Clinical trial NCT04652648: Rapid Development and Implementation of a Remote ECG-monitored Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial During a Pandemic: Hydroxychloroquine Prophylaxis in COVID-19 Household Contacts
Official title: Rapid Development and Implementation of a Remote ECG-monitored Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial During a Pandemic: Hydroxychloroquine Prophylaxis in COVID-19 Household Contacts
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Covid19
Hydroxychloroquine
Coronavirus Infection
Transmission
Prophylaxis
Lead sponsor: Bryn Mawr Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Sharpe-Strumia Research Foundation
name: Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation
name: Cotswold Foundation
First posted: 2020-12-03
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: * organizing an entirely no in-person contact clinical trial is feasible during a 22 COVID-19 pandemic 23
* Remote smartphone 6-lead ECG monitoring is possible even in a group unfamiliar 24 with the technology 25
* Hydroxychloroquine used prophylactically at 200 mg BID had no observable 26 cardiotoxicity 27
* Additional study using this technique is warranted to look at reliability and cost-28 effectiveness

Detailed description: Household members were contacted by telephone and provided consent forms via E-mail electronic signatures. Randomization was 2:1 to HCQ 200 mg BID or observation for 10 days with total follow-up of 14 days. COVID status was determined by home saliva PCR assay on days 1 and 14. Study drug was shipped to participants. Data of daily symptoms and 6-lead ECGs using a smartphone KardiaMobile® 6L application were collected.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* exposure to a COVID-19-infected individual in the same household within five days of diagnosis;
* age \>18 years;
* ability to give informed consent to participate in a clinical study;
* ability to swallow oral medications;
* access to a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria:

* allergy or intolerance to hydroxychloroquine (PlaquenilR);
* weight less than 85 pounds;
* eye disease affecting the retina;
* severe kidney or liver disease;
* G6PD-deficiency;
* porphyria;
* long QTc EKG abnormality or family history of this;
* other major EKG abnormalities;
* taking medications that can affect the QT interval including flecainide, amiodarone, digoxin, procainamide, propafenone, sotalol, quinidine, dofetilide, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, erythromycin, amitriptyline, doxepin, desipramine, imipramine, fluoxetine, sertraline, venlafaxine, quetiapine, haloperidol, droperidol, thioridazine, ziprasidone, furosemide, sumatriptan or zolmitriptan, cisapride, arsenic, dolasetron, or methadone;
* current pregnancy;
* current hospitalization;
* symptomatic with fever or cough;
* lack of access to a smartphone

Primary outcomes:
measure: COVID-19 symptom development with positive PCR test
timeFrame: within 14 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Positive coronavirus PCR test without symptoms
timeFrame: By Day 14 (end of study)
measure: Hospital admission for COVID-19
timeFrame: within 14 days of study entry
measure: Death by Day 14
timeFrame: within 14 days of study entry
measure: HCQ discontinuation or study withdrawal
timeFrame: within 14 days of study entry
measure: Symptom severity at specified time points
timeFrame: at Day 7 and at Day 14 from study entry
measure: COVID -19 rate at study entry
timeFrame: Day 1 of study
measure: EKG changes during study
timeFrame: Day 1 thru Day 14 of study
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bryn Mawr
country: United States
facility: Bryn Mawr Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Paoli
country: United States
facility: Paoli Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Wynnewood
country: United States
facility: Lankenau Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
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