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

NCT04886362.

Study name Ivermectina Colombia (IVERCOL)
Methods
  • Trial design: quadruple‐blin RCT with 2 parallel arms

  • Type of record: trial register entry

  • Sample size: 966

  • Setting: outpatient

  • Country: Colombia

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: NR

  • Study purpose (treatment, prevention): treatment

  • Trial registration number: NCT04886362

  • Date of registration: 14 May 2021

Participants
  • Inclusion criteria

    • Age ≥ 18 years

    • Positive antigen test or RT‐PCR for SARS‐CoV‐2

    • < 7 days from symptoms onset

    • Indication for outpatient management

    • Mild disease according to the official guide "Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Scheme for Novel Coronavirus Infection (Trial Version 8):" People with mild symptoms, with or without radiological signs of pneumonia, with oxygen saturation > 90%

    • Able to provide consent to participate

  • Exclusion criteria

    • People who at the time of admission require hospitalization or supplemental oxygen, or both

    • History of allergy to ivermectin

    • Medical history of liver disease

    • Belong to another clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of an investigational drug against COVID‐19

    • Immunosuppression or HIV, acute or chronic kidney failure, current neoplasia

    • Current use of warfarin, erdafitinib, or quinidine

    • Received vaccination for SARS‐CoV‐2

    • Ivermectin consumption prior to inclusion in the research protocol

    • Not accepting of the conditions of home care and monitoring

    • Desists from participating in the study

    • Pregnancy or breastfeeding women

Interventions
  • Details of intervention

    • Type and dose: ivermectin 0.6 mg/kg, twice daily for 5 days

    • Route of administration: oral

  • Treatment details of control group

    • Placebo

  • Concomitant therapy: NA

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcome

    • Composite outcome, first outcome that occurs in each participant during 28 days

      • Hypoxaemia (oxygen saturation ≤ 90%) and need for supplemental oxygen in home care programme or

      • Need for hospitalization includes general bed or ICU or

      • Death from any cause

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • Number and type of serious and non‐serious adverse events within 28 days

  • Additional study outcomes

    • Proportion of participants with ≥ 4 points on the WHO scale at 28 days

    • Number of days with supplemental oxygen requirement at 28 days

    • Number of days on ICU management at 28 days

    • Number of days with endotracheal intubation at 28 days

    • Number of days of hospitalization at 28 days

Starting date July 2021
Contact information Juan Carlos Chacón Jimenez, MD
ceivercol@suramericana.com.co 
Notes
  • Recruitment status: not yet recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: September 2021

  • Date last update posted: 14 May 2021

  • Sponsor/funding: Ayudas Diagnosticas Sura S.A.S.