TOCIVID-19 - A multicenter study on the efficacy and tolerability of tocilizumab in the treatment of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Study protocol

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BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the most frequent complication of COVID-19, due to an aberrant host immune response that is associated with an acute respiratory distress syndrome, and, in most critical patients, with a "cytokine storm". IL-6 might play a key role in the cytokine storm and might be a potential target to treat severe and critical COVID-19. Tocilizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, directed against IL-6 receptor.

METHODS: This multicentre study project includes a single-arm phase 2 study and a further parallel cohort, enrolling hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and oxygen saturation at rest in ambient air ≤93% or requiring respiratory support. Patients receive tocilizumab 8 mg/kg (up to 800 mg) as one intravenous administration. A second administration (same dose) after 12 h is optional. Two-week and one-month lethality rates are the co-primary endpoints. Sample size planned for the phase 2 study is 330 patients. The parallel cohort will include patients who cannot enter the phase 2 study because being intubated from more than 24 h, or having already received tocilizumab, or the phase 2 study has reached sample size. Primary analysis will include patients enrolled in the phase 2 study. Results of the primary analysis will be validated in the prospective cohort of patients consecutively registered after phase 2 closure from March 20 to March 24, who were potentially eligible for the phase 2 study.

CONCLUSION: This trial aims to verify the safety and efficacy of tocilizumab in the Italian population with COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory impairment. EudraCT Number: 2020-001110-38; Clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT04317092.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

Enthalten in:

Contemporary clinical trials - 98(2020) vom: 08. Nov., Seite 106165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Piccirillo, Maria Carmela [VerfasserIn]
Ascierto, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Atripaldi, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Cascella, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Costantini, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Dolci, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Facciolongo, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Fraganza, Fiorentino [VerfasserIn]
Marata, AnnaMaria [VerfasserIn]
Massari, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Montesarchio, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Mussini, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Negri, Emanuele Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Parrella, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Popoli, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Botti, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Arenare, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Chiodini, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Gallo, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Salvarani, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
COVID-19 pneumonia
Clinical Trial Protocol
I031V2H011
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article
Phase 2 study
Receptors, Interleukin-6
Tocilizumab

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Date Completed 11.12.2020

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04317092

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cct.2020.106165

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316019917