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Status unknownNCT04252274DC-COVID-19Updated Apr 13, 2020

Efficacy and Safety of Darunavir and Cobicistat for Treatment of COVID-19

A Phase 3 interventional study of Darunavir and Cobicistat in Pneumonia, Pneumocystis and Coronavirus, sponsored by Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Status unknown at 2 sites in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-13.

Sponsored by Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of darunavir and cobistastat in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia

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There is no vaccine or antiviral treatment for human coronavirus, so this study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of darunavir and cobistastat in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia.

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Conditions studied

  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
  • Coronavirus

Keywords

  • Pneumonia
  • COVID-19
  • Darunavir
  • Cobicistat
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In context

COVID-19

7,641 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 487 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 100 across 4,100 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center is the lead sponsor of 37 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • The participants were diagnosed as COVID-19 pneumonia, according to the notice on printing and distributing the diagnosis and treatment plan of pneumonia with new coronavirus infection (trial version 4 or update version) made by National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.
  • Written the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hypersensitivity to darunavir, cobicistat, or any excipients
  • Patients with severe liver injury (Child-Pugh Class C)
  • Concomitant medications that are highly dependent on CYP3A clearance, and the elevated plasma concentrations are associated with serious or life-threatening events.
  • Subjects were considered to be unable to complete the study, or not suitable for the study by researchers

Exit criteria:

  • Subjects asked to withdraw the study
  • Subject will benefit if withdraw according to researchers' suggestions
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Darunavir, Cobicistat and conventional treatments

    After randomization, subjects take darunavir and cobicistat one tablet per day for 5 days, also take conventional treatments.

    Drug: Darunavir and Cobicistat

  • No intervention
    Conventional treatments

    After randomization, subjects take conventional treatments without darunavir and cobicistat.

Interventions

  • DrugDarunavir and Cobicistat

    Subjects take darunavir and cobicistat one tablet per day for 5 days, also take conventional treatments

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The virological clearance rate of throat swabs, sputum, or lower respiratory tract secretions at day 7

    Time frame: 7 days after randomization

Secondary outcomes

  1. The virological clearance rate of throat swabs, sputum, or lower respiratory tract secretions at day 3

    Time frame: 3 days after randomization

  2. The virological clearance rate of throat swabs, sputum, or lower respiratory tract secretions at day 5

    Time frame: 5 days after randomization

  3. Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: 14 days after randomization

  4. The critical illness rate of subjects at weeks 2

    The diagnosis of critical illness case was based on the notice on printing and distributing the diagnosis and treatment plan of pneumonia with new coronavirus infection (trial version 4) made by National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.

    Time frame: 14 days after randomization

  5. The mortality rate of subjects at weeks 2

    Time frame: 14 days after randomization

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai 201508, China
    • Hongzhou Lu · Contact · 008602137990333
    Recruiting
  • Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Chen J, Xia L, Liu L, Xu Q, Ling Y, Huang D, Huang W, Song S, Xu S, Shen Y, Lu H. Antiviral Activity and Safety of Darunavir/Cobicistat for the Treatment of COVID-19. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 21;7(7):ofaa241. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa241. eCollection 2020 Jul. PubMed 32671131 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 13, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04252274
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center
Responsible party
Hongzhou Lu (professor, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 5, 2020
Start date
Jan 30, 2020
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 13, 2020

Study contacts

Hongzhou Lu, Ph.D
Contact
luhongzhou@fudan.edu.cn
+86-021-37990333 ext. 3222
Hongzhou Lu, PI
Contact
luhongzhou@fudan.edu.cn
+86-021-37990333 ext. 3222

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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