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Investigational COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Infusion for Severely or Life-threateningly Ill COVID-19 Patients

An expanded access record providing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19, SARS-CoV 2 and SARS-CoV Infection, sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. No longer available at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-28.

Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Expanded access

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

This is an expanded access program providing COVID-19 convalescent plasma to patients hospitalized with severely or life-threateningly ill COVID-19.

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This expanded access program provides hospitalized patients who are severely or life-threateningly ill with COVID-19 access to investigational COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP). A clinical team comprised of Infectious Disease specialists, Pulmonary/Critical Care specialists and Hospitalists identify appropriate patients in accordance with FDA recommendations for patient eligibility and the daily availability of ABO-compatible CCP. CCP is obtained through New York Blood Center and American Red Cross in coordination with the University Hospital Blood Bank. Safety outcomes include monitoring for transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) and any allergic reactions.Patients admitted to our institution prior to the availability of CCP will be separately reviewed.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV 2
  • SARS-CoV Infection

Keywords

  • COVID-19 convalescent plasma
  • convalescent plasma transfusion
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In context

COVID-19

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Lead sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the lead sponsor of 504 studies on the registry; 131 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Laboratory confirmed COVID-19.
  2. Severe or life-threatening COVID-19. a) Severe disease is defined as one or more of the following: i) dyspnea, ii) respiratory frequency ≥ 30/min, iii) blood oxygen saturation ≤ 93%, iv) partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio \< 300, and/or v) lung infiltrates > 50% within 24 to 48 hours b) Life-threatening disease is defined as one or more of the following: i) respiratory failure, ii) septic shock, and/or iii) multiple organ dysfunction or failure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Contraindication to transfusion (severe volume overload, history of anaphylaxis to blood products)
  2. Severe multi-organ failure and hemodynamic instability requiring high doses of pressor agents
  3. Other documented uncontrolled infection
  4. Severe DIC needing factor replacement, FFP, cryoprecipitate
  5. Acute renal failure requiring dialysis
  6. Active intracranial bleeding
  7. Clinically significant myocardial ischemia
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Access details

Study type
Expanded access
Access type
Individual patients · Intermediate-size population

Available treatment

  • COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients transfusion into severely or life-threateningly ill COVID-19 infected patients

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Where to request access

2 sites
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Newark, New Jersey 07103, United States
  • University Hospital
    Newark, New Jersey 07103, United States
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References and documents

Publications

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  • Arabi YM, Hajeer AH, Luke T, Raviprakash K, Balkhy H, Johani S, Al-Dawood A, Al-Qahtani S, Al-Omari A, Al-Hameed F, Hayden FG, Fowler R, Bouchama A, Shindo N, Al-Khairy K, Carson G, Taha Y, Sadat M, Alahmadi M. Feasibility of Using Convalescent Plasma Immunotherapy for MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):1554-61. doi: 10.3201/eid2209.151164. PubMed 27532807 ↗
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  • Shen C, Wang Z, Zhao F, Yang Y, Li J, Yuan J, Wang F, Li D, Yang M, Xing L, Wei J, Xiao H, Yang Y, Qu J, Qing L, Chen L, Xu Z, Peng L, Li Y, Zheng H, Chen F, Huang K, Jiang Y, Liu D, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Liu L. Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma. JAMA. 2020 Apr 28;323(16):1582-1589. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.4783. PubMed 32219428 ↗
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  • Duan K, Liu B, Li C, Zhang H, Yu T, Qu J, Zhou M, Chen L, Meng S, Hu Y, Peng C, Yuan M, Huang J, Wang Z, Yu J, Gao X, Wang D, Yu X, Li L, Zhang J, Wu X, Li B, Xu Y, Chen W, Peng Y, Hu Y, Lin L, Liu X, Huang S, Zhou Z, Zhang L, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Deng K, Xia Z, Gong Q, Zhang W, Zheng X, Liu Y, Yang H, Zhou D, Yu D, Hou J, Shi Z, Chen S, Chen Z, Zhang X, Yang X. Effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy in severe COVID-19 patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Apr 28;117(17):9490-9496. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004168117. Epub 2020 Apr 6. PubMed 32253318 ↗
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Study documents

  • Informed consent form · May 1, 2020

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 28, 2023, 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
NCT04420988
Collaborators
University Hospital - Newark, NJ
Responsible party
Marc Klapholz, M.D. (Chair, Department of Medicine; Chief of Medicine Service, University Hospital, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 9, 2020
Last update
Nov 28, 2023

Study contacts

Marc Klapholz, MD, MBA
principal investigator · Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; University Hospital
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