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. 2021 Sep 2;2021(9):CD013825. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013825.pub2

NCT04590586.

Methods Drug name: apremilast, lanadelumab, zilucoplan
Trial design: phase 3, randomised, quadruple blind platform trial
Identifiers: NCT04590586
Target sample size: 1400 participants
Planned completion date: August 2021
 
Participants Setting
  • Inpatient

  • Multicentre


Eligibility criteria
  • Inclusion criteria

    • Adults (≥ 18 years of age) with active SARS‐CoV‐2 infection confirmed by laboratory tests and/or point‐of‐care tests.

    • A score of Grade 2, 3, 4 or 5, as defined by an 8‐point ordinal scale

    • Male participants: must agree to use contraception during the treatment period and for at least 6 weeks after the last dose of study treatment and refrain from donating sperm during this period

    • Female participants: not pregnant, not breastfeeding

    • Ability to provide informed consent signed by the study participant or LAR

    • Ability and willingness to participate in telephone/telemedicine follow‐up visits if needed

  • Exclusion criteria

    • Participant has any condition for which participation would not be in the best interest of the participant or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol‐specified assessments

    • Stage 4 severe chronic kidney disease or requiring dialysis

    • Screening 12‐lead ECG with a measurable QTc interval according to Fridericia correction (QTcF) ≥ 500 ms

    • Anticipated transfer to another hospital that is not a study centre within 72 hours

    • Participants who are currently pregnant or who are not willing to discontinue breastfeeding

    • Participants participating in another clinical study of an investigational medicinal product or other unapproved (or investigational) treatment for COVID‐19

    • Active tuberculosis or a history of incompletely treated tuberculosis

    • Active, uncontrolled systemic bacterial or fungal infection(s)

Interventions Intervention
  • Apremilast (orally)

  • Lanadelumab (IV)

  • Zilucoplan (SC) injection in the abdomen, thigh, or upper arm


Comparator
  • placebo for each substance

Outcomes Efficacy outcomes
  • All‐cause mortality

    • at up to 30 days: planned

    • at up to 60 days: planned

  • Clinical progression/improvement of symptoms: planned

  • Length of hospital stay: planned

  • Admission to ICU: not planned

  • Length of ICU stay: planned

  • Quality of life, including fatigue: not planned

  • Viral clearance: not planned


Safety outcomes
  • Number of participants with grade 3 and grade 4 AEs: planned

  • Number of participants with SAEs: planned


Additional study outcomes
  • Number of participants who achieve oxygen‐free recovery at day 29

  • Worst post‐baseline score on the 8‐point ordinal scale of clinical severity status

  • Number of participants who experience one or more treatment‐emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

Notes Funding: Amgen