Status:

COMPLETED

Early Intervention in COVID-19: Favipiravir Verses Standard Care

Lead Sponsor:

Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

NEAT ID Foundation

FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.

Conditions:

Coronavirus Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Currently we do not know how best to treat patients infected with COVID-19. This study is looking at whether randomising participants to either favipiravir or to usual care, can help patients with sus...

Detailed Description

A prospective, randomised, open label study of the combined use of favipiravir and standard clinical care verses standard clinical care alone. A computer-based software will randomise participants 1:...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult participants: Signed informed consent
  • New admission to hospital for period expected to last ≥ 1 night
  • Suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection
  • Patients are suspected of COVID-19 infection if they have the following:
  • · Influenza like illness (fever ≥37.8°C and at least one of the following respiratory symptoms, which must be of acute onset: persistent cough, hoarseness, nasal discharge or congestion, shortness of breath, sore throat, wheezing or sneezing).
  • And
  • · Finding from either a chest x-ray or CT suggestive of Covid-19 infection
  • And
  • · Alternative causes are considered unlikely
  • For women to be eligible to enter and participate in the study they should be: of non-child-bearing
  • potential defined as either post-menopausal (12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea and ≥ 45 years of age) or physically incapable of becoming pregnant with documented tubal ligation, hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy or,
  • or of child-bearing potential have a negative pregnancy test at screening and agrees to remain sexually abstinent or use a method of contraception with a failure rate of \< 1% per year as indicated in Appendix B during the treatment and for a period of 7 days after the last dose. Hormonal contraceptive methods must be supplemented by a barrier method.
  • Men who are sexually active must use an adequate method of contraception as listed in Appendix B, for a period of at least 7 days after the last dose

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breast feeding, due to potential teratogenicity
  • Hepatic impairment - (AST or ALT \> 3.5 x upper limit of normal)
  • Presently enrolled in an interventional drug study
  • Unable to take medication via the oral or nasogastric route
  • Known sensitivity Favipiravir

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 25 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

502 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04373733

Start Date

May 1 2020

End Date

June 25 2021

Last Update

November 18 2021

Active Locations (6)

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1

Grupo Hospitalar Conceição

Porto Alegre, Brazil

2

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (Fiocruz/INI)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Salvador Zubiran

Mexico City, Mexico

4

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Castle Hill Hospital

Hull, United Kingdom