Status:

TERMINATED

Safety and Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Moderate to Severe COVID-19 With Inflammatory Markers

Lead Sponsor:

Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo

Collaborating Sponsors:

Hospital do Coracao

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Conditions:

COVID

SARS Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The trial evaluates the efficacy and safety of Tocilizumab, which rapidly reduces the inflammation process through inhibition of IL-6 in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 with increased inflam...

Detailed Description

Coalition VI (TOCIBRÁS) is a prospective phase III randomized controlled trial that evaluates the efficacy and safety of Tocilizumab, an antibody anti-IL-6 receptor in patients with moderate to severe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and females with 18 years and older
  • Confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV 2 infection
  • More than 3 days of symptoms related to COVID-19
  • Computed tomography (or Chest X-Ray) with COVID-19 alterations
  • Both of the criteria
  • Need for oxygen supplementation to keep SPO2 \> 93% OR need for mechanical ventilation for less than 24 hours before the randomization
  • At least two of the following inflammatory tests above the cutoff :
  • D-dimer \> 1,000 ng/mL
  • Reactive C protein \> 5 mg/dL
  • Ferritin \> 300 mg/dL
  • Lactate dehydrogenase \> upper level limit

Exclusion

  • Need for mechanical ventilation for 24 hours or more before the randomization
  • Hypersensitivity to tocilizumab
  • Patients without therapeutic perspective or in palliative care
  • Active non controlled infections
  • Other clinical conditions that contraindicate tocilizumab, according to the assistant physician
  • Low neutrophils count (\< 0.5 x 109/L)
  • Low platelets count (\< 50 x 109/L)
  • Liver disease, cirrhosis or elevated AST or ALT above 5 times the upper level limit
  • Renal disease with estimate glomerular filtration below 30 mL/min/1.72 m2 (MDRD or CKD-EPI scores)
  • Active diverticulitis
  • Breastfeeding women
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 8 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 21 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

129 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04403685

Start Date

May 8 2020

End Date

July 21 2020

Last Update

August 26 2020

Active Locations (7)

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HCOR -Hospital do Coracao

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 04004030

2

UNIFESP

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

3

HAOC - Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz

São Paulo, Brazil, 01323001

4

Beneficência Portuguesa de Sao Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil, 01323900

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