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CompletedNCT04618042FX-COVIDUpdated Jun 22, 2021

FX06 to Rescue Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome During Covid-19 Pneumonia

A Phase 2 interventional study of FX06 and Placebo of FX06 in Ards, Covid19 and Pneumonia, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 3 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-22.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Vascular leakage following endothelial injury, responsible for interstitial and alveolar edema, is a major feature of pathogen induced acute lung injury. As acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to pandemic Covid-19 is associated with more than 60% mortality, controlling vascular leakage may be a major target to decrease the mortality associated with the spreading of the disease in France.

FX06, a drug under clinical development containing fibrin-derived peptide beta15-42, is able to stabilize cell-cell interactions, thereby reducing vascular leak and mortality in several animal models, particularly during lipopolysaccharide-induced and dengue hemorrhagic shock . A phase I study was conducted in humans, with no specific adverse event detected with a dose up to 17.5 mg/kg. In a phase II randomized multicentre double-blinded trial in 234 patients suffering from ST+ acute coronary syndrome, FX06 treated patients exhibited a 58% decrease in the early necrotic core zone. Importantly, adverse events were highly comparable between groups, indicating a high safety profile for the drug . Lastly, the drug was used as a salvage therapy in a patient exhibiting a severe ARDS following EBOLA virus infection . Altogether, those data indicate that FX06 is well tolerated in humans and is a potent regulator of vascular leakage.

Our hypothesis here is that FX06 may decrease pulmonary vascular hyperpermeability during ARDS following SARS-CoV-2 infection, thereby improving gas exchanges and the outcome of infected patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Ards
  • Covid19
  • Pneumonia

Keywords

  • FX06
  • Pulmonary vascular hyperpermeability
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In context

Acute Lung Injury

994 studies on the registry are indexed under Acute Lung Injury; 156 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 56 across 564 interventional studies indexed under Acute Lung Injury.

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Lead sponsor

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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. Age ≥ 18 years
  2. SARS-CoV-2 induced pneumonia confirmed by a positive PCR test in nasopharyngeal swab or respiratory tract secretions and ≤ 85 years
  3. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) according to Berlin criteria (bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on frontal chest x-ray, PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤300 mmHg, objective assessment excluding hydrostatic pulmonary edema)
  4. Need for endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
  5. Informed consent by patient or legal representative. According to the specifications of emergency consent, randomization without the close relative or surrogate consent could be performed.
  6. Affiliated to a social security system
  7. Highly effective method of contraception and negative highly sensitive pregnancy test, for women of childbearing potential

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Mechanically ventilation for more than 4 days
  2. Patient receiving drugs interfering with inflammation: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, immunoglobulins.
  3. Patients receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy for malignancy
  4. Participation in another interventional clinical trial
  5. Pregnant or lactating women
  6. Patient moribund on the day of randomization, defined by a SAPS-II score>90
  7. Contra-indication for vascular access implantation for transpulmonary thermodilution monitoring
  8. Severe or terminal renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance \<30 ml/min)
  9. Severe hepatic insufficiency (hepatic SOFA score>2)
  10. Severe cardiac insufficiency, with left ventricular ejection fraction\<30%
  11. Any history of severe allergic drug reaction (anaphylactic shock or allergic angioedema)
  12. Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision (guardianship or tutelage measure)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    FX06

    Drug: FX06

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Drug: Placebo of FX06

Interventions

  • DrugFX06

    FX06 i.v.: 400 mg per day (divided in two injections) during 5 days

  • DrugPlacebo of FX06

    Placebo i.v.: 400 mg per day (divided in two injections) during 5 days

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in extravascular lung water index (EVLWi)

    Assessed by transpulmonary thermodilution Transpulmonary thermodilution systems, part of the standard management in ICU, allow a direct evaluation of vascular hyperpermeability in the lungs using thermodilution technique. EVLWi is a reliable parameter, independently associated with mortality during ARDS

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evolution of daily extravascular lung water index (EVLWi)

    measured by transpulmonary thermodilution during 7 days

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  2. Evolution of daily cardiac index

    measured by transpulmonary thermodilution during 7 days

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  3. Evolution of global end-diastolic volume index

    measured by transpulmonary thermodilution during 7 days

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  4. Evolution of pulmonary vascular permeability index

    measured by transpulmonary thermodilution during 7 days

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  5. Overall survival

    Time frame: Day 30

  6. Mortality rate in ICU and in hospital

    Time frame: Through study completion an average of 2 months

  7. Rate of withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatments decision

    Time frame: Day 30

  8. Daily weight

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  9. Daily fluid balance

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  10. Evolution of albuminemia

    Evolution of blood biological criteria (g/L)

    Time frame: Between Day 1 and Day 7

  11. Duration of mechanical ventilation

    Time frame: Day 30

  12. Proportion of participants alive and off invasive mechanical ventilation

    Time frame: Day 30

  13. Evolution of Murray ARDS severity score

    Time frame: Day 1 to day 15

  14. Evolution of radiological Weinberg score

    Scale from 0 to 12 better with higher score indicating more severe radiological pulmonary severity

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 30

  15. Evolution of pulmonary Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) score.

    Scale from 0 to 4 betterwith higher score indicating more severe pulmonary disease

    Time frame: Day 1 to day 15

  16. Rate of rescue therapy with Veino-veinous V-ECMO

    Time frame: Through study completion an average of 2 months

  17. Evolution of SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) score

    Scale from 0 to 24, lower is better.

    Time frame: Day 15

  18. Organ failure free days

    one or more SOFA sub-score \>=3

    Time frame: Day 15

  19. Renal replacement therapy free days

    Time frame: Day 30

  20. Duration of renal replacement therapy free days

    Time frame: Day 30

  21. Nature and frequency of adverse events

    Time frame: Through study completion an average of 2 months

  22. Evolution of FX06 concentration

    measured at day 1 at time 0 (before FX06 application) and after 5, 15, 30, 60 min

    Time frame: Day 1

  23. Immunogenicity (antibody against FX06) induced by the drug, performed by ELISA according to manufacturer's procedure

    A test for immunogenicity will be performed on a serum sample at day 7 (2 days after the end of treatment administration) to detect any antibody against FX06. The assay will consist in a three-fold procedure, as recommended by the manufacturer. An initial screening assay will qualitatively measure antibodies to FX06. Samples deemed positive will be subject to a confirmatory assay, which will determine the specificity of the detected antibody against FX06. The third tier of the assay will consist in titre analysis to semi-quantitatively assess the antibody response.

    Time frame: Day 7

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation - CHU Angers
    Angers, 49933, France
  • Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation - CHI de Poissy
    Chambourcy, 78240, France
  • Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
    Paris, 75013, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Guerin E, Belin L, Franchineau G, Le Guennec L, Hajage D, Diallo MH, Frapard T, Le Fevre L, Luyt CE, Combes A, Germain S, Hayon J, Asfar P, Brechot N. FX06 to rescue SARS-CoV-2-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized clinical trial. Crit Care. 2023 Aug 29;27(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04616-1. PubMed 37641136 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 22, 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
NCT04618042
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 5, 2020
Start date
Nov 13, 2020
Primary completion
May 14, 2021
Completion
Jun 13, 2021
Last update
Jun 22, 2021

Oversight

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