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Andrographis Paniculata vs Boesenbergia Rotunda vs Control in Asymptomatic COVID-19

Phase 3
Conditions
Covid19
Interventions
Drug: Boesenbergia
Drug: Andrographis Paniculata
Other: Standard supportive treatment
Registration Number
NCT05019326
Lead Sponsor
Mahidol University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Andrographis Extract, Boesenbergia Extract compared to standard treatment in asymptomatic COVID patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
3060
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18- 60 years old

  2. Have been diagnosed as new COVID-19 case by RT-PCR since disease onset to admission less than 7 days

  3. Have asymptomatic infection assessed by the World Health Organization (WHO) disease category

  4. Do not have any of following disease or conditions

    1. Body weight > 90 kg or BMI > 30 kg/m2
    2. Hypertension that needs antihypertensive medication
    3. Diabetes
    4. Cardiovascular diseases including congenital heart disease
    5. Cerebrovascular diseases
    6. Chronic kidney and chronic liver diseases
    7. COPD or chronic lung diseases
    8. Lymphocyte <1,000 cells/mm3
    9. Late-stage cancer
    10. Auto-immune disease (e.g., SLE, Rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, etc.) or currently on immunosuppressive drug
    11. Coagulation disorders or platelet disorders and are being treated with anticoagulants such as warfarin, clopidogrel
    12. Pregnancy
  5. Willing to participate with the study and sign inform consents.

(Withdrawal criteria)

  1. Patients withdraw from the study
  2. Have severe adverse effect that may relate to Andographolide or Boesenbergia
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Boesenbergia extractBoesenbergiaBoesenbergia extract, equivalent to pinostrobin 30 mg per capsule, for a total of 180 mg of pinostrobin per day, dosing into 2 capsules taking after meal for 3 times per day for 5 days.
Andrographis extractAndrographis PaniculataAndrographis extract, equivalent to andrographolide 20 mg per capsule, for a total of 180 mg of andrographolide per day, dosing into 3 capsules taking before meal for 3 times per day, for 5 days.
Standard supportive treatmentStandard supportive treatmentStandard supportive treatment, as recommended by guideline from Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, there will be no antivirus given in this asymptomatic group
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Require hospitalization in the hospital28 days

From WHO clinical progression scale (0-10):

0: Uninfected with no viral RNA detected

1. Asymptomatic with viral RNA detected

2. Symptomatic and independent

3. Symptomatic with assistance needed

4. Hospitalized with no oxygen therapy needed

5. Hospitalized with oxygen mask or nasal prongs

6. Hospitalized with oxygen by NIV or high flow

7. Intubation and mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \>= 150 or SpO2/FiO2 \>= 200

8. Mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \< 150 (SpO2/FiO2 \<200) or vasopressor

9. Mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \< 150 and vasopressor, dialysis, or ECMO

10. Dead

Outcome 4 or more considered as hospitalization

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Individual status from WHO clinical progression scale (0-10)28 days

From WHO clinical progression scale:

0: Uninfected with no viral RNA detected

1. Asymptomatic with viral RNA detected

2. Symptomatic and independent

3. Symptomatic with assistance needed

4. Hospitalized with no oxygen therapy needed

5. Hospitalized with oxygen mask or nasal prongs

6. Hospitalized with oxygen by NIV or high flow

7. Intubation and mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \>= 150 or SpO2/FiO2 \>= 200

8. Mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \< 150 (SpO2/FiO2 \<200) or vasopressor

9. Mechanical ventilation with pO2/FiO2 \< 150 and vasopressor, dialysis, or ECMO

10. Dead

More on the scale - worse outcome

Pneumonia28 days

Pneumonia by diagnosis or chest radiography

Quality of life by EQ5D-5L28 days

Quality of life by EQ5D-5L

Scale of 0 to 100 for overall health state (lower is worse) and 1 to 5 in each of 5 domains. (higher score is worse)

Side effect of medication28 days

Renal and liver function elevation and other anticipated/unanticipated side effect:

Side effect of medication will be classified according to common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) version 5.0

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital

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Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand

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