To Determine the Efficacy of Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonist as a Therapeutic Tool Against Cytokine Storm and Respiratory Failure in Covid-19 Patients : To Determine the Efficacy of Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonist as a Therapeutic Tool Against Cytokine Storm and Respiratory Failure in Covid-19 Patients

This is a randomized, randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of Neurokinin-1 Receptor (NK-1R) 80 mg orally given daily to treat cytokine storm causing inflammatory lung injury and respiratory failure associated with severe or critical COVID-19 infection. NK-1R is the receptor of Substance P (SP) and responsible for its functionality. Here, we propose that SP via its tachykinin receptor, NK-1R may cause inflammation in Covid-19 infection. It may initiate the cytokine storming via binding to its receptor NK-1 and many inflammatory mediators are released. If SP release is reduced by NK-1R antagonist, it may control the cytokine storming and hence the hyper-responsiveness of the respiratory tract through reduction in cytokine storming It may serve as the treatment strategy for Covid-19 infected patients. Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be enrolled after giving consent. They wll be randomized to treatment with either NK-1R antagonist or placebo in addition to Dexamethasone as a standard treatment given to both groups for Covid-19 infection as per the protocol at the treating hospital. Inflammatory lab markers as detailed should be collected once per day in the morning, preferably at the same time every morning. All enrolled participants will have whole blood collected for whole genome sequencing..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2020) vom: 13. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Sprache:

Englisch

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Themen:

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Coronavirus Infections
Inflammation
Medical Condition: Neurokinin 1 Receptor, Substance P, Respiratory Illness, Inflammation, Covid-19, Coronavirus
Phase: Phase 3
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Respiratory Insufficiency
Study Type: Interventional

Anmerkungen:

Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: July 13, 2020, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on June 14, 2021, Last updated: June 15, 2021

Study ID:

NCT04468646
UniversityHSL-NK1R

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG003453480