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. 2020 Oct 2;2020(10):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739

NCT04333407.

Study name Preventing cardiac complication of COVID‐19 disease with early acute coronary syndrome therapy: a randomised controlled trial
Starting date 3 April 2020
Contact information Alena Marynina
Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
07776 224520 | alena.marynina@nhs.net
Methods Multicentre RCT with 2 parallels arms, 1:1, open label
Participants 3170 participants, ≥ 18 years, female and male
Inclusion criteria
  • Confirmed COVID‐19 infection

  • Age ≥ 40 years, or diabetes, or known coronary disease, or hypertension

  • Requires hospital admission for further clinical management


Exclusion criteria
  • Clear evidence of cardiac pathology needing ACS treatment

  • Myocarditis with serum troponin > 5000

  • Bleeding risk suspected e.g. recent surgery, history of GI bleed, other abnormal blood results (Hb < 10 g/dL, platelets < 100, any evidence of DIC)

  • Study treatment may negatively impact standard best care (physician discretion)

  • Unrelated co‐morbidity with life expectancy < 3 months

  • Pregnancy

  • Age: < 18 years or > 85 years

Interventions Experimental: active arm
  • Drug: aspirin 75 mg. If participant not on aspirin, add aspirin 75 mg once daily unless contraindicated

  • Drug: clopidogrel 75 mg. If participant not on clopidogrel or equivalent, add clopidogrel 75 mg once daily unless contraindicated

  • Drug: rivaroxaban 2.5 mg. If participant not on an anticoagulation, add rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice a day unless contraindicated. If participant on DOAC then change to rivaroxaban 2.5 mg unless contraindicated

  • Drug: atorvastatin 40 mg. If participant not on a statin, add atorvastatin 40 mg once daily unless contraindicated

  • Drug: omeprazole 20 mg. If participant not on a proton pump inhibitor, add omeprazole 20 mg once daily


Comparator: no intervention
Outcomes Primary
  • All‐cause mortality at 30 days after admission (time frame: at 30 days after admission)


Secondary
  • Absolute change in serum troponin from admission to peak value (time frame: within 7 days and within 30 days of admission). Absolute change in serum troponin from admission (or from suspicion/diagnosis of COVID‐19 if already an inpatient) measurement to peak value (measured using high‐sensitivity troponin assay). (Phase I interim analysis)

  • Discharge rate (time frame: at 7 days and 30 days after admission). Discharge rate: proportion of participants discharged (or documented as medically fit for discharge)

  • Intubation rate (time frame: at 7 days and at 30 days after admission). Intubation rate: proportion of participants who have been intubated for mechanical ventilation

Notes NCT04333407 | No data provided