Ivermectin in COVID
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/026001
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 125
diagnosed COVID19 patients admitted to AIIMS COVID facility
Age > 18 years
Informed consent
Non-severe disease: Non-severe disease (Asymptomatic/ Mild
disease OR moderate): SpO2>=90% on room
air with presence of clinical features of
dyspnea and/or hypoxia, fever, cough and/or
Respiratory Rate more or equal to 24 per
minute
Not giving written informed consent
ALT/AST >5 times the upper limit of normal.
Stage 4 severe chronic kidney disease or requiring dialysis (i.e. eGFR <30).
Pregnant or breast feeding.
Allergy to any study medication.
Severe co-morbidity as per investigatorâ??s assessment
Comorbid condition like myocardial infarction or heart failure within 90 days of recruitment.
Prolonged QT interval ( >450 ms)
Any other concomitant therapeutic trial
Weight <15 kg
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Two co-primary outcomes <br/ ><br>1. Frequency of RTPCR negativity at day 5 after drug administration <br/ ><br>2. Change in viral load (as determined by RTPCR cycle threshold) at day 5 as compared to baselineTimepoint: Day 5 after drug administration
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Frequency of clinical worsening in study group as compared to standard careTimepoint: till discharge or death;Frequency of serious adverse events in study <br/ ><br>group as compared to standard careTimepoint: till death or discharge;Qualitative and quantitative PCR for SARS CoV-2 in pharyngeal swab on days 0, 3, 5, <br/ ><br>and 7 (while hospitalized) in both armsTimepoint: days 0, 3, 5, and 7 (while hospitalized) <br/ ><br>;Time to clinical resolution in study group as compared to standard careTimepoint: till discharge or death;Clinical status of subject at week 2 (on a 7-point ordinal scale) as follows: Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities; Not hospitalized, limitation on activities; Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen; Hospitalized, requiring supplemental oxygen; Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); Death.Timepoint: Week 2