Status:

TERMINATED

Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine or Only Supportive Care in Patients AdmItted With Moderate to Severe COVID-19

Lead Sponsor:

UMC Utrecht

Collaborating Sponsors:

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Conditions:

COVID-19

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-110 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Rationale: Currently there are no approved treatments for COVID-19. In the Dutch treatment protocol guideline (SWAB) designated treatment is supportive care with the option to add chloroquine base (CQ...

Detailed Description

Study rationale CQ and HCQ were both employed in the treatment of COVID-19 in China. Based on unpublished anecdotal positive results in China, CQ is now implemented in China and the Netherlands in sev...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Patients (≥18 years of age) admitted to the hospital with confirmed COVID-19 and not needing admission to MC or ICU
  • Patient has moderate to severe COVID-19. This will be defined as patients with NEWS-2 score ≤ 5.
  • Willing and able to give written informed consent

Exclusion

  • \- Severe Covid-19 defined as NEWS-2 score \>5 or admission to the ICU needing ventilation or pressure support.
  • Contra-indications for hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine
  • Unable to take oral medication (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine can be administered through tube feeding which is considered oral administration)
  • Identified allergies to 4-aminoquinoline
  • Severe diseases of the blood system
  • 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • History of acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, severe arrhythmia (frequent ventricular, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation) in recent 6 months; New York Heart Association (NYHA) level III-IV
  • Known corrected QT interval (QTc) ≥ 500ms.
  • Uncorrected severe hypokalaemia (\< 2,5 mmol/l) or uncorrected severe hypomagnesemia (\< 0.6 mmol/l)
  • Pancreatitis
  • Refusal to participate expressed by patient or legally authorized representative if they are present

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 14 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 8 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04362332

Start Date

April 14 2020

End Date

June 8 2020

Last Update

June 19 2020

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UMCU

Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508GA