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A Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of NOX66 in the Treatment of COVID-19

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Covid19
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04555213
Lead Sponsor
Noxopharm Limited
Brief Summary

Phase Ib, open-label, multicenter, study of NOX66, given rectally to hospitalized patients with moderate systemic illness due to COVID-19 infection at high risk of developing severe sepsis / septic shock.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
41
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Hospitalized patient with clinically diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection per World Health Organization criteria including positive nucleic acid test of any specimen (e.g., respiratory, blood, or other bodily fluid) within 2 weeks prior to screening.{Other confirmatory test results will be accepted upon approval from Sponsor/CRO Medical Monitor prior to enrolment}.
  2. Symptoms suggestive of moderate systemic illness with COVID-19, which could include any of the following symptoms: fever, cough, sore throat, malaise, headache, muscle pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, or shortness of breath at rest, or respiratory distress.
  3. Clinical signs indicative of moderate systemic COVID-19 illness (with high risk of developing severe ARDS/septic shock) with an aggregate of NEWS-2 score of 4-6 or 3 in one single parameter.

Key

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be disqualified from entering the study:

  1. Patients who require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high-flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates >20 L/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, ECMO, or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure.
  2. Presence of any of the following abnormal laboratory values at screening: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), platelets <50,000/µL.
  3. Treatment with anti-IL 6, anti-IL-6R antagonists, or with Janus kinase inhibitors in the past 30 days or plans to receive during the study period.
  4. Current treatment with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)/immunosuppressive agents.
  5. Use of chronic oral corticosteroids for a non-COVID-19-related condition in a dose higher than prednisone 10 mg or equivalent per day.
  6. History of, or current autoimmune or inflammatory systemic or localized disease(s) other than rheumatoid arthritis.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Dose Escalation Cohort 3 - NOX66 800mgNOX66NOX66 800 mg daily (400 mg suppository BID)
Dos Escalation Cohort 2 - NOX66 600mgNOX66NOX66 600 mg suppository OD
Dose Expansion - NOX66 Recommended Phase 2 DoseNOX66Dose Expansion: NOX66 RP2D
Dose Escalation Cohort 1 - NOX66 400mgNOX66NOX66 400 mg suppository OD
Dose Escalation Cohort 4 - NOX66 1200mgNOX66NOX66 1200 mg daily (600 mg suppository BID)
Dose Escalation Cohort 5 - NOX66 1800mgNOX66NOX66 1800 mg daily (600 mg suppository TID)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events60 Days

Routine safety monitoring during the study period

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of National Early Warning Score 2 units from baseline60 Days

Measurement of 7 clinical parameters (respiration rate, oxygen saturation, any supplemental oxygen, temperature, systolic blood pressure, heart rate, level of consciousness) to assess overall clinical condition.

Change in WHO-9 point ordinal scale60 Days

Assessment of WHO-9 point ordinal scale for clinical improvement (i.e., 0 = uninfected and 8 = death) category ordinal scale of clinical status from admission.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute of Emergency Medicine

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Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of

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