Intranasal dexamethasone : a new clinical trial for the control of inflammation and neuroinflammation in COVID-19 patients

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BACKGROUND: By end December of 2021, COVID-19 has infected around 276 million individuals and caused over 5 million deaths worldwide. Infection results in dysregulated systemic inflammation, multi-organ dysfunction, and critical illness. Cells of the central nervous system are also affected, triggering an uncontrolled neuroinflammatory response. Low doses of glucocorticoids, administered orally or intravenously, reduce mortality among moderate and severe COVID-19 patients. However, low doses administered by these routes do not reach therapeutic levels in the CNS. In contrast, intranasally administered dexamethasone can result in therapeutic doses in the CNS even at low doses.

METHODS: This is an approved open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of intranasal versus intravenous dexamethasone administered in low doses to moderate and severe COVID-19 adult patients. The protocol is conducted in five health institutions in Mexico City. A total of 120 patients will be randomized into two groups (intravenous vs. intranasal) at a 1:1 ratio. Both groups will be treated with the corresponding dexamethasone scheme for 10 days. The primary outcome of the study will be clinical improvement, defined as a statistically significant reduction in the NEWS-2 score of patients with intranasal versus intravenous dexamethasone administration. The secondary outcome will be the reduction in mortality during hospitalization.

CONCLUSIONS: This protocol is currently in progress to improve the efficacy of the standard therapeutic dexamethasone regimen for moderate and severe COVID-19 patients.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04513184 . Registered November 12, 2020. Approved by La Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS) with identification number DI/20/407/04/36. People are currently being recruited.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Trials - 23(2022), 1 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 148

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cárdenas, Graciela [VerfasserIn]
Chávez-Canales, María [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Ana María [VerfasserIn]
Jordán-Ríos, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Malagon, Daniel Anica [VerfasserIn]
Murillo, Manlio Fabio Márquez [VerfasserIn]
Araujo, Laura Victoria Torres [VerfasserIn]
Campos, Ricardo Leopoldo Barajas [VerfasserIn]
Wong-Chew, Rosa María [VerfasserIn]
González, Luis Esteban Ramirez [VerfasserIn]
Cresencio, Karent Ibet [VerfasserIn]
Velázquez, Enrique García [VerfasserIn]
de la Cerda, Mariana Rodriguez [VerfasserIn]
Leyva, Yoana [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Ruiz, Joselin [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Medel, María Luisa [VerfasserIn]
León-Hernández, Mireya [VerfasserIn]
Quero, Karen Medina [VerfasserIn]
Monciváis, Anahí Sánchez [VerfasserIn]
Díaz, Sergio Hernández [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Ignacia Rosalia Zeron [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Cuazitl, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Salazar, Iván Noé Martínez [VerfasserIn]
Sarmiento, Eduardo Beltrán [VerfasserIn]
Peña, Aldo Figueroa [VerfasserIn]
Hernández, Patricia Saraí [VerfasserIn]
Reynoso, Rafel Ignacio Aguilar [VerfasserIn]
Reyes, Daniela Murillo [VerfasserIn]
Del Río Ambriz, Luis Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
Bonilla, Rogelio Antonio Alfaro [VerfasserIn]
Cruz, Jocelyn [VerfasserIn]
Huerta, Leonor [VerfasserIn]
Fierro, Nora Alma [VerfasserIn]
Hernández, Marisela [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Tapia, Mayra [VerfasserIn]
Meneses, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Espíndola-Arriaga, Erick [VerfasserIn]
Rosas, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Chinney, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Mendoza, Sergio Rosales [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Aceves, Juan Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Cervantes-Torres, Jaquelynne [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Anai Fuentes [VerfasserIn]
Alor, Roxana Olguin [VerfasserIn]
Francisco, Sandra Ortega [VerfasserIn]
Salazar, Evelyn Alvarez [VerfasserIn]
Besedovsky, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
Romano, Marta C [VerfasserIn]
Bobes, Raúl J [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Helgi [VerfasserIn]
Soldevila, Gloria [VerfasserIn]
López-Alvarenga, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Fragoso, Gladis [VerfasserIn]
Laclette, Juan Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Sciutto, Edda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7S5I7G3JQL
COVID-19
Dexamethasone
Inflammation
Intranasal administration
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Neuroinflammation
Randomized Controlled Trial

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.02.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04513184

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13063-022-06075-5

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336969376