Clinical trial NCT04746365: Ivermectin Role in Covid-19 Clinical Trial
Official title: Ivermectin Role in Severe Covid-19 Treatment; a Double-blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Covid19
Lead sponsor: Elaraby Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Shebin El-Kom Teaching Hospital
First posted: 2021-02-09
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical trial
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Because ivermectin is being used to treat COVID-19 with insufficient evidence, the investigator conducted a randomized clinical trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of ivermectin in comparison to hydroxychloroquine and placebo in severe COVID-19 patients. The study was conducted in Shebin-Elkom teaching hospital and recruited patients from December 6, 2020, to January 31, 2021.

Detailed description: This study is an adaptive, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of therapeutic agents in hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The study is a single-center trial that will be conducted in Shebin Elkom teaching hospital. The study will be a series of 3-arm comparisons between two different investigational therapeutic agents (Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine) and a placebo. There will be interim monitoring to allow early stopping for futility, efficacy, or safety. Because of the possibility that background standards of supportive care may evolve/improve over time as more is learned about the successful management of COVID-19, comparisons of safety and efficacy will be based on data from concurrently randomized participants. An independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) will actively monitor interim data to make recommendations about early study closure or changes to study arms.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject (or legally authorized representative) provides written informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures.
2. Understands and agrees to comply with planned study procedures.
3. Agrees to the collection of OP swabs and venous blood per protocol.
4. Male or non-pregnant female adult ≥18 years of age at time of enrollment.
5. Has laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection as determined by PCR, or other
6. Severe cases according to WHO definition.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. ALT/AST \> 5 times the upper limit of normal.
2. Mortality within 12 hours of admission.
3. Pregnancy.
4. Anticipated transfer to another hospital within 24 hours.
5. Allergy to any study medication commercial or public health assay in any specimen prior to randomization.
6. Mechanically ventilated on admission

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reduction in the WHO ordinal scale of clinical status by at least two points
timeFrame: 14 days
measure: Time to discharge
timeFrame: within 14 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mortality
timeFrame: 14 days
Other outcomes:
measure: Adverse events
timeFrame: 14 days
Locations:
city: Shibīn Al Kawm
country: Egypt
facility: Shebin-Elkom teaching hospital
state: Menoufia
Study officials:
References:
citation: Elshafie AH, Elsawah HK, Hammad M, Sweed EM, Seif AS, Abdel Ghaffar MM, Goda FM, Mosalam EM, Abdallah MS. Ivermectin role in COVID-19 treatment (IRICT): single-center, adaptive, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2022 Oct;20(10):1341-1350. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2022.2098113. Epub 2022 Jul 12.