Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of (HCQ) as a Prophylaxis for COVID19 for Health Professionals
- Conditions
- Healthcare WorkerCOVID19Sars-CoV2HydroxychloroquineProphylaxis
- Interventions
- Drug: Placebo oral tablet
- Registration Number
- NCT04349228
- Lead Sponsor
- Abderrahmane Mami Hospital
- Brief Summary
Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Administered as a Prophylaxis for Health Professionals Exposed to COVID19 and Working in Medical Intensive Care Units, in Tunisia. Multicentric, Randomized Comparative Study
- Detailed Description
Interventional, Multicentric, Randomized Controlled Study in Two Parallel Groups of 530 Healthcare Professionals working in the Intensive Care Unit Exposed to Risk of COVID19 Infection Taking Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (200 mg/day) VS Placebo
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Diagnosis of COVID-19 (-)
- Works in a medical intensive care unit exposed to COVID-19 infection
- 18 years old < age < 65 years old
- Having given written consent for their participation in the study.
- Diagnosis of COVID-19+
- Retinopathies,
- Hydroxychloroquine or other prophylactic treatments for VIDOC19 within one month prior to inclusion and throughout the study.
- Hypersensitivity to chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine or 4-aminoquinolines or any of the other components of this drug,
- Contraindication to prophylactic use of chloroquine, e.g. liver failure, known epilepsy, creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min.
- Inability to be monitored during the trial period
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Psoriasis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Placebo oral tablet Exposed health care professionals working in the intensive care unit Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Exposed health care professionals working in the intensive care unit
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptomatic COVID(+) infection rate 60 days * Clinical Examination: Symptomatic COVID(+) infection rate (from randomization to the onset of signs suggestive of Covid19 infection or to the end of the study at 60 days) The rate of COVID19 infections is defined by the occurrence of the clinical signs below:
* Cough
* Dyspnea
* Fever
* Myalgia
* Arthralgia
* Rhinorrhea
* Anosmia
* Asthenia, fatigability Confirmation of the above symptoms and COVID(+) PCR infection during the 60days treatment period.
* Biological Examination :
* Measurement of viral load
* Ion, liver, kidney, haematological assessment
* Electrical Examination: ECG
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Eshmoun Clinical Research Centre/ Hôpital Abderrahmane Mami-Ariana
🇹🇳Tunis, Tunisia