Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of XC221 in the Treatment of Influenza and Other Acute Respiratory Viral Infections

A multicenter double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparative Phase II clinical study to assess safety, tolerability, efficacy and optimal dose of XC221 vs. placebo in patients with uncomplicated influenza or other ARVI during a 3-day treatment.

The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate the difference in time before the onset of a sustained improvement in clinical symptoms according to the Modified Jackson Scale for ARVI and to determine the optimal dose of XC221 in the treatment of influenza and other ARVI.

11 Russian centers were planned for participation in this study. The study consists of three periods: screening, treatment and follow-up.

All eligible patients will be randomized into 3 groups (groups A, B and C) in a 1:1:1 ratio:

Group A - XC221 100 mg daily (40 patients); Group B - XC221 200 mg daily (40 patients); Group C - Placebo (40 patients).

During the treatment period (3 days), patients will receive XC221 / placebo daily on a background of standard symptomatic therapy. The follow-up period lasts for 11 days.

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men and women aged 18 to 45 years (inclusively).
2. Clinically diagnosed influenza or ARVI.
3. Patient's body temperature ≥37.5ºС and at least 1 symptom from Modified Jackson Scale estimated more than 2 points.
4. Uncomplicated course of influenza or ARVI based on clinical estimations.
5. The first 36 hours from the beginning of symptoms of influenza or ARVI.
6. Women of reproductive age (who are not in menopause and who have not undergone surgical sterilization) and men who have sexual activity should use a reliable method of contraception (acceptable methods of contraception in this study are: intrauterine devices, oral contraceptives, contraceptive patch, long-acting injectable contraceptives, a double barrier method (condom and diaphragm with spermicide) throughout the study period.
7. Compliance with the treatment regimen, visits and laboratory examinations provided by the protocol.
8. Signed Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Existence of complications of influenza or ARVI (including the presence / development of bacterial infection).
2. Hypersensitivity to excipients of the drug XC221 or placebo.
3. Antiviral medications in 7 days prior to screening (antiviral agents, interferons and interferon inducers, drugs that have immunomodulating action) or anti-infective agents of systemic or local action.
4. Severe infection with signs of cardiovascular insufficiency development and other manifestations of infectious-toxic shock, as well as with the presence of neuroinfection syndrome (encephalic and meningoencephalic reactions, polyradiculoneuritis, neuritis).
5. Signs of the development of viral pneumonia (the presence of two or more of the following symptoms): dyspnea, chest pain when coughing, systemic cyanosis, dullness of percussion sound with a symmetrical evaluation of the upper and lower sections of the lungs).
6. Infectious diseases during the last week before including into the study.
7. History of bronchial asthma.
8. History of increased convulsive activity.
9. Severe, decompensated or unstable somatic diseases (any diseases or conditions that are life-threatening or may worsen the patient's prognosis, and make him/her ineligible for the clinical study).
10. History of oncological diseases, HIV, tuberculosis.
11. Diabetes mellitus.
12. Drug or alcohol abuse.
13. Participation in any other clinical trial in the last 90 days.
14. Pregnancy or lactation.
15. Military or prison populations.
16. Impossibility or inability to comply with the study procedures.
17. A member of the investigator's family or other person interested in the results of the study.
18. Abnormal laboratory results, which, according to the study doctor, interfere with the patient's inclusion in the study.
19. History of renal insufficiency.