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. 2022 Mar 9;2022(3):CD015125. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015125

NCT05055414.

Study name Arformoterol/budesonide for COVID‐19 (ABC)
Methods Trial design: randomised, controlled, triple‐blind trial
Sample size: 140
Setting: unclear, probably outpatient
Language: English
Number of centres: not reported
Type of intervention (treatment/prevention): treatment
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • adults aged ≥ 19 years

  • new onset of symptoms suggestive of COVID‐19 (fever, cough, sore throat, etc.) or diagnosed with COVID‐19 within 7 days of participant being seen at visit 1

  • in the Investigator's opinion, is able and willing to comply with all trial requirements


Exclusion criteria:
  • a condition requiring invasive oxygen support

  • history of hypersensitivity to budesonide and arformoterol

  • pregnancy, breastfeeding

  • participation in other clinical studies within 4 weeks prior to enrolment in this study

  • refusal of the patient to continue participating in the study/withdrawal of informed consent by the patient

Interventions Intervention group: inhaled budesonide/arformoterol dry powder inhaler 3 inhalations twice daily at 3 days and 2 inhalations twice daily at 11 days
Control group: placebo for 2 weeks
Concomitant therapy: no
Outcomes Primary outcome: time to clinical improvement on WHO Ordinal Scale at 28 days
Secondary outcomes: WHO Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement at 28 days; WHO Ordinal Scale change at 28 days; clinical cure rate at 28 days
Starting date 1 November 2021
Contact information Korea United Pharm Inc.
Notes Recruitment status: not yet recruiting
Prospective completion date: 1 October 2022
Date last update was posted: 24 September 2021
Sponsor/funding: Korea United Pharm. Inc.

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; BMI: body mass index; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID‐19: coronavirus disease 2019; CRP: C‐reactive protein; CT: computer tomography; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; HFNC: high flow nasal cannula; INR: international normalised ratio; NIV: non‐invasive ventilation; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; PCT: procalcitonin; RCT: randomised controlled trial; RT‐PCR: real‐time polymerase chain reaction; SARS‐CoV‐2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; WHO: World Health Organization.