Status:

WITHDRAWN

Safety and Efficacy of Baricitinib for COVID-19

Lead Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Conditions:

COVID-19

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-89 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This study plans to learn more about the effects of a medicine called baricitinib on the progression of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019), the medical condition caused by the Severe Acute Respira...

Detailed Description

This is an adaptive Phase 2/3 clinical trial, with a focus on the assessment of safety in the first 20 participants (Phase 2), followed by a much broader assessment of efficacy, while continuing to mo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female aged 18 - 89 years at time of enrollment
  • Hospitalized (or documented plan to hospitalize if patient is in the emergency department) with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19
  • Illness of any duration that meets each of the following:
  • Evidence of pneumonia, including radiographic infiltrates by imaging (chest x-ray, CT scan, etc.) or clinical assessment (rales/crackles on exam)
  • Requires supportive care, including non-invasive supplemental oxygen
  • Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection as determined by PCR or other commercial or public health assay within 7 days of enrollment
  • Understands and agrees to comply with planned study procedures
  • Provides informed consent signed by study patient or legally acceptable representative

Exclusion

  • Absolute lymphocyte count is less than 500 cells/mm
  • Absolute neutrophil count is less than 1000 cells/mm
  • Hemoglobin level is less than 8 g/dL
  • Estimated GFR is less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2
  • ALT or AST is over 5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Treatment with other JAK inhibitors, OAT3 inhibitors, biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), anti-IL-6 or anti-IL-6R antibodies, or potent immunosuppressants such as azathioprine. and cyclosporine concurrently or within the past 5 days. Note: recent or concurrent treatment with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine is allowable, as these are 'non-biologic' DMARDs with potential antiviral activity.
  • History of HIV infection and on active immunosuppressant therapy
  • Current hematological or solid organ malignancy and on active immunosuppressant therapy
  • Active tuberculosis (TB) infection or known or suspected systemic bacterial or fungal infection
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Known allergy to baricitinib
  • In the opinion of the investigator, they are unlikely to survive for \>48 hours from screening
  • Any physical examination findings and/or history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose an additional risk to the patient by their participation in the study
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for Phase 2 only:
  • • Invasive oxygen supplementation, including mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04340232

Start Date

March 1 2021

End Date

October 1 2021

Last Update

March 8 2021

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University of Colorado, Denver

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045