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. 2020 Jul 10;2020(7):CD013600. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013600.pub2

NCT04345679.

Study name Anti COVID‐19 convalescent plasma therapy
Methods
  • Trial design: phase 1, single‐arm study

  • Sample size: 20

  • Setting: hospital

  • Country: Hungary 

  • Language: English 

  • Number of centres

Participants
  • Inclusion criteria

    • Age: > 18 years

    • Admitted to hospital due to SARS CoV‐2 infection

    • Written informed consent

  • Exclusion criteria

    • Age: < 18 years

    • Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding

    • Patients with prior allergic reaction to transfusion

    • Patients who received in the past 30 days immunoglobulin therapy

  • Inclusion criteria for blood donors

    • Age: > 18 and < 60 years

    • Body weight: > 50 kg

    • Confirmed previous SARS CoV‐2 infection

    • 2 negative SARS CoV‐2 test results

    • Written informed consent

    • Neutralising antibody titre min 1:120

  • Exclusion criteria for blood donors

    • Age: < 18 or > 60 years

    • Female patients who are pregnant

    • HIV1/2 hepatitis B/C or syphilis infection

Interventions
  • CP therapy or hyperimmune immunoglobulin therapy: CP 

  • Details of CP:

    • type of plasma: plasmapheresis donation of 400 mL will be performed in participants who recovered from COVID‐19 and who are otherwise eligible for plasma donation, blood‐type matched

    • volume: 200 mL

    • number of doses: 1

    • antibody‐titre: NR

    • pathogen inactivated or not: > level of 1:320

  • Treatment details, including time of plasma therapy (e.g. early stage of disease): NR

  • For studies including a control group: comparator (type): none (single‐arm)

  • Concomitant therapy: NR

  • Treatment cross‐overs: none (single‐arm)

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcome: changing of viral load of SARS‐CoV2

  • Primary review outcomes

    • All‐cause mortality at hospital discharge: yes 

      • mortality (time frame: day 7, 12, 28)

    • Time to death: yes (up to 28 days)

  • Secondary review outcomes

    • Number of participants with grade 3 and grade 4 AEs, including potential relationship between intervention and adverse reaction (e.g. TRALI, transfusion‐transmitted infection, TACO, TAD, acute transfusion reactions): NR

    • Number of participants with SAEs: NR

    • Improvement of clinical symptoms, assessed through need for respiratory support at up to 7 days; 8‐15 days; 16‐30 days: yes (duration of mechanical ventilation up to 28 days)

    • 30‐day and 90‐day mortality: NR (up to 28 days)

    • Admission on the ICU: yes

    • Length of stay on the ICU: NR

    • Time to discharge from hospital: yes

    • QoL: NR

  • Additional outcomes

    • Changing of viral load of SARS‐CoV2 (time frame: day 1,3, 7, 12)

    • Clinical status (time frame: day 7, 12, 28)

      • clinical status assessed according to the WHO guideline

    • Changes in immunoglobulin G COVID‐19 antibody titre (time frame: 12 days)

    • Changes at the cytokine pattern (time frame: 12 days)

Starting date 14 April 2020
Contact information
  • Eszter Fodor, medical doctor; +36306640494; eszter.fodor@orthosera.com

  • Zsombor Lacza, MD, PhD; +36305249554; zsombor.lacza@orthosera.com

Notes
  • Recruitment status: not yet recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: 1 April 2021

  • Sponsor/funding: Orthosera Kft