A Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of NOX66 in the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection (NOXCOVID)

Noxopharm Limited1 site in 1 country41 target enrollmentStarted: September 30, 2020Last updated: August 26, 2021

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Trial Snapshot

Phase: Phase 1
Status: Completed
Sponsor: Noxopharm Limited
Enrollment: 41
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

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Study Overview

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.

Study Design

Study Type: Interventional
Allocation: Non Randomized
Intervention Model: Sequential
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Masking: None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages: 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria

•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}.
•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.
•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.

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be disqualified from entering the study:
•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.
•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.
•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.
•Current treatment with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)/immunosuppressive agents.
•Use of chronic oral corticosteroids for a non-COVID-19-related condition in a dose higher than prednisone 10 mg or equivalent per day.
•History of, or current autoimmune or inflammatory systemic or localized disease(s) other than rheumatoid arthritis.