Clinical antiviral efficacy of favipiravir in early COVID-19 (PLATCOV) : an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial

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In early symptomatic COVID-19 treatment, high dose oral favipiravir did not accelerate viral clearance.

BACKGROUND: Favipiravir, an anti-influenza drug, has in vitro antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. Clinical trial evidence to date is inconclusive. Favipiravir has been recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 in some countries.

METHODS: In a multicentre open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial, low-risk adult patients with early symptomatic COVID-19 were randomised to one of ten treatment arms including high dose oral favipiravir (3.6g on day 0 followed by 1.6g daily to complete 7 days treatment) or no study drug. The primary outcome was the rate of viral clearance (derived under a linear mixed-effects model from the daily log10 viral densities in standardised duplicate oropharyngeal swab eluates taken daily over 8 days [18 swabs per patient]), assessed in a modified intention-to-treat population (mITT). The safety population included all patients who received at least one dose of the allocated intervention. This ongoing adaptive platform trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05041907) on 13/09/2021.

RESULTS: In the final analysis, the mITT population contained data from 114 patients randomised to favipiravir and 126 patients randomised concurrently to no study drug. Under the linear mixed-effects model fitted to all oropharyngeal viral density estimates in the first 8 days from randomisation (4,318 swabs), there was no difference in the rate of viral clearance between patients given favipiravir and patients receiving no study drug; a -1% (95% credible interval: -14 to 14%) difference. High dose favipiravir was well-tolerated.

INTERPRETATION: Favipiravir does not accelerate viral clearance in early symptomatic COVID-19. The viral clearance rate estimated from quantitative measurements of oropharyngeal eluate viral densities assesses the antiviral efficacy of drugs in vivo with comparatively few studied patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 24(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 89

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luvira, Viravarn [VerfasserIn]
Schilling, William H K [VerfasserIn]
Jittamala, Podjanee [VerfasserIn]
Watson, James A [VerfasserIn]
Boyd, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Siripoon, Tanaya [VerfasserIn]
Ngamprasertchai, Thundon [VerfasserIn]
Almeida, Pedro J [VerfasserIn]
Ekkapongpisit, Maneerat [VerfasserIn]
Cruz, Cintia [VerfasserIn]
Callery, James J [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Shivani [VerfasserIn]
Tuntipaiboontana, Runch [VerfasserIn]
Kruabkontho, Varaporn [VerfasserIn]
Ngernseng, Thatsanun [VerfasserIn]
Tubprasert, Jaruwan [VerfasserIn]
Abdad, Mohammad Yazid [VerfasserIn]
Keayarsa, Srisuda [VerfasserIn]
Madmanee, Wanassanan [VerfasserIn]
Aguiar, Renato S [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Franciele M [VerfasserIn]
Hanboonkunupakarn, Pongtorn [VerfasserIn]
Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas [VerfasserIn]
Poovorawan, Kittiyod [VerfasserIn]
Imwong, Mallika [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Walter R J [VerfasserIn]
Chotivanich, Vasin [VerfasserIn]
Chotivanich, Kesinee [VerfasserIn]
Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon [VerfasserIn]
Dondorp, Arjen M [VerfasserIn]
Day, Nicholas P J [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira, Mauro M [VerfasserIn]
Piyaphanee, Watcharapong [VerfasserIn]
Phumratanaprapin, Weerapong [VerfasserIn]
White, Nicholas J [VerfasserIn]
PLATCOV Collaborative Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amides
Antiviral Agents
Antiviral efficacy
COVID-19
EW5GL2X7E0
Early treatment
Favipiravir
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Pharmacometrics
Pyrazines
Randomized Controlled Trial
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.01.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05041907

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12879-023-08835-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367161486