Status:

TERMINATED

Human Intravenous Interferon Beta-Ia Safety and Preliminary Efficacy in Hospitalized Subjects With COVID-19

Lead Sponsor:

Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Conditions:

Covid19

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This double-blinded, randomized study is being conducted to see if the investigational new drug called FP-1201-lyo - intravenous Interferon beta-1a, hereafter IV IFN beta-1a, can help patients recover...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Positive SARS-CoV-2 test by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) or other diagnostic method within the past 7 days
  • Admission to hospital with respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 requiring hospital care and oxygen supplementation (≤ 8L/min)
  • Respiratory symptom onset no more than 7 days prior to hospital arrival
  • Informed consent from the subject or the subject's personal legal representative or a professional legal representative must be available

Exclusion

  • Unable to screen, randomize and administer study drug within 48 hours from arrival to hospital
  • Systemic corticosteroid, baricitinib or tofacitinib (or other JAK-STAT signalling pathway inhibitors) therapy within 7 days prior to arrival to hospital or planned for the next days
  • Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to natural or recombinant IFN-beta-1a or its excipients, or to dexamethasone or its excipients
  • Currently receiving IFN-beta-1a therapy
  • Home assisted ventilation (via tracheotomy or non-invasive) except for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) / Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP) used only for sleep-disordered breathing
  • Participation in another concurrent interventional pharmacotherapy trial during the study period
  • Decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment; patient not committed to full support (except DNR after cardiac arrest only)
  • Woman known to be pregnant, lactating or with a positive pregnancy test (urine or serum test)
  • Subject is not expected to survive for 24 hours
  • Subject has liver failure (Child-Pugh grade C)
  • Any clinical condition that in the opinion of the attending clinician or Investigator would present a risk for the subject to participate in the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 23 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 4 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

7 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04860518

Start Date

August 23 2021

End Date

April 4 2022

Last Update

July 21 2023

Active Locations (4)

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1

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

2

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

3

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Newton, Massachusetts, United States, 02462

4

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232