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CompletedNCT04890626Updated Mar 6, 2024

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Different Treatments in Patients With COVID-19

A Phase 3 interventional study of Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 200 MG-245 MG Oral Tablet [TRUVADA] and Baricitinib + dexamethasone in SARS-CoV-2 Infection, sponsored by Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-06.

Sponsored by Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2020, registered May 2021).
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
356
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Currently COVID-19 is an international public health emergency. Most COVID-19 patients have mild or uncomplicated disease, but approximately 14% develop severe disease that requires hospitalization and oxygen therapy, and up to 5% of patients require admission to Intensive Care Units.

To date, the only treatments that have shown efficacy in a clinical trial are remdesivir and dexamethasone. The main objective is to provide reliable estimates on the effects of different treatment strategies on the outcome and mortality of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Conditions studied

  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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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 enrollment of 356 is above the median of 100 across 4,100 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz is the lead sponsor of 100 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.

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
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

First randomization

Inclusion criteria.

  • Men and women agree to participate in the study by signing the informed consent.
  • Men and women aged ≥ 60 years.
  • Men and women aged ≥18 years \<60 years with ≥ 2 comorbidities of the following: hypertension, obesity, diabetes, cirrhosis, chronic neurological disease, active cancer, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, COPD.
  • Patient with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by PCR or rapid diagnostic test prior to randomization.
  • Patients with symptoms and signs compatible with active infection.
  • Men and women of reproductive capacity must agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods (diaphragm plus spermicide or male condom plus spermicide, oral contraceptive combined with a second method of contraceptive implant, injectable contraceptive, permanent intrauterine device, sexual abstinence or vasectomy) during your participation in the study and within 30 days of the last visit.
  • In addition, women participating in the study with reproductive capacity must have a negative pregnancy test at the time of inclusion.

Exclusion criteria.

  • Patients participating in any other clinical trial with drugs with potential antiviral action for SARS-CoV-2
  • Concomitant treatment with drugs other than the treatments included in this study with demonstrated or potential action against SARS-CoV-2 in the 24 hours prior to the administration of the study treatment.
  • Patients who are already receiving any of the study drugs.
  • Patients treated with corticosteroids at immunosuppressive doses (15 mg / day in the 7 days prior to the onset of symptoms).
  • Evidence of multi-organ failure.
  • HIV positive, confirmed by rapid test before inclusion.
  • Patients who require reservoir, mechanical ventilation or present acute respiratory distress criteria at the time of inclusion.
  • ALT or AST> 5 times the upper limit of normal during screening.
  • Creatinine clearance less than 60 ml / min during screening.
  • Pregnancy test with positive result during screening.
  • Women who are breastfeeding.
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the drugs in the treatment branches of the study, their metabolites or excipients.
  • Patients who receive medication incompatible with the study drugs after reviewing possible interactions.
  • Patients who present any contraindication or condition that is included in the section on warnings and special precautions for the use of the technical sheets of the drugs under study (Emtricitabine / Tenofovir disoproxil, and remdesivir) or any other reason that the research team has criteria is reason. not to be included in the study.
  • Subjects who are not able to understand the information sheet and are unable to sign the informed consent

Second randomization (if applicable):

Patients already included in the study and initially randomized may be re-randomized at any time if they present an O2 Sat \<95% (need for oxygen therapy) and at least 1 marker of inflammation of the following: IL-6, CRP, D-Dimer , LDH, or ferritin above the upper limit of the normal range. This randomization can only be done in hospitalized patients. Patients will receive one of the following arms of treatment:

  • Baricitinib and dexamethasone
  • Dexamethasone

Exclusion criteria (rescue randomization):

  • Non-hospitalized patient
  • Being receiving cytotoxic or biological treatments (such as TNF inhibitors, anti interleukin 1, anti-interleukin 6 (tocilizumab or sarilumab), therapies against B or T cells (rituximab), interferon or Janus kinase inhibitors.
  • Have ever received convalescent plasma or intravenous immunoglobulins.
  • Suspicion of suffering from another serious bacterial, fungal or viral infection in addition to COVID-19 that in the opinion of the researcher could be a risk to receive the research products.
  • Have received a live vaccine 4 weeks before screening
  • Require mechanical ventilation or ECMO
  • Patient with a history of thromboembolic disease: deep vein thrombosis and / or pulmonary embolism within 12 weeks prior to randomization or have a history of recurrent thromboembolic disease
  • Neutropenia \<1000 cells / μL
  • Lymphopenia \<200 cells / μL
  • GOT or GPT> 5 times the upper limit of normal
  • MDRD \<30 mL / min
  • History of hypersensitivity to baricitinib or its components.
  • Pregnant or planning pregnancy or lactating during the study
  • Are using or will be using a blood purification instrument to remove pro-inflammatory cytokines.
  • A life expectancy \<48 hours from screening.
  • Contraindication to take the study medication or investigator criteria.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Main randomization.Arm: Emtricitabine / Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

    Emtricitabine / Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate

    Drug: Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 200 MG-245 MG Oral Tablet [TRUVADA]

  • No intervention
    Main randomization.Arm: No treatment

    No treatment

  • Other
    Rescue randomization: Arm: Dexamethasone + Baricitinib

    Rescue randomization: patients with oxygen requirements, O2 Sat \<95% at any time, and at least one of the following inflammation markers: IL-6, CRP, D-dimer, LDH or ferritin above the upper limit of the normal range. Arms: Dexamethasone + Baricitinib or Dexamethasone.

    Drug: Baricitinib + dexamethasone

  • Other
    Rescue randomization: Arm: Dexamethasone

    Rescue randomization: patients with oxygen requirements, O2 Sat \<95% at any time, and at least one of the following inflammation markers: IL-6, CRP, D-dimer, LDH or ferritin above the upper limit of the normal range. Arms: Dexamethasone + Baricitinib or Dexamethasone.

    Drug: Dexamethasone

Interventions

  • DrugEmtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 200 MG-245 MG Oral Tablet [TRUVADA]

    Main randomization

  • DrugBaricitinib + dexamethasone

    Rescue randomization

  • DrugDexamethasone

    Rescue randomization

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Mortality

    Time frame: at 28 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital Universitario La Paz
    Madrid, 28046, Spain
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References and documents

Related links

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 6, 2024, 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
NCT04890626
Lead sponsor
Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 18, 2021
Start date
Apr 4, 2020
Primary completion
Jul 17, 2023
Completion
Jul 17, 2023
Last update
Mar 6, 2024

Oversight

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