An Adaptive Study of Favipiravir Compared to Standard of Care in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04434248 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified June 2020 by Chromis LLC.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 16, 2020
Last Update Posted : June 16, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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COVID-19 | Drug: Favipiravir Drug: Standard of Care | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
At the pilot stage: upon signing the informed consent form and screening, 60 eligible patients with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia are randomized at a 1:1:1 ratio to receive either Favipiravir 1600 mg twice a day (BID) on Day 1 followed by 600 mg BID on Days 2-14 (1600/600 mg), or Favipiravir 1800 mg BID on Day 1 followed by 800 mg BID on Days 2-14 (1800/800 mg), or SOC.
At the pivotal stage: additional 270 eligible patients are randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive either Favipiravir (the dose regimen depends of the subject's weight) or SOC.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 330 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | This is an adaptive, multicenter, open-label, randomized clinical study of Favipiravir versus standard of care (SOC) in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia. |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Adaptive, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Comparative Clinical Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Favipiravir in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 23, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | July 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 2020 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Favipiravir, lower dose (pilot stage)
1600mg BID on the 1st day followed by 600mg BID for 13 days
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Drug: Favipiravir
200 mg coated tablets
Other Name: Avifavir |
Experimental: Favipiravir, higher dose (pilot stage)
1800mg BID on the 1st day followed by 800mg BID for 13 days
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Drug: Favipiravir
200 mg coated tablets
Other Name: Avifavir |
Active Comparator: Standard of care (pilot stage)
Based on approved clinical recommendations for treatment of COVID-19 in the Russian Federation (but not Favipiravir). Might include hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir or other recommended schemes.
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Drug: Standard of Care
Standard of Care will be prescribed in accordance with the recommended treatment regimens presented in the Russian guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 according to the decision of the Investigator.
Other Name: Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, etc. |
Experimental: Favipiravir, selected dose (pivotal stage)
The dose will be selected based on pilot study results.
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Drug: Favipiravir
200 mg coated tablets
Other Name: Avifavir |
Active Comparator: Standard of care (pivotal stage)
Based on approved clinical recommendations for treatment of COVID-19 in the Russian Federation (but not Favipiravir). Might include hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir or other recommended schemes.
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Drug: Standard of Care
Standard of Care will be prescribed in accordance with the recommended treatment regimens presented in the Russian guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 according to the decision of the Investigator.
Other Name: Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, etc. |
- Rate of viral elimination by Day 10 [pilot stage, dose selection] [ Time Frame: 10 Days ]Percent of patients with undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA level on Day 10
- Time to viral elimination [pivotal stage] [ Time Frame: 28 Days ]Median time to reach undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA level
- Time to clinical improvement [pivotal stage] [ Time Frame: 28 Days ]Median time reach clinical improvement (2 points of the Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement) or discharge from the hospital
- Rate of viral elimination [ Time Frame: Days 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 ]Percent of patients with undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA level
- Time to normalization of clinical symptoms [ Time Frame: 28 Days ]Median time [days] to reach normal levels of clinical indicators (body temperature, SpO2, breathing rate)
- Duration of oxygen therapy [ Time Frame: 28 Days ]Mean duration of oxygen therapy [days]
- Change in the level of lung damage according to CT [ Time Frame: Days 15, 22, and 29 ]Change of lung damage level according to CT comparing to baseline [% of patients]
- Rate of transfer to the intensive care unit [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Percent of patients transferred to the intensive care unit [% of patients]
- Rate of the use of non-invasive lung ventilation [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Percent of patients undergoing non-invasive lung ventilation [% of patients]
- Rate of the use of mechanical ventilation [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Percent of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation [% of patients]
- Mortality [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Percent of patients died within 28-days period [% of patients]
- Peak plasma concentration (Cmax) [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]Determination of Cmax [ng/ml]
- Time to peak plasma concentration (Tmax) [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]Determination of Tmax [h]
- Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC0-t) [ Time Frame: 10 days ]Determination of AUC0-t [ng*h/ml]
- Trough plasma concentration (Ctrough) [ Time Frame: 10 days ]Determination of Ctrough [ng/ml]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Signed Patient Information Sheet and Informed Consent form to participate in the study.
- Men and women aged 18 years and older.
- Patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19.
- The diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed by positive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2, performed no earlier than 7 days before hospitalization or at screening.
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Moderate severity of COVID-19 with pneumonia with at least 1 of the following symptoms:
- Fever above 38 °C;
- Cough;
- Shortness of breath during physical exertion;
- C reactive protein (CRP) of blood serum > 10 mg/l;
- SpO2 < 95%
- The capability of oral drug administration.
- The patients' consent to use adequate contraception methods during the study (condom with spermicide) and for 3 months following completion.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Severe type of disease, with at least one of the following criteria:
- Frequency of breath > 35 per minute, which does not decrease after the body temperature drops to normal or subfebrile values;
- Blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) < 90% at rest;
- Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) < 60 mm Hg;
- Oxygenation index (RaO2/FiO2) ≤ 200 mm Hg;
- Partial pressure of CO2 in arterial blood (PaCO2) < 60 mm Hg;
- Septic shock.
- Patients treated with lopinavir/ritonavir, ribavirin, arbidol, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, mefloquine, favipiravir within 7 days prior to screening.
- Severe cardiovascular diseases currently or 6 months prior to randomization, including: New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV chronic heart failure, clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation), unstable angina, myocardial infarction, heart and coronary vessel surgery, significant valvular heart disease, uncontrolled arterial hypertension with systolic blood pressure > 180 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure > 110 mm Hg, pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis.
- Severe chronic renal impairment (GFR < 30 ml / min) or continuous renal replacement therapy, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- A history of cirrhosis or an increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and / or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5 times × upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Severe diseases of the central nervous system, including seizures in history or conditions that may lead to their development; stroke or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to screening; head injuries or loss of consciousness within 12 months prior to screening; a brain tumor.
- Significant uncontrolled concomitant disease, e.g. neurological, renal, hepatic, endocrinological or gastrointestinal disorder which according to the Investigator, could prevent the patient from participating in the study
- Malignancies that require chemotherapy within 6 months prior to screening.
- Known HIV infection
- Hypersensitivity to any component of the study drug.
- Participation in other clinical studies or taking other study drugs within 28 days prior to screening.
- Pregnant or lactating women or women planning to get pregnant during the clinical study; women of child-bearing potential (including non-sterilized by surgical means and during the post-menopause period less than 2 years) who do not use adequate contraception methods.
- Inability to read or write, unwillingness to understand and follow procedures of study protocol, as well as any other concomitant medical or serious mental conditions that make the patient unfit to participate in the study, limit the legality of obtaining informed consent or can affect patient's ability to participate in the study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04434248

Principal Investigator: | Elena Pavlikova, MD,PhD,Prof | Moscow State University n.a. M.V. Lomonosov | |
Principal Investigator: | Nikita Lomakin, MD,PhD | Central Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic |
Responsible Party: | Chromis LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04434248 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
COVID-FPR-01 |
First Posted: | June 16, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 16, 2020 |
Last Verified: | June 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
SARS-CoV-2 2019-nCoV |
COVID-19 Respiratory Tract Infections Infections Pneumonia, Viral Pneumonia Virus Diseases Coronavirus Infections Coronaviridae Infections Nidovirales Infections RNA Virus Infections Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Ritonavir Lopinavir Hydroxychloroquine |
Chloroquine Favipiravir HIV Protease Inhibitors Viral Protease Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-HIV Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Antimalarials Antiprotozoal Agents |