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Comparison of the safety and efficacy of Favipiravir and kaletra in COVID-19

Phase 3
Conditions
COVID-19.
COVID-19
U07.1
Registration Number
IRCT20200318046812N1
Lead Sponsor
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
324
Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of COVID-19 based on either ground glass appearance in chest CT scan or positive RT-PCR test for COVID-19
Requiring hospitalization because of: Patient's oxygen saturation less than 93% OR
Requiring hospitalization because of: GCS score less than 15 OR
Requiring hospitalization because of: systolic blood pressure less than 100 or 30 mmHg decrease in systolic blood pressure from the level prior to current illness OR
Requiring hospitalization because of: renal failure (creatinine 1.5 times the previous measurement in the last 7 days OR
Requiring hospitalization because of: liver failure (AST and ALT 3 times upper limit of normal)
Patient's age between 16 and 100 years
Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

Receiving other antiviral medications such as (Kaletra, Ribavirin, Oseltamivir, ...)
Chronic liver failure
Chronic Renal Failure
Patients with acute problems whose survival is expected to be less than 48 hours
HIV patients
A history of gastrointestinal bleeding
Pregnancy and lactation
QT interval exceeds 500 ms

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Admission to intensive care unit. Timepoint: Once (when admitted to intensive care unit). Method of measurement: Hospital records.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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