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Favipiravir Combined With Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Corona Virus Disease 2019

Registration Number
NCT04310228
Lead Sponsor
Peking University First Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of favipiravir combined with tocilizumab in the treatment of corona virus disease 2019.

Detailed Description

In clinical institutions that enroll patients with corona virus disease 2019, three arms, multi-center, randomized and controlled methods are adopted. Patients are divided into three groups, favipiravir combined with tocilizumab group, favipiravir group and tocilizumab group. 150 patients are expected to be enrolled and the cases are allocated according to the ratio of 3( favipiravir combined with tocilizumab group): 1(favipiravir group): 1(tocilizumab group).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Clinically diagnosed with Corona Virus Disease 2019
  2. Increased interleukin-6
  3. Sign the informed consent
  4. Subjects who can take medicine orally
  5. Agree to collect clinical samples
  6. Female subjects of childbearing age are not pregnant and agree to take effective contraception within 7 days of the last oral medication to ensure that they are not pregnant within 3-6 months
  7. Male patients agree to effective contraception within 7 days of last oral medication.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Cases of severe vomiting that make it difficult to take the drug orally
  2. Allergic to Favipiravir or tocilizumab
  3. Pregnant and lactating women
  4. Subjects received specific antiviral drugs such as lopinavir / ritonavir, ribavirin, arbidol, chloroquine phosphate, hydroxychloroquine, and monoclonal antibodies within one week before admission.
  5. Cases of respiratory failure and requiring mechanical ventilation
  6. Cases of shock
  7. Combined organ failure requires ICU monitoring and treatment
  8. Predicted clinically that there is no hope of survival, or cases of deep coma that do not respond to supportive treatment measures within three hours of admission
  9. Alanine aminotransferase / Aspartate aminotransferase> 5 times of upper limit of normal
  10. Neutrophils <0.5 × 10^9 / L, platelets less than 50 × 10^9 / L
  11. Clear diagnosis of rheumatoid immunity, malignant tumors and other related diseases
  12. Long-term oral anti-rejection drugs or immunomodulatory drugs
  13. Allergic reactions to tocilizumab or any excipients
  14. Patients with active hepatitis, tuberculosis, and definite bacterial and fungal infections
  15. Organ transplant patients
  16. Patients with mental disorders

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Favipiravir Combined With Tocilizumab groupFavipiravir Combined With TocilizumabFavipiravir: On the 1st day, 1600mg each time, twice a day; from the 2nd to the 7th day, 600mg each time, twice a day. Oral administration, the maximum number of days taken is not more than 7 days. Tocilizumab:The first dose is 4 \~ 8mg/kg and the recommended dose is 400mg. For fever patients, an additional application (the same dose as before) is given if there is still fever within 24 hours after the first dose and the interval between two medications ≥ 12 hours.Intravenous infusion, The maximum of cumulative number is two, and the maximum single dose does not exceed 800mg.
Favipiravir groupFavipiravirOn the 1st day, 1600mg each time, twice a day; from the 2nd to the 7th day, 600mg each time, twice a day. Oral administration, the maximum number of days taken is not more than 7 days.
Tocilizumab groupTocilizumabThe first dose is 4 \~ 8mg/kg and the recommended dose is 400mg. For fever patients, an additional application (the same dose as before) is given if there is still fever within 24 hours after the first dose and the interval between two medications ≥ 12 hours.Intravenous infusion, The maximum of cumulative number is two, and the maximum single dose does not exceed 800mg.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical cure rate3 months

Definition of clinical cure: The viral load of the respiratory specimen was negative for two consecutive times (the interval between the two tests was greater than or equal to one day), the lung image improved, and the body temperature returned to normal for more than 3 days, and the clinical manifestation improved.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of fever14 days after taking medicine
Viral nucleic acid test negative conversion rate and days from positive to negative14 days after taking medicine
Mean in-hospital time3 months
Lung imaging improvement time14 days after taking medicine
Mortality rate because of Corona Virus Disease 20193 months
Rate of non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation when respiratory failure occurs3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Guiqiang Wang

🇨🇳

Beijing, Beijing, China

Huoshenshan Hospital of Wuhan

🇨🇳

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jinyintan Hospital of Wuhan

🇨🇳

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Ezhou Central Hospital

🇨🇳

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital

🇨🇳

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Peking University First Hospital

🇨🇳

Beijing, Beijing, China

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