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No longer availableNCT04355494Updated Mar 9, 2021

SOLIRIS® (Eculizumab) Treatment of Participants With COVID-19

An expanded access record providing eculizumab in COVID-19, Pneumonia, Viral and Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), sponsored by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. No longer available at 12 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-09.

Sponsored by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Expanded access

Study type
Expanded access
Access type
Intermediate-size population
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This protocol provides access to eculizumab treatment for participants with severe COVID-19.

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This is an open label, multicenter, Expanded Access Program (EAP) to allow participants with a confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and a clinical presentation consistent with COVID-19 severe pneumonia, acute lung injury, or ARDS to be treated with eculizumab. Participants admitted to a designated hospital facility who qualify for emergency treatment will be administered eculizumab up to 7 times during their treatment course (5 mandatory doses and up to 2 optional doses, per Investigator assessment).

The EAP consists of a Screening Period of up to 7 days, a 4-week Treatment Period, a final in-hospital assessment on Day 29 or day of discharge, whichever occurs first, and 3 monthly safety follow up visits (to be conducted as a telephone call if the participant has been discharged from the hospital or an in-person visit if the participant is still hospitalized).

For each participant, the total duration of the program is anticipated to be 4.5 months.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Keywords

  • acute lung injury
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • antibodies, monoclonal, humanized
  • complement inhibition
  • COVID-19
  • eculizumab
  • emergency treatment
  • expanded access program
  • hospitalization
  • pneumonia
  • severe acute respiratory syndrome
  • severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
  • severe pneumonia
  • Soliris
  • viral
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In context

COVID-19

7,638 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

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Lead sponsor

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 249 studies on the registry; 25 are open to participants now.

Of its 98 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 70 (71%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All

Inclusion criteria

  1. Males or females ≥ 18 years of age and ≥ 40 kg at the time of providing informed consent.
  2. Confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting as severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization
  3. Symptomatic, bilateral pulmonary infiltrates confirmed by CT or X-ray at Screening or within the 7 days prior to Screening
  4. Severe pneumonia, acute lung injury, or ARDS requiring oxygen supplementation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting as mild to moderate COVID-19, even if the participant is hospitalized
  2. Participant is not expected to survive more than 24 hours
  3. Participant has an unresolved Neisseria meningitidis infection
  4. Hypersensitivity to murine proteins or to one of the excipients of Soliris
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Access details

Study type
Expanded access
Access type
Intermediate-size population

Available treatment

  • Biologicaleculizumab

    Eculizumab at doses of 900-1200 mg will be administered intravenously (up to 7 doses)

    Also known as: Soliris

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Where to request access

12 sites
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California 90048, United States
  • Boston Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts 02118, United States
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
    Newton, Massachusetts 02462, United States
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York 10029, United States
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
  • Hôpital Henri Mondor
    Creteil, 94000, France
  • Hôpital Garches Raymond Poincaré
    Garches, 92380, France
  • Hôpital de Bicêtre
    Le Kremlin Bicêtre, 94275, France
  • Hôpital Saint Louis
    Paris, 75010, France
  • Hôpital Paul Brousse
    Villejuif, 94800, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Burwick RM, Dellapiana G, Newman RA, Smithson SD, Naqvi M, Williams J 3rd, Wong MS, Bautista M, Gaden A, Kazani SD, Dunn DA, Ma MH, Mitter S, Monteleone JPR, Ortiz SR, Ghandehari S, Merin N, Zakowski MI, Karumanchi SA. Complement blockade with eculizumab for treatment of severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 in pregnancy: A case series. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2022 Aug;88(2):e13559. doi: 10.1111/aji.13559. Epub 2022 May 12. PubMed 35514201 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 9, 2021, 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
NCT04355494
Lead sponsor
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 21, 2020
Last update
Mar 9, 2021
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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