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An International Randomized Trial of Additional Treatments for COVID-19 in Hospitalized Patients Who Are All Receiving the Local Standard of Care - WHO-SOLIDARITY-GERMANY

Phase 2
Withdrawn
Conditions
Moderate and Severe COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 Infection
COVID-19
Interventions
Other: Standard of Care (SoC)
Registration Number
NCT04575064
Lead Sponsor
Professor Dr. Bernd Mühlbauer
Brief Summary

This study is an adaptive, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial, performed worldwide in collaboration with WHO and INSERM.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
400
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients 18 years and older
  • Current SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • Admitted to the hospital ward or the ICU due to COVID-19
  • SpO2 <= 94% on room air OR oxygen demand OR breathing support
  • Written informed consent obtained
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient's non-consent or inability to informed consent
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  • Subjects pretreated with one of the study drugs in the past 29 days
  • Anticipated transfer within 72 hours to a non-study hospital
  • Severe co-morbidity with life expectancy < 3 months
  • AST or ALT > 5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Stage 4 severe chronic kidney disease or requiring dialysis
  • Contraindications and known intolerance to any of the study drugs
  • Subjects participating in a potentially confounding drug or device trial
  • Any reason why the patient should not participate (investigator's opinion)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard of Care (SoC)Standard of Care (SoC)This arm will receive standard supportive care according to guidelines for COVID-19. This is expected to vary regionally and may change throughout the trial based on new and emerging data on best care guidelines for patients.
Remdesivir + SoCStandard of Care (SoC)Remdesivir 200 mg IV on day 1, followed by 100 mg IV daily infusion for 9 days plus optimized supportive care
Remdesivir + SoCRemdesivirRemdesivir 200 mg IV on day 1, followed by 100 mg IV daily infusion for 9 days plus optimized supportive care
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement of clinical status on the ordinal 7-point severity-scale at day 15.at day 15

WHO 7-point ordinal scale:

1. Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities;

2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities;

3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen;

4. Hospitalized, requiring supplemental oxygen;

5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices;

6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or ECMO;

7. Death

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Kidney failureup to 29 days
Myocardial failureup to 29 days
Multiple organ failureup to 29 days
Time to an improvement of one category from admission using the 7-point ordinal scaleup to 29 days
ECMO: Need of, time to first receiving and duration for extracorporeal membrane oxygenationup to 29 days
Mortality: 28 days mortality; in-house mortalityup to 29 days
Oxygen: Need of, time to first receiving and duration of oxygenup to 29 days
Intensive care: Need of, time to first receiving and duration of intensive careup to 29 days
Mechanical ventilation: Need of, time to first receiving and duration of mechanical ventilationup to 29 days
Superinfections, assessed with pathogen testingup to 29 days
Hospital stay: Duration of hospital stay due to COVID-19up to 29 days

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Gesundheit Nord gGmbH

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Bremen, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Gießen

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Gießen, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)

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Hannover, Germany

Technische Universität München (TUM)

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München, Germany

Gesundheit Nord gGmbH
🇩🇪Bremen, Germany

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