COVID-19 Immunologic Antiviral Therapy With Omalizumab (CIAO)-a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

Background: Omalizumab is an anti-immunoglobulin E monoclonal antibody used to treat moderate to severe chronic idiopathic urticaria, asthma, and nasal polyps. Recent research suggested that omalizumab may enhance the innate antiviral response and have anti-inflammatory properties.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of omalizumab in adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.

Methods: This was a phase II randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing omalizumab with placebo (in addition to standard of care) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The primary endpoint was the composite of mechanical ventilation and/or death at day 14. Secondary endpoints included all-cause mortality at day 28, time to clinical improvement, and duration of hospitalization.

Results: Of 41 patients recruited, 40 were randomized (20 received the study drug and 20 placebo). The median age of the patients was 74 years and 55.0% were male. Omalizumab was associated with a 92.6% posterior probability of a reduction in mechanical ventilation and death on day 14 with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.11 (95% credible interval 0.002-2.05). Omalizumab was also associated with a 75.9% posterior probability of reduced all-cause mortality on day 28 with an adjusted odds ratio of 0.49 (95% credible interval, 0.06-3.90). No statistically significant differences were found for the time to clinical improvement and duration of hospitalization. Numerically fewer adverse events were reported in the omalizumab group and there were no drug-related serious adverse events.

Conclusions: These results suggest that omalizumab could prove protective against death and mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. This study could also support the development of a phase III trial program investigating the antiviral and anti-inflammatory effect of omalizumab for severe respiratory viral illnesses requiring hospital admission. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04720612.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Open forum infectious diseases - 11(2024), 4 vom: 27. Apr., Seite ofae102

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Le, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Khoury, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Prosty, Connor [VerfasserIn]
Cormier, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Mathew P [VerfasserIn]
Fowler, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Murthy, Srinivas [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Jennifer L Y [VerfasserIn]
Ben-Shoshan, Moshe [VerfasserIn]
Rahme, Elham [VerfasserIn]
Golchi, Shirin [VerfasserIn]
Dendukuri, Nandini [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Todd C [VerfasserIn]
Netchiporouk, Elena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19
Clinical Trial
Coronavirus
Omalizumab
SARS-CoV2

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04720612

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofae102

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370501020