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Status unknownNCT05682599Updated Jan 31, 2023

Evaluate Azvudine in Preventing SARS-Cov-2 Infection in Household Contacts of Covid-19 in China

A Phase 2 interventional study of Azvudine and Placebo in COVID-19, sponsored by Shanghai Henlius Biotech. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-01-31.

Sponsored by Shanghai Henlius Biotech · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2023), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Azvudine in Preventing SARS-Cov-2 Infection in Household Contacts of Individuals Infected with SARS-CoV-2 in China

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A multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Azvudine versus placebo in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in household contacts with SARS-CoV-2 infection individuals.Approximately 300 adults with household contact exposure to individuals with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection will be enrolled.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19

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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 300 is above the median of 100 across 4,099 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Henlius Biotech is the lead sponsor of 127 studies on the registry; 53 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1、18-65 years old at the signing of informed consent. 2、Household contacts of individual with symptomatic COVID-19. Symptomatic COVID-19 cases (index case) to be identified as those symptomatic and recently tested (rapid antigen test or RT-PCR) positive for SARS-CoV-2 and must fulfill the following criteria 1) collection of the first positive SARS-CoV-2 test sample less than 24 hours before randomization, 2) have at least one symptom attributable to COVID-19.

3、RT-PCR test negative (with nasopharyngeal [NP] swab samples) OR rapid antigen test negative at the time of screening and without any suspicious COVID-19 symptoms within 2 weeks before randomization.

4、Subject expects to be living in the same household with the symptomatic COVID-19 cases during the whole study period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject with a history of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations within 1 months before randomization.
  2. Subject with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection within 6 months before randomization.
  3. With any serious infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy within 14 days before randomization.
  4. Allergic to the investigational agent or any components of the formulation. Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
  5. Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice highly effective contraception during the study, and for at least 6 months after the study; Sexually active men who are unwilling to use medically acceptable birth control during the study period.
  6. Have other conditions not suitable for inclusion as judged by the investigator.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    A:Azvudine 5 mg

    Azvudine 5 mg, QD PO, D1-D7

    Drug: Azvudine

  • Experimental
    B:Azvudine 3 mg

    Azvudine 3 mg + placebo 2 mg, QD PO, D1-D7

    Drug: Azvudine · Drug: Placebo

  • Placebo comparator
    C:placebo

    placebo 5 mg, QD PO, D1-D7

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugAzvudine

    Azvudine is a novel nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

    Also known as: FNC

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Efficacy-Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in 8 days

    The incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (RT-PCR positive) up to 8 days from 2 days after administration of Azvudine for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    Time frame: Day 2 to Day 7

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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 Jan 31, 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
NCT05682599
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Henlius Biotech
Collaborators
Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co. Ltd., HeNan Sincere Biotech Co., Ltd
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 12, 2023
Start date
Jan 6, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 15, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
May 15, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 31, 2023

Study contacts

chen mingquan
Contact
hsmqchen@gmail.com
52889999
chen mingquan
principal investigator · Huashan Hospital

Oversight

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