We're building a better ClinicalTrials.gov. Check it out and tell us what you think!
Working…
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov Menu

Serum IL-6 and Soluble IL-6 Receptor in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Treated With Tocilizumab (UHID-COVID19)

The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
 
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04359667
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified June 2020 by University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Croatia.
Recruitment status was:  Recruiting
First Posted : April 24, 2020
Last Update Posted : November 12, 2020
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Croatia

Study Description
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information
Brief Summary:
This is a single arm, prospective, observational, single center study to assess the role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble interleukin 6 receptor (sIL-6R) as predictors of efficacy and safety outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab. At least 30 patients will be enrolled who are diagnosed with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and meet the entry criteria.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
COVID-19 Severe Pneumonia Drug: Tocilizumab 20 MG/ML Intravenous Solution [ACTEMRA]

Detailed Description:

Patients must be at least 18 years of age with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (and/or ARDS) confirmed per World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, and evidence of pulmonary infiltration (by chest X-ray and/or CT scan), including a virological confirmation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection by positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of any specimen; e.g., respiratory, blood, urine, stool, other bodily fluid.

At the time of enrollment, patients have to fulfill criteria of the local recommendations for the treatment with tocilizumab (TCZ): hypoxemia (defined as arterial oxygen partial pressure/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) ratio ≤300 mmHg and/or peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤93%) regardless of the oxygenation method including low-flow oxygen administration on nasal cannula or mask with oxygen flow rate of > 12 liters per minute, high-flow oxygen through nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) whatever the modalities of ventilation, invasive ventilation through tracheal intubation or tracheostomy, and extracorporeal oxygenation, despite being on standard of care (SOC), which may include anti-viral treatment, low dose steroids, antimalarials and supportive treatment and care.

Patients in whom, in the opinion of the treating physician, progression to death is imminent and inevitable within the next 24 hours, will be excluded from the study. Patients with active tuberculosis (TB) or suspected active bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infection (besides COVID-19) will be excluded from the study.

Patients will receive one infusion of TCZ 8 mg/kg i.v., with a maximum dose of 800 mg, and SOC treatment according to local guidelines (hydroxychloroquine or/and lopinavir/ritonavir or/and remdesivir).

If the clinical signs or symptoms worsen or do not improve (reflected by sustained fever or at least a one-category worsening on the 7-category ordinal scale of clinical status), one additional infusion of blinded treatment of TCZ or placebo may be given, after more than 12 hours per local protocol.

The study assessments to be conducted include the following: physical examination, vital signs, oxygen saturation, assessment of consciousness, presence and absence of respiratory support, adverse events, concomitant therapies, clinical laboratory tests, and nasopharyngeal swabs.

Study Design
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information

Layout table for study information
Study Type : Observational
Estimated Enrollment : 30 participants
Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Prognostic Value of Serum Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Soluble Interleukin-6 Receptor (sIL-6R) in Severe Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia Treated With Tocilizumab - a Prospective Single Center Study (UHID-COVID19)
Actual Study Start Date : June 16, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : April 16, 2021
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 15, 2021

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

Drug Information available for: Tocilizumab

Groups and Cohorts
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information

Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
tocilizumab
one infusion of TCZ 8 mg/kg i.v., with a maximum dose of 800 mg, and SOC treatment according to local guidelines (hydroxychloroquine or/and lopinavir/ritonavir or/and remdesivir).
 Drug: Tocilizumab 20 MG/ML Intravenous Solution [ACTEMRA]
1 - 8 mg per kg of body weight once, maximal 800 mg per dose (can be repeated once more after 12 hours, per clinician's assessment)
Other Name: RoActemra, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Code L04AC07


Outcome Measures
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information

Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. serum interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor as biomarkers of clinical outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    to evaluate the role of laboratory markers as predictors of survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients treated with tocilizumab

  2. serum interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor as biomarkers of clinical outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab [ Time Frame: 24 hours post treatment ]
    to evaluate the role of laboratory markers as predictors of survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients treated with tocilizumab

  3. serum interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor as biomarkers of clinical outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab [ Time Frame: 48 hours post treatment ]
    to evaluate the role of laboratory markers as predictors of survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients treated with tocilizumab

  4. serum interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor as biomarkers of clinical outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab [ Time Frame: on Day 7 ]
    to evaluate the role of laboratory markers as predictors of survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients treated with tocilizumab

  5. serum interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor as biomarkers of clinical outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia treated with tocilizumab [ Time Frame: on Day 28 ]
    to evaluate the role of laboratory markers as predictors of survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients treated with tocilizumab


Eligibility Criteria
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information

Information from the National Library of Medicine

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.


