Clinical trial NCT04652115: Defibrotide for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19
Official title: A Single-Arm Safety and Feasibility Study of Defibrotide for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Covid19
Lead sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
First posted: 2020-12-03
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Prospective, single arm, two cohort clinical trial.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of defibrotide in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Detailed description: This study is a prospective, single-arm, two-cohort, phase 2 pilot study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of defibrotide in clinically severe COVID-19. The defibrotide dose that is approved by the FDA for the treatment of post-HSCT VOD/SOS (6.25 mg/kg IV q6 hours) will be used.

Cohort 1 will consist of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by PCR and radiography, who are hospitalized with an oxygen requirement (either supplemental O2 or mechanical ventilation), are not on therapeutic dose anticoagulation, and require no more than one vasopressive agent to maintain hemodynamic stability. Cohort 2 will consist of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by PCR and radiography, who are hospitalized in the ICU and are at elevated risk of hemorrhage and/or hypotension, the former defined as a requirement for therapeutic dose anticoagulation for active thrombosis, ECMO, or CRRT, and the latter defined as a requirement for two vasopressive agents to maintain hemodynamic stability.

In cohort 2 only, a 6+6 dose de-escalation design will be utilized, in which if 2 of 6 DLTs are experienced in the first 6 subjects, the dose will be reduced from 6.25 mg/kg IV q6hrs to 10mg/kg/d CIVI. If there are 0 or 1 DLTs in the first 6 subjects at the FDA-approved dose, another 6 subjects will be enrolled at the same dose. Grade 3/4 hemorrhage and significant new hypotension will be considered DLT's.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥18 years.
2. Active COVID-19 infection confirmed by positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR.
3. Radiographic evidence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrates.
4. A life expectancy of at least 24 hours.
5. Score of 4-7 on the WHO ordinal scale.
6. Prophylactic dose anticoagulation is allowed for enrollment into cohort 1. Therapeutic dose anticoagulation for active thrombosis, ECMO, and/or continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is allowed for enrollment into cohort 2 if there is no evidence of bleeding after at least 24 hours of anticoagulation.
7. Patient or surrogate able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinically significant acute bleeding.
2. Concomitant use of thrombolytic therapy (e.g. t-PA).
3. Hemodynamic instability, defined as a requirement for \>1 vasopressor agent for enrollment into cohort 1, and a requirement for \>2 vasopressor agents for enrollment into cohort 2
4. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to DF.
5. Pregnant or lactating.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The rate of adverse event of special interest (bleeding and hypotension)
timeFrame: Up to 21 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Brigham and Women's Hospital
state: Massachusetts
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