Status:
TERMINATED
Collaborative H1N1 Adjuvant Treatment (CHAT) Pilot Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Conditions:
H1N1 Influenza
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The CHAT Pilot Trial is designed to compare rosuvastatin against placebo in patients with suspected H1N1. The pilot study will assess the feasibility of our clinical protocols, and study procedures.
Detailed Description
This trial is a pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a double blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the efficacy of rosuvastatin as adjuvant therapy for H1N1 influen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Critically ill adult patients \> 16 years of age admitted to an adult ICU for any reason with suspected, probable or confirmed novel swine origin influenza A/H1N1 infection
- Requiring mechanical ventilation (invasive or non-invasive)
- Receiving antiviral therapy (any medication at any dose and for any intended duration) for \< 72 hours
- Clinicians must have a 'moderate', 'high' or 'moderate to high' index of suspicion for H1N1
Exclusion
- Age \< 16 years
- Do not resuscitate or re-intubate order documented on chart or anticipated withdrawal of life support
- Weight \< 40 kg
- Unable to receive or unlikely to absorb enteral study drug (e.g. incomplete or complete bowel obstruction, intestinal ischemia, infarction, short bowel syndrome)
- Rosuvastatin specific exclusions:
- Already receiving a statin (Atorvastatin, Lovastatin, Simvastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin)
- Allergy or intolerance to statins
- Receiving niacin, fenofibrate, cyclosporine, gemfibrozil, lopinavir, ritonavir or planned use of oral contraceptives or estrogen therapy during the ICU stay
- CK exceeds 10 times ULN or ALT exceeds 8 times the ULN
- Severe chronic liver disease (Child-Pugh Score 11-15) (see Appendix 6)
- Previous enrolment in this trial
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- At the time of enrolment, patients must not have received \>72 hours of antiviral therapy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
8 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01798602
Start Date
December 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2010
Last Update
February 26 2013
Active Locations (1)
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St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8