Layout table for eligibility information
Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients ≥18 yrs with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (and/or ARDS) confirmed per WHO criteria, and evidence of pulmonary infiltration (by chest X-ray and/or CT scan), including a virological confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection by PCR of any specimen; e.g., respiratory, blood, urine, stool, other bodily fluid. At enrollment, patients have to fulfill criteria of local recommendations for tocilizumab treatment: hypoxemia regardless of the oxygenation method including low-flow oxygen administration on nasal cannula or mask with oxygen flow rate of > 12 liters per minute, high-flow oxygen through nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation whatever the modalities of ventilation, invasive ventilation through tracheal intubation or tracheostomy, and extracorporeal oxygenation, despite being on SOC, which may include anti-viral treatment, low dose steroids, antimalarials and supportive treatment and care.
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed Informed Consent Form by any patient capable of giving consent, or, when the patient is not capable of giving consent, by his or her legal/authorized representative
  • Age ≥18years at time of signing Informed Consent Form
  • Ability to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment
  • Hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 pneumonia (and/or ARDS) confirmed per World Health Organization criteria, and evidence of pulmonary infiltration (by chest X-ray and/or CT scan), including a virological confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection by positive PCR of any specimen; e.g., respiratory, blood, urine, stool, other bodily fluid
  • Hypoxemia (defined as a PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤300 mmHg and/or SpO2≤93%) regardless of their oxygenation device (including low-flow oxygen administration on nasal cannula or mask with oxygen flow rate of > 12 liters per minute), high-flow oxygen through nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) whatever the modalities of ventilation, invasive ventilation through tracheal intubation or tracheostomy, and extracorporeal oxygenation, despite being on SOC, which may include anti-viral treatment, low dose steroids, and supportive care

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known severe allergic reactions to TCZ or other monoclonal antibodies
  • Active TB infection
  • Suspected active bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infection (besides COVID-19)
  • In the opinion of the investigator, progression to death is imminent and inevitable within the next 24 hours, irrespective of the provision of treatments
  • Have received oral anti-rejection or immunomodulatory drugs (including TCZ) within the past 6 months
  • alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >10 times the upper limit of the normality detected within 24 hours at screening or at baseline
  • absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1000/µL at screening and baseline
  • Platelet count <50,000/µL at screening and baseline
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding, or positive pregnancy test in a pre-dose examination
  • Any serious medical condition or abnormality of clinical laboratory tests that, in the investigator's judgment, precludes the patient's safe participation in the study
Contacts and Locations
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information

Information from the National Library of Medicine

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04359667


Contacts
Layout table for location contacts
Contact: Rok Civljak, MD, PhD ++385914012547 rcivljak@bfm.hr
Contact: Arijana Pavelic, BA ++385914012584 apavelic@bfm.hr

Locations
Layout table for location information
Croatia
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic" Recruiting
Zagreb, Croatia, 10000
Contact: Rok Civljak, MD, PhD    ++385914012547    rcivljak@bfm.hr   
Contact: Arijana Pavelic, BA    ++385914012584    apavelic@bfm.hr   
Principal Investigator: Rok Civljak, MD, PhD         
Principal Investigator: Miroslav Mayer, MD, PhD         
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Croatia
Investigators
Layout table for investigator information
Principal Investigator: Rok Civljak, MD, PhD University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic"
More Information
Go to 
Top of Page Study Description Study Design Groups and Cohorts Outcome Measures Eligibility Criteria Contacts and Locations More Information
Layout table for additonal information
Responsible Party: University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Croatia
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04359667    
Other Study ID Numbers: UHID-04
First Posted: April 24, 2020    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 12, 2020
Last Verified: June 2020
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Undecided

Layout table for additional information
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: No
Keywords provided by University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Croatia:
COVID-19
severe pneumonia
Interleukin-6
tocilizumab
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Layout table for MeSH terms
COVID-19
Pneumonia
Respiratory Tract Infections
Infections
Pneumonia, Viral
Virus Diseases
 Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviridae Infections
Nidovirales Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases