Clinical trial NCT06917001: Clinical Trial Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Resomelagon on Dengue Infection (RESOVIR-2)
Official title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controled, Phase 2a Trial Evaluating the Safety and Initial Efficacy of Resomelagon in Patients With Dengue Infection
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Dengue Fever
Keywords: Resomelagon
Resolution of inflammation
Melanocortin
Dengue
RESOVIR-2
Lead sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Dengue (INCT em Dengue)
First posted: 2025-04-08
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if Resomelagon can treat adult patients with Dengue virus infection. The main questions the investigators aim to answer are:

Is Resomelagon safe to use in patients with Dengue? Is Resomelagon able to reduce the duration of illness? (defined by clinical and laboratory criteria) Participants will be allocated to Resomelagon or placebo groups in this study and asked to take the medication and submitted to blood tests.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients who are 18 to 65 years old;
* Able to understand study procedures and give informed consent;
* Presents with more than 36 and less than 84h since symptoms onset;
* Symptoms compatible with dengue infection (fever, myalgia, arthralgia, headache or conjunctivitis) with positive antigen test or polymerase chain reaction test.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has any comorbidity which is perceived as significant by the investigator;
* Significant laboratory abnormalities discovered at triage: Hemoglobin \<10g/dL; Platelet count \< 50.000/microL; alanine transaminase \> 3x upper limit of normal; Total bilirubin \>1,5 x upper limit of normal; glomerular filtration rate \< 60mls/min/1,73m2;
* Contraindications or known hypersensitivity to Resomelagon;
* Presents as dengue with warning signs or severe dengue at inclusion;
* Currently participating in another drug clinical trial;
* Clinical evidence of another infection that might explain current symptoms;
* Pregnant women or women actively trying to achieve pregnancy.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate safety of Resomelagon in Dengue patients
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Efficacy of Resomelagon in decreasing illness duration
timeFrame: 10 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Efficacy of Resomelagon in reducing illness Severity
timeFrame: 10 days
measure: Efficacy of Resomelagon in reducing plasma leakage
timeFrame: 10 days
measure: Efficacy of Resomelagon in reducing dengue hospitalization or prolonged observation in the Emergency department
timeFrame: 10 days
Other outcomes:
measure: Evaluation of proinflammatory cytokines.
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Evaluation of proinflammatory chemokines.
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Evaluation of cytokine production by mononuclear cells.
timeFrame: 28 days
Locations:
city: Belo Horizonte
country: Brazil
facility: Clinical Research Unit
state: MG
city: São José do Rio Preto
country: Brazil
facility: Centro Integrado de Pesquisa
state: São Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: Federal University of Minas Gerais
name: Mauro M Teixeira, MD PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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