Status:

UNKNOWN

Low-doses Melphalan Inhalation in Patients With COVID-19 (CoronavIrus Disease 2019) Pneumonia

Lead Sponsor:

Federal State Budgetary Institution, Pulmonology Scientific Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medsi Clinic #1, Moscow

Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Conditions:

COVID-19

Viral Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This single-center, prospective, open-label, comparator study, blind for central accessor evaluates the efficacy, safety of inhalations of low-doses of melphalan in patients with pneumonia with confir...

Detailed Description

It was previously shown that in ultra-low (more than 100 times lower than conventional therapeutic) doses inhalations of alkylating drug (melphalan) are effective in severe steroid-resistant bronchial...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years
  • A patient must have confirmed the diagnosis of bi-lateral moderate / severe pneumonia ( viral or viral-bacterial with confirmed of suspected COVID-19).
  • Presence new infiltrates or increase already available infiltrates of pulmonary infiltrates on lung CT within 48 hours before baseline.
  • A patient has as minimum one of the following symptoms:
  • fever \>38 degrees Celsius, cough, dyspnea, SaO2 (arterial oxygen saturation) \<95% (with room air)

Exclusion

  • Informed consent is withdrawn by the patient.
  • The patient doesn't follow the instructions of the research staff regarding the requirements of the research protocol.
  • Unable to contact the patient.
  • The researcher believes that participation in the study is not in the interests of the patient and / or further participation in the study is unsafe for the patient's health.
  • There is a violation of the criteria for inclusion and / or non-inclusion in the study.
  • The patient has developed an adverse event, which, according to the researcher, makes further participation in the study unsafe for the patient.
  • The licensing authority or ethics committee, for any reason, decides to discontinue the entire study or close this research center.
  • A female patient becomes pregnant, is planning a pregnancy, or is breastfeeding while participating in this study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 30 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 30 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04380376

Start Date

April 30 2020

End Date

October 30 2020

Last Update

May 12 2020

Active Locations (2)

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Kirill Zykov

Moscow, Russia, 115682

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Clinical hospital

Moscow, Russia, 125430