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. 2021 Jul 28;2021(7):CD015017. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2

NCT04374019.

Methods
  • Trial design: open‐label RCT with 5 parallel arms, unclear which comparisons are planned; besides ivermectin study arms include camostat mesilate, artemesia annua and artesunate

  • Type of record: trial register entry

  • Sample size: 240

  • Setting: NR

  • Country: USA

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 1

  • Study purpose (treatment, prevention): treatment

  • Trial registration number: NCT04374019

  • Date of registration: 5 May 2020

Participants
  • Inclusion criteria

    • Age ≥ 18 years

    • Laboratory‐confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection within the past 7 days or the presence of symptoms or physical examination signs providing high probability of COVID‐19 disease

    • Must have adequate organ and marrow function measured within the last 6 months

    • Must have ≥ 1 of the following high‐risk features or clinical deterioration: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, moderate‐to‐severe COPD, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, or asthma; people with cancer who have received any immunosuppressive drugs within 1 year from enrolment, sickle cell disease or thalassaemia, age ≥ 50 years, BMI ≥ 30, living in a nursing home or long‐term facility, underlying serious heart condition as determined by the treating physician, immunocompromised person as defined by the treating physician or COVID‐19 Telehealth Treatment Team

  • Exclusion criteria

    • Severe or life‐threatening COVID‐19

    • Weight < 45 kg

    • Pregnant or breastfeeding women

    • Receiving dialysis or with creatinine clearance < 45 mL/minute

    • Existing Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Toxicity Scale for Determining Severity of Adverse Events grade ≥ 3 hepatic failure

    • Previously documented moderate or severe retinopathy or macular degeneration

    • Uncontrolled seizure disorder

    • Prolonged QT, defined as QTc ≥ 470 mseconds for men and QTc ≥ 480 mseconds for women using Bazett's formula

    • Known allergy to artesunate, artemisia annua, hydroxychloroquine, macrolides, 4‐aminoquinolines, camostat mesilate, or other agents to be used in the trial

    • Currently receiving any study medications for other indications

    • Concurrent use of medication that would cause drug–drug interactions

    • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance

Interventions
  • Details of intervention for relevant arms

    • Type and dose: ivermectin 12 mg total daily dose (< 75 kg) or 15 mg total daily dose (> 75 kg), for 2 days

    • Route of administration: oral

  • Treatment details of control group 

    • NR

  • Concomitant therapy: NR

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcome

    • Clinical deterioration at 14 days

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • Progression to ICU care or ventilation at 28 days

    • Rate of severe adverse events at 14 days

  • Additional study outcomes

    • Mortality at 14 days

    • Change in viral load at 40 days

    • Rate of organ failure at 28 days

    • Change in clinical status at 28 days

    • Oxygen‐free days at 28 days

    • Ventilator‐free days at 28 days

    • ICU‐free days at 28 days

    • Hospital‐free days at 28 days

    • Participants meeting Hy's Law criteria at 28 days

    • Liver function at 28 days

    • Heart function at 28 days

Notes
  • Reason for awaiting classification: unclear control arm; unclear healthcare setting

  • Recruitment status: recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: May 2021

  • Date last update posted: 6 November 2020

  • Sponsor/funding: Susanne Arnold