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Status unknownNCT04918914Updated Jun 9, 2021

Critical Care Results of SARS-CoV-2 ARDS by Dapsone and Standard COVID-19 Treatment

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of Dapsone 100 MG in SARS-CoV-2, Hypoxia and ARDS, sponsored by Hunt Regional Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-06-09.

Sponsored by Hunt Regional Medical Center · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2020, registered May 2021).
Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Abstract Background: Clinicians in pulmonary critical care medicine and critical care medicine considered dapsone administration to treat SARS-CoV-2 inflammasome. Dapsone is useful in the molecular regulation of Nod-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3).

Objective: To study the targeting of NLRP3 itself or up-/downstream factors of the NLRP3 inflammasome by dapsone must be responsible for its observed preventive effects, functioning as a competitor.

Methods:

Patients who were on standard COVID-19 therapy are also after obtaining off label uses and explanation of side effects are started on dapsone 100-200 mg daily along with Cimetadine 400 mg three times daily.

Read the detailed description

We are investigating in prospective ongoing non-randomized case study effects of addition of dapsone 100-200 mg daily in addition to standardized recommended treatment versus a a cohort of patient admitted at our institution since October 2020 versus a group that only received standardized treatment. Our primary out comes are decrease in FIO2 requirement leading to discharge from hospital and decrease in over all mortality between group treated with only standardized recommended treat versus group with addition of dapsone and cimetadine.

An objective criteria of improvement, was used for effectiveness of therapy.

A. a reduction in the FIO2 requirement and

B. a decrease in the progression of hypoxia. We treated the patients with standard COVID-19 ARDS treatment with dapsone 100 mg to target NLRP3 inflammasomes.

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Conditions studied

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Hypoxia
  • ARDS

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In context

Hypoxia

1,231 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoxia; 241 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 45 across 853 interventional studies indexed under Hypoxia.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Hunt Regional Medical Center as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. All, PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Only consenting consenting patients

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Study design

Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    Intervention

    Drug: Dapsone 100 MG

Interventions

  • DrugDapsone 100 MG

    Dapsone 100-200 md orally daily, along with Cimetadine 400 mg PO TID

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Critical Care Results of SARS-CoV-2 ARDS by Dapsone and Standard COVID-19 Treatment

    1. Decrease in overall mortality between groups treated with standardized recommended composite therapy for COVID-19 versus group of Standardized therapy plus addition of dapson and cimedatine

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hunt Regional Medical Center
    Greenville, Texas 75401, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr, Analytic code

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 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
NCT04918914
Lead sponsor
Hunt Regional Medical Center
Responsible party
Badar Kanwar (Principal Investigator, Hunt Regional Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 9, 2021
Start date
Oct 18, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 9, 2021

Study contacts

Kanwar
Contact
bkanwar2@yahoo.com
4694228931

Oversight

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