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Treatments for COVID-19: Canadian Arm of the SOLIDARITY Trial

Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
COVID-19
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04330690
Lead Sponsor
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Brief Summary

This study is an adaptive, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial, in collaboration with countries around the world through the World Health Organization.

Detailed Description

Subjects will be randomized, across one, two, three or up to four separate randomizations, to receive either standard-of-care products or the study medication plus standard of care, while being hospitalized for COVID-19.

Randomization WHO: Imatinib vs Infliximab vs Artesunate vs Standard of care

Randomization Dex: Dexamethasone vs Standard of care

Randomization LSALT: LSALT Peptide vs Standard of care

Hospitalized subjects will require blood sampling for screening and on days 1 and 5.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2900
Inclusion Criteria

Each participant must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to participate in this study:

  1. ≥ 18 years of age
  2. Has laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection as determined by PCR, or other commercial or public health assay in any specimen, within 14 days prior to randomization.
  3. Hospitalized at a participating centre
  4. Primary reason for hospitalization or subsequent in-hospital illness is because of acute COVID19 infection
  5. First admission for acute COVID19

In addition, there will be the below intervention-specific inclusion:

Randomization WHO will have no other specific inclusion criteria.

Randomization LSALT will have no other specific inclusion criteria.

Randomization Dex will have the following specific inclusion criteria

  1. On 10 days of steroid course and
  2. Receiving any supplemental oxygen for 10 days
Exclusion Criteria

All participants meeting any of the following exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from participation in this study:

  1. Anticipated transfer to another hospital, within 72 hours, which is not a study site
  2. Expected to not survive beyond 24 hours
  3. Receiving one of the study drugs at time of enrolment

In addition, there will be the below intervention-specific exclusions:

Randomization WHO:

These will be drug-specific exclusions; patients will still be eligible for randomization in Randomization WHO to the other available study drugs (in randomization WHO or subsequent randomizations).

Artesunate:

  1. Known hypersensitivity to artesunate

Imatinib:

  1. Pregnant or breastfeeding;
  2. Known hypersensitivity to imatinib;
  3. Liver transaminases (either ALT or AST) > 5x upper limit of normal

Infliximab:

  1. Known moderate or severe heart failure, per treating clinician, defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV
  2. Known or suspected active tuberculosis
  3. Known hypersensitivity to infliximab

Randomization LSALT:

  1. Known hypersensitivity or prior use of LSALT peptide.
  2. Pregnant or breastfeeding

Randomization Dex:

  1. Receiving glucocorticoids for a specific, non-COVID-19 indication

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
LSALT PeptideLSALT PeptideSubjects will be randomized between LSALT vs standard of care.
ArtesunateArtesunateSubjects will be randomized Artesunate vs Imatinib vs Infliximab vs standard of care
ImatinibImatinibSubjects will be randomized Artesunate vs Imatinib vs Infliximab vs standard of care
InfliximabInfliximabSubjects will be randomized Artesunate vs Imatinib vs Infliximab vs standard of care
DexamethasoneDexamethasoneSubjects will be randomized between Dexamethasone vs standard of care.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Randomization LSALT- Respiratory support28 days

Number of days respiratory support free days

Randomization WHO- Mortality28 days

All-cause mortality, assessed at hospital discharge.

Randomization Dex- Clinical Status28 days

Position on the WHO Ordinal scale at 28 days post-randomization.

Ordinal Scale Table:

0 Uninfected; 1-3 Ambulatory; 4-5 Hospitalized/ Mild disease; 6-9 Hospitalized/ Severe Disease; 10 Death

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CU admission, hospital and ICU length of stay, days alive and free of vasopressors, ventilation, and renal replacement therapy (RRT24 months
Mortality12 months

Mortality after Randomization

Evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of study drugs24 months

To be compared to the control arm on duration of hospitalization

Need for invasive mechanical ventilation24 months

Trial Locations

Locations (53)

Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Trillium Health Partners -Mississauga Site

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Grey Nuns Community Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

St. Boniface Hospital

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Grace General Hospital

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Michael Garron Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre

🇨🇦

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

CHU de Québec - Université Laval

🇨🇦

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Victoria Hospital

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

William Osler Health System - Etobicoke General Hospital

🇨🇦

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Scarborough Health Network - General Hospital

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Markham Stouffville Hospital

🇨🇦

Markham, Ontario, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Niagara Health

🇨🇦

Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Humber River Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St.Joseph's Health Care

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Queensway Carleton Hospital

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Scarborough Health Network - Birchmount Hospital

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley Hospital

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Mount Sinai Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hôpital Montfort

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Hospital

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Western Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Foothills Medical Centre

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

St Paul's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

William Osler Health System - Brampton Civic Hospital

🇨🇦

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

North York General Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

McGill University Health Centre-Glen Site Royal Victoria Hospital

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Royal Alexandra Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Richmond Hospital

🇨🇦

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Island Health - Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Rockyview General Hospital

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Misericordia Community Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver Coastal Health, Univeristy of British Columbia

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lions Gate Hospital

🇨🇦

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec- Université Laval

🇨🇦

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Island Health - Royal Jubilee Hospital

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

University of Alberta Hopsital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Interior Health Royal Inland Hospital

🇨🇦

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Eastern Regional Health Authority

🇨🇦

Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Peter Lougheed Centre

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

South Health Campus

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Island Health - Victoria General Hospital

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Nova Scotia Health Authority

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Unity Health Toronto - St. Joseph's Health Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University Hospital

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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