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Efficacy and Safety of Sirolimus in COVID-19 Infection

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04461340
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : July 8, 2020
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2020
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud Mohamed Elsayed , MD, Alexandria University

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This research is planned to illustrate the efficacy and safety of sirolimus as an adjuvant agent to the standard treatment protocol against COVID-19 infection

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
COVID 19 Drug: Sirolimus Phase 2

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Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 40 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: single-blinded randomized clinical trial in which participants will be randomly assigned to one of the study groups using block randomization with a ratio of 1:1.
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Efficacy and Safety of Sirolimus for Treating COVID-19 Infection
Actual Study Start Date : August 15, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : October 30, 2020
Estimated Study Completion Date : November 30, 2020

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Drug Information available for: Sirolimus

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Group A
20 patients will receive sirolimus ( oral dose of 6 mg on day 1 followed by 2 mg daily for 9 days) plus national standard of care therapy against COVID 19
 Drug: Sirolimus
oral dose of 6 mg on day1 followed by 2 mg daily for 9 days
Other Name: Rapamune
No Intervention: Group B
20 patients will receive only national standard of care therapy against COVID 19


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Time to clinical recovery [ Time Frame: 14-28 days ]
    The duration from start of treatment to normalization of pyrexia, respiratory rate ,O2 saturation and relief of cough that is maintained for at least 72 hours.

  2. Viral clearance [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
    Two successive negative COVID-19 PCR analysis tests 48-72 hours apart


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. radiological lung extension [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
    Evaluate the lung extension of pneumonia at day 14

  2. drug adverse events [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
    incidence and type of adverse events

  3. 28 day mortality [ Time Frame: 28 day ]
    number of deaths to total number of patients

  4. intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
    deteriorated patients who need admission to intensive care unit

  5. Duration of hospital stay [ Time Frame: 28 days ]
    duration from hospitalization to discharge


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults (˃18 years) COVID-19 positive patients (confirmed by PCR).
  • Moderate infection ( pneumonia ± leucopenia or lymphopenia ).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe or life threatening COVID infection: Severe disease is defined as: dyspnea, respiratory frequency ≥ 30/min, blood oxygen saturation ≤ 93%, partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio < 300, and/or lung infiltrates > 50% within 24 to 48 hours. Life threatening disease is defined as: respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure .
  • Pregnant or lactating females.
  • Participation in any investigational clinical study, other than observational, within the past 30 days; or plans to participate in such a study at any time from the day of enrollment until 30 days post-treatment in the current study.
  • Allergy or hypersensitivity to sirolimus.
  • Taking immunosuppressive drugs.
  • Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 30 ml/min by CKD-EPI equation.
  • liver cirrhosis .
  • Decompensated heart failure.
  • known active tuberculosis (TB) or history of incompletely treated TB.
  • Uncontrolled systemic bacterial or fungal infections.
  • Drugs that may affect sirolimus level: antifungals, diltiazem, verapamil, nicardipine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, rifampicin, carbamazepine.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04461340


Contacts
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Contact: Mohamed Mamdouh Elsayed, MD 00201068055103 dr_mohamedmamdouh87@yahoo.com
Contact: Ayman I Baess, MD 00201006822068 Ayman.baeis@yahoo.com

Locations
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Egypt
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt Recruiting
Alexandria, Egypt, 21526
Contact: Mohamed Mamdouh Elsayed, MD    00201068055103    dr_mohamedmamdouh87@yahoo.com   
Sponsors and Collaborators
Alexandria University
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Mohamed Mamdouh Elsayed, MD lecturer
Study Chair: Ayman I Baess, MD Associate professor
Study Chair: Heba M El weshahi, MD professor
Study Chair: Nermine H Zakaria, MD professor
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Responsible Party: Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud Mohamed Elsayed , MD, lecturer, Alexandria University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04461340    
Other Study ID Numbers: sirolimus in COVID 19
First Posted: July 8, 2020    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 9, 2020
Last Verified: September 2020
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Undecided

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud Mohamed Elsayed , MD, Alexandria University:
sirolimus
COVID 19
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Infection
Sirolimus
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
 Antineoplastic Agents
Antifungal Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs