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Status unknownNCT05056558Updated Sep 28, 2021

Efficacy and Safety of Baricitinib in Patients With Moderate and Severe COVID-19

A Phase 3 interventional study of Baricitinib and Placebo in Covid19, sponsored by Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Status unknown at 1 site in Bangladesh. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-28.

Sponsored by Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2021), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
480
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is multicenter clinical trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of Baricitinib in treatment for COVID-19. This trial will compare Baricitinib, a drug recommended for Rheumatoid Arthritis, against standard of care, to assess its relative effectiveness against COVID-19. By enrolling patients in multiple centers, this trial aims to recruit more patients to evaluate whether this drug slow disease progression or improve survival. Currently no effective therapeutics treatment or vaccine is available in the world for this highly transmissible respiratory borne infection, Covid-19. A number of drug trials are ongoing to measure the efficacy of the drug against the virus. Bangladesh as a resource limited country with limitation to provided health care services to the huge number of Covid-19 patients who will need hospitalization will be benefited from this study. There is no physical, psychological, social, legal risk in this study. The trial therapeutic will be approved form the Directorate of drug Administration (DGDA), Bangladesh.

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Conditions studied

  • Covid19

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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 480 is above the median of 100 across 4,098 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • SARS-Co-V2 positivity to the nasal-swab by reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain- reaction (RT-PCR) assay tested by the local diagnostic laboratory
  • Age >18 years
  • Presence of any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, such as such as fever, fatigue, cough (with or without sputum production), shortness of breath, sore throat, nasal congestion, anorexia, malaise, or headache. Rarely, patients may also present with diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting
  • Presence of radiological findings of pneumonia assessed by chest radiograph, computed tomography
  • Moderate and severe COVID-19 as per previous definition national guideline/WHO
  • Give informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Absolute lymphocyte count \<500/mm3 and absolute neutrophil count of \<1000/mm3 and Hemoglobin 8gm/dl or less
  • Severe hepatic or renal impairment
  • Live vaccine within 3 months prior to first dose of the drug
  • Pregnancy
  • Lactation
  • Current malignancy or history of malignancies over the previous 5 years and/or history of malignancies in first degree relatives
  • Transaminases values 5-fold higher than the upper normal limit
  • Proven evidence of concomitant bacterial infections
  • Clinical evidences suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis, or past history and/or history of contact with TB patient
  • Known hypersensitivity to Baricitinib
  • Those who have received Tocilizumab previously
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
480 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Baricitinib

    Continued SOC together with oral 4 mg Baricitinib from day 1 to day 14

    Drug: Baricitinib

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Continued SOC according as mentioned in operational definition in the protocol

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugBaricitinib

    Continued standard of care (SOC) together with oral 4 mg Baricitinib tablet from day 1 to day 14

    Also known as: Baricent

  • DrugPlacebo

    Continued standard of care (SOC) together with oral placebo tablet from day 1 to day 14

    Also known as: Given Orally

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical status assessed by a 7-point ordinal scale on Day 14

    The ordinal scale is an assessment of the clinical status at a given study day. Each day, the worst(ie, lowest ordinal) score from the previous day will be recorded, ie, on Day 3, the lowest ordinal score from Day 2 is obtained and recorded for Day 2. The scale is as follows: 1. Death 2. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or ECMO 3. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen 5. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requiring ongoing medical care (COVID-19 related or otherwise) 6. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - no longer requires ongoing medical care (other than per protocol Baricitinib administration) 7. Not hospitalized

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 14

Secondary outcomes

  1. The proportion of participants with treatment emergent adverse events

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

Other outcomes

  1. Time to clinical improvement (days): clinical improvement is defined as a ≥ 2-point improvement in clinical status (7-point ordinal scale) from Day 1

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  2. Time to ≥ 1-point improvement (days) from baseline clinical status

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  3. Time to recovery: defined as an improvement in clinical status from a baseline score of 2 through 5 to a score of 6 or 7, or an improvement from a baseline score of 6 to a score of 7

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  4. Duration of oxygen therapy (days)

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  5. Proportion of patients with shift in oxygen support status from baseline

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  6. Duration of hospitalization (days)

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

  7. Number of patients with all-cause mortality at Day 28

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28

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Study locations

1 site
  • Dhaka Medical College, Mugda Medical College, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 28, 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
NCT05056558
Lead sponsor
Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 24, 2021
Start date
Oct 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Apr 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 28, 2021

Study contacts

Md. Mujibur Rahman, MBBS, MD
Contact
mmrahman61@gmail.com
+8801711-525406
Md. Titu Miah, MBBS, FCPS
principal investigator · Dhaka Medical College
Md. Mujibur Rahman, MBBS, MD
principal investigator · Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Oversight

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