280391 Phase: 2 Started: 2024-02-20

ACT18018 is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, Phase 2 study with 3 treatment groups. The purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability with 2 dosing regimens of itepekimab compared with placebo in male and/or female participants ...

NCT07088926 Phase: 2 Started: 2025-11-06

AZD0292 is a bispecific IgG1k mAb being evaluated for the prevention of exacerbations in bronchiectasis patients chronically colonized with PsA.

NCT07608328 Phase: 4 Started: 2026-06-29

The Azithromycin to Modify Bronchiectasis Exacerbation Risk (AMBER) trial is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial in adults with clinically and radiologically confirmed non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB). The trial evaluates whether azithr...

NCT06368804 Phase: 2 Started: 2024-09-15

Chronic airways infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is associated with increased frequency of exacerbations, deterioration in quality of life and increased mortality in adult patients with bronchiectasis. Current guidelines suggest the prescription of an eradication antibiotic treatment for a...

NCT07283497 Phase: 4 Started: 2026-08-17

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of itraconazole therapy in patients with bronchiectasis and airway mold. Feasibility will be assessed through recruitment success, treatment adherence, tolerability, and participant retention. The study will also explore the impact o...

NCT07289464 Phase: 1 Started: 2026-01-08

This is a phase I study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of RSS0343 following multiple oral doses in healthy subjects, as well as its effects on the QT/QTc interval.

NCT07201051 Phase: 2 Started: 2025-10-30

This study is designed to find out how effective and safe a new drug, GSK3862995B, is for adult participants with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung disease. The study will also test how the body processes the drug and to check for any immune reactions. Participants will be divided into groups randomly ...


Agents Found By Disease-Level Search

Searched directly from “Bronchiectasis” via ClinicalTrials.gov interventions and Open Targets' disease→drug data — independent of the 6-gene target panel above. This surfaces agents whose mechanism doesn't route through a curated gene (combination therapies, standard-of-care drugs, targets outside the panel).

Not yet run. python -m biomarker_pipeline.run_disease_agent_discovery --disease "..."