Oral Simnotrelvir for Adult Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Covid-19

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BACKGROUND: Simnotrelvir is an oral 3-chymotrypsin-like protease inhibitor that has been found to have in vitro activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and potential efficacy in a phase 1B trial.

METHODS: In this phase 2-3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned patients who had mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and onset of symptoms within the past 3 days in a 1:1 ratio to receive 750 mg of simnotrelvir plus 100 mg of ritonavir or placebo twice daily for 5 days. The primary efficacy end point was the time to sustained resolution of symptoms, defined as the absence of 11 Covid-19-related symptoms for 2 consecutive days. Safety and changes in viral load were also assessed.

RESULTS: A total of 1208 patients were enrolled at 35 sites in China; 603 were assigned to receive simnotrelvir and 605 to receive placebo. Among patients in the modified intention-to-treat population who received the first dose of trial drug or placebo within 72 hours after symptom onset, the time to sustained resolution of Covid-19 symptoms was significantly shorter in the simnotrelvir group than in the placebo group (180.1 hours [95% confidence interval {CI}, 162.1 to 201.6] vs. 216.0 hours [95% CI, 203.4 to 228.1]; median difference, -35.8 hours [95% CI, -60.1 to -12.4]; P = 0.006 by Peto-Prentice test). On day 5, the decrease in viral load from baseline was greater in the simnotrelvir group than in the placebo group (mean difference [±SE], -1.51±0.14 log10 copies per milliliter; 95% CI, -1.79 to -1.24). The incidence of adverse events during treatment was higher in the simnotrelvir group than in the placebo group (29.0% vs. 21.6%). Most adverse events were mild or moderate.

CONCLUSIONS: Early administration of simnotrelvir plus ritonavir shortened the time to the resolution of symptoms among adult patients with Covid-19, without evident safety concerns. (Funded by Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT05506176.).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2024 Apr 25;390(16):1533-1534. - PMID 38657253

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:390

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 390(2024), 3 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 230-241

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yeming [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Hongzhou [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chaolin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yumei [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Lianhan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhu [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Rongmeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yihe [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fuxiang [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Fengyun [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Honglin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Cong [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Xiangyang [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Xianwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hourong [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yinzhong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chenfan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chunying [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Zhennan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Bijie [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jiuyang [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jingshan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yechun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Leike [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Renhong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Coronavirus M Proteins
Coronavirus Protease Inhibitors
Drug Combinations
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
O3J8G9O825
Randomized Controlled Trial
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05506176

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2024 Apr 25;390(16):1533-1534. - PMID 38657253

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1056/NEJMoa2301425

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367221853