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. 2023 Aug 16;2023(8):CD015102. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015102.pub2

NCT04715295.

Study name Safety and efficacy of doxycycline and rivaroxaban in COVID‐19 (DOXYCOV)
Methods Prospective, open‐label RCT
Participants Number of participants: 200
Age: ≥ 18 years
Gender: male or female
Inclusion criteria
  • COVID‐19 infection confirmed by SARS‐CoV‐2 RT‐PCR, as per protocol

  • Able to start treatment within 24 hours from time of diagnosis

  • Patient with mild symptoms as defined by WHO, with PaO2 > 93%

  • Signed written consent of the patient

  • Accepts and has the ability to be reached by phone during the study duration, plus a designated contact person who can be contacted in case of emergency


Exclusion criteria
  • Blood pressure < 90/60 mmHg

  • Respiratory rate ≥ 30/min

  • Known cardiac condition

  • Known G6PD deficiency

  • Patients with < 45 kg body mass

  • eGFR < 30 mL/min or ALT ≥ 3N or body temperature ≥ 38 °C or any life‐threatening comorbidity

  • Any reason that makes it impossible to monitor the patient during the study period

  • Baseline ECG prior to randomisation showing QTc > 500 ms

  • Ongoing treatment other than symptomatic

  • History of retinopathy

  • Absolute contraindication to treatment with hydroxychloroquine (known hypersensitivity, concomitant treatment at risk of torsades de pointes)

  • Contraindication to any study medication including allergy

  • Ongoing treatment with high‐dose systemic chronic corticosteroid (> 40 mg)

  • Patients treated with immunosuppressants at the time of randomisation

  • Known pregnant women and breastfeeding women

Interventions Intervention: doxycycline 200 mg daily for 7 days with or without rivaroxaban 15 mg tablets daily from day 1 to day 10
Control: hydroxychloroquine 400 mg daily for 5 days in combination with azithromycin 500 mg on day 1 and 250 mg daily from day 2 through day 5
Comment: the trial plan is to use a factorial design to compare anticoagulant and control group. The co‐treatment seems to be balanced across arms.
Outcomes Primary outcomes
  • Clinical (time frame: day 1 to 10)

  • Virological (time frame: day 1 to 10)


Secondary outcomes
  • Symptom remission (time frame: day 1 to 10)

  • Hospitalisation (time frame: day 1 to 10)

  • Mortality (time frame: day 1 to 10)

  • Biological variables (time frame: day 1 to day 7 and day 10)

Starting date 5 October 2020
Contact information sobngwieugene@yahoo.fr
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