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TranSfUsion of coNvalescent plAsma for the Early Treatment of pneuMonIa in COVID-19 Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pneumonia, Viral
Covid19
Coronavirus Infection
Registration Number
NCT04716556
Lead Sponsor
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Brief Summary

This is a multicenter open-label randomized study for the early treatment of pneumonia due to SARS-COV2 with transfusion of convalescent plasma.

Patients with pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 will be randomized to receive or not convalescent plasma collected by recovered patients with previous diagnosis of COVID19

Detailed Description

This is a multicenter open-label randomized study for the early treatment of pneumonia due to SARS-COV2 with transfusion of convalescent plasma.

Patients with SARS-CoV2 pneumonia not requiring mechanical ventilation (both non invasive and invasive) will be randomized to receive or not convalescent plasma.

Patients in the plasma group will receive 200-300 ml of plasma collected by recovered patients with previous diagnosis of COVID19, plus standard therapy; Patients in the control group will receive the standard therapy. A rescue therapy will be allowed in case of clinical worsening.

Patients will be followed until day n30 from randomization.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
474
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years old

  • adult patients with positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV2 (nasal swabs or lower respiratory tract sample), diagnosed with pneumonia (<= 10 days) according to the following definitions:

    • Suggestive radiological imaging (CT, RX, ultrasound);
    • Respiratory failure not fully explained by heart failure or fluid overload;
    • PaO2/FiO2 200-350 mmHg;
    • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • need of non invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation at the time of randomization;
  • PaO2/FiO2 <200;
  • patients with hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to blood products or immunoglobulins;
  • patients who expressly refuse to adhere the clinical study;
  • use of IL-6 Receptor inhibitors, IL-1 inhibitors, JAK inhibitors, TNF inhibitors;
  • patients participating to other clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of patients who meet invasive mechanical ventilation or deathat 30 days

Number of patients who meet invasive mechanical ventilation defined as PaO2/FiO2 \<150 or death

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mortality rates30 days

Mortality rates at 30 days

Hospitalization time30 days
Adverse events30 days

occurrence of Adverse events

Time to invasive mechanical ventilation or death30 days

Days from randomization to invasive mechanical ventilation or death

Time to virologic recover30 days

Days from randomization to virologic recover (defined as 2 consecutive negative nasopharynx tests)

Trial Locations

Locations (48)

SOD Clinica Malattie Infettive Tropicali, Parassitologia, Epatiti Croniche - AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona

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Ancona, Italy

Ospedale di Arezzo

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Arezzo, Italy

Clinica Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi di Bari

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Bari, Italy

Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII-Dip. emergenza, Urgenza e area critica

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Bergamo, Italy

UOC Malattie Infettive - AOU Bologna

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Bologna, Italy

UO PID Tossicologia Applicata - Dip. Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche - Università di Catania - AOU Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele

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Catania, Italy

Ospedale Città di Castello

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Città Di Castello, Italy

Ospedale di Empoli

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Empoli, Italy

UOC Malattie Infettive - ASUR Marche Area Vasta 4

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Fermo, Italy

UOC Malattie Infettive - AOU Ferrara

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Ferrara, Italy

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SOD Clinica Malattie Infettive Tropicali, Parassitologia, Epatiti Croniche - AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
🇮🇹Ancona, Italy

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