Status:
COMPLETED
Favipiravir Therapy in Adults With Mild COVID-19
Lead Sponsor:
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Conditions:
COVID-19
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Favipiravir is a selective and potent inhibitor of influenza viral RNA polymerase. It acts as a purine analogue, which selectively inhibits viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRps). It has the charac...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Patients must be eligible according to the following criteria for enrollment
- Should be at least 18 years of age
- Male or non-pregnant female (pregnancy testing is not mandatory. If the patient requests or is not sure, the study team will provide it)
- Diagnosed with mild COVID-19\* confirmed by positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of recruitment, a result within the last five days
- Patients have to be enrolled within 5 days of disease onset.
- Exclusion criteria
- Patients meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded from trial enrolment:
- Patients with concomitant documented bacterial pneumonia established through positive sputum cultures
- Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Known sensitivity/allergy to Favipiravir (If Faviparavir was used for COVID-19 in the patient previously for influenza)
- Major comorbidities increasing the risk of study drug including
- Hematologic malignancy
- Advanced (stage 4-5) chronic kidney disease or dialysis therapy
- Severe liver damage (Child-Pugh score C, AST\> 5 times the upper limit)
- HIV
- Gout/history of Gout or hyperuricemia (two times above the ULN)
- (6) Having used Favipiravir or participated in any other interventional drug clinical study within 30 days before the first dose of study drug (i.e., the patient received it for influenza previously) (7) The investigator believes that participating in the trial is not in the best interests of the patient, or the investigator considers unsuitable for enrollment (such as unpredictable risks or subject compliance issues) (8) Clinical prognostic non-survival, palliative care, or in a deep coma and have no response to supportive treatment within three hours of admission.
- (9) Hospitalized patients for mild, moderate, or severe COVID-19
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 23 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 4 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
231 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04464408
Start Date
July 23 2020
End Date
August 4 2021
Last Update
November 5 2021
Active Locations (7)
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1
King Fahad Hospital - Madinah
Al Madīnah, Saudi Arabia
2
Primary Health Care-Safiyah
Al Madīnah, Saudi Arabia
3
Prince Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital - Al Madinah
Al Madīnah, Saudi Arabia
4
King Abdullah Medical City - Makkah
Mecca, Saudi Arabia