A Clinical Study on Favipiravir and Umifenovir Compared to Favipiravir alone in Hospitalized Patients with Moderate COVID-19.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/025957
- Lead Sponsor
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 158
Voluntarily participating in the clinical study; fully understanding and being fully informed of the study and having signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF); willingness and capability to complete all the study procedures
2. Age > 18 years at the time of signing ICF
3. Patients with laboratory confirmation of infection with SARS-CoV-2 by positive RT-PCR (within 48 hours prior to randomization)
4. Radiographic evidence of pneumonia
5. Respiratory rate > 24 breaths per minute
6. Any two of the following signs or symptoms suggestive of COVID-19: cough/shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing/fever/chills/muscle pain/sore throat/new loss of taste or smell
7. Oxygen saturation (SpO2) <= 93 % on room air
8. Time interval between symptoms onset and randomization less than 10 days
9. Currently hospitalized and requiring medical care for COVID 19
10. For female subjects: evidence of post-menopause, or, for pre-menopause subjects, negative pretreatment serum pregnancy test
11. Eligible subjects of child-bearing age (male or female) must agree to take effective contraceptive measures (including hormonal contraception, barrier methods or abstinence) with his/her partner during the study period and for at least 7 days following the last study treatment;
12. Not participating in any other interventional drug clinical studies before completion of the present study.
Where, in the opinion of the investigator, participation in this study will not be in the best interest of the subject, or any other circumstances that prevent the subject from participating in the study safely
Severe infection, defined as need for invasive or non-invasive ventilator support, ECMO or shock requiring vasopressor support.
Severe respiratory distress and PaO2/FiO2 <= 300 mmHg
Inability to intake or tolerate oral medications.
Liver disease or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) /aspartate aminotransferase (AST) elevated over 5 times the ULN
Gout/history of gout or hyperuricemia (above the ULN)
Prolonged QT, defined as QTcF >=450 milliseconds for men and as QTcF >=470 for women
Known severely reduced LV function (ejection fraction <30%)
Heart rate >= 125 beats per minute
Requires ICU care for management of ongoing clinical status (respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure).
Known allergy or hypersensitivity to favipiravir or umifenovir
Subject is using adrenocorticosteroids (except topical or inhaled preparations or oral preparations equivalent to or less than 10 mg of oral prednisone) or immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory drugs (e.g., immunosuppressants, anticancer drugs, interleukins, interleukin antagonists or interleukin receptor blockers
Concurrent treatment with other agents with actual or possible direct acting antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 < 24 hours prior to study drug dosing
Known severe renal impairment [creatinine clearance (CrCl) <30 mL/min] or having received continuous renal replacement therapy, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis;
Asthma or chronic obstructive lung disease
Psychiatric disease that is not well controlled (controlled defined as stable on a regimen for more than one year).
Pregnant or lactating women;
Having used favipiravir or umifenovir participated in any other interventional drug clinical study within 30 days prior to first dose of study drug.
Clinical prognostic non-survival or requirement of palliative care.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time from randomization to clinical cure (defined as resolution of baseline clinical signs and symptoms of COVID-19 infection and at least 2 point improvement on WHO Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement) (Time frame-28 days).Timepoint: Upto 28 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All-cause mortality rate at day 4/7/10/14/28Timepoint: On day 4/7/10/14;Frequency of serious adverse eventsTimepoint: Randomization to hospital discharge (or day 28, <br/ ><br>which ever is earlier);Rate of % improvement in radiological findings at dischargeTimepoint: at the time of discharge;Rate of Clinical cure at day 4/7/10/14/28Timepoint: On day 4/7/10/14;Rate of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR negativity in both oropharyngeal swab and nasopharyngeal swab at day 4/7/10/14/28Timepoint: On day 4/7/10/14;Time from randomization to first time requirement of non- invasive ventilation/intubation/mechanical ventilation/ECMOTimepoint: From randomization to first use of high flow <br/ ><br>supplemental oxygen/non-invasive <br/ ><br>ventilation/mechanical ventilation/ extracorporeal <br/ ><br>membrane oxygenation (or day 28, which ever is <br/ ><br>earlier);Time from randomization to hospital dischargeTimepoint: From randomization to hospital discharge (or day 28, <br/ ><br>which ever is earlier)