COmbination Therapy With Baloxavir and Oseltamivir 1 for Hospitalized Patients With Influenza (The COMBO Trial 1)

Influenza Clinical Trial

— COMBO 1  

Official title:

COmbination Therapy With Baloxavir and Oseltamivir 1 for Hospitalized Patients With Influenza (The COMBO Trial 1)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04327791
• Other study ID #: 1579493
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Start date: April 3, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Bassett Healthcare
• Contact: jennifer Victory, RN
• Phone: 6075476965
• Email: jennifer.victory[@]bassett.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2-like, investigator-directed trial of hospitalized patients with laboratory confirmed influenza. Eligible and consented patients will be randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, to one of two groups: Group 1, the combination treatment group (oseltamivir and baloxavir); Group 2, the standard treatment group (oseltamivir and placebo).

Description:

Up to 60 hospitalized patients with laboratory confirmed influenza who provide informed consent and meet trial inclusion/exclusion criteria. Experimental Design and Methods In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2-like, investigator-directed trial, hospitalized patients with laboratory confirmed influenza meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria, will be provided information on the trial, offered enrollment, and enrolled randomly in a 1:1 ratio to one of two groups upon signing of the study's informed consent form: Group 1, the combination treatment group (oseltamivir and baloxavir); Group 2, the standard treatment group (oseltamivir and placebo). - Group 1, the combination treatment group will receive oseltamivir and baloxavir - Oseltamivir: 75 mg po bid for 5 days - Baloxavir: 40 mg po once for wt < 80 kg OR 80 mg po once for wt >/= 80 kg - Group 2, the standard treatment group will receive oseltamivir and placebo - Oseltamivir: 75 mg po bid for 5 days - Placebo: Once Oseltamivir dosing may be reduced for patients with decreased renal function as follows, per treating physician: - CrCl > 60 mL/minute: No dosage adjustment - CrCl > 30 to 60 mL/minute: 30 mg po bid - CrCl > 10 to 30 mL/minute: 30 mg po qd - HD: 30 mg po once and 30 mg po after each HD session - CAPD: 30 mg po once - CRRT: 30 mg po qd After assignment of a unique study number after signing informed consent, baseline data will be collected at time 0 including personal and clinical information and protocol directed laboratory specimens - nasal swabs for influenza PCR for patients who only had a rapid antigen test and blood specimens for patients who consent to additional blood drawing (for improved efficacy and safety analyses; not required for enrollment). Patients will be given oseltamivir by their healthcare providers. Research personnel's only involvement for oseltamivir dosing will be to remind providers that earlier treatment improves efficacy. Patients will then be given a single dose of baloxavir or placebo by the study's CRC as per a computerized random allocation scheme with dose determined by weight (as above); the CRC will notify the patient's provider that the patient has been given the single (blinded) dose. At time 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 30 days, nasal swabs will again be obtained, clinical information will be obtained from the patient via interview and review of the EMR, and blood specimens for patients who consented to additional blood drawing. Follow up will continue for 30 days. Efficacy and adjudicated safety data points will be assessed by a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) quarterly and as needed throughout the trial.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adults >/= 18 years old

2. Laboratory confirmed influenza A and/or B (rapid test or PCR)

3. Able to be enrolled, randomized, and dosed with study drug within 8 hours of the decision to admit patient to hospital for treatment of influenza

4. Oseltamivir treatment ordered by clinical team AND patient is able to be enrolled:

• Prior to the initial dose of oseltamivir OR
• Within 60 minutes after the initial dose of oseltamivir

5. Subject or Legally Authorized Representative able to and willing to provide written informed consent

6. Able to commit to 30 days of follow up

7. Weight > 40 kg

8. SARS-CoV-2 PCR swab sent within 1 week of enrollment Exclusion Criteria

1. ESRD not undergoing hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

2. Severe hepatic insufficiency, cirrhosis, acute or chronic liver failure

3. Nausea/vomiting, aspiration risk, or other conditions precluding the ability to use oral medications (if patient is NPO including meds, otherwise unable to swallow oral medications)

4. Influenza medication use within the prior week, other than the initial oseltamivir given during this hospitalization for this episode of influenza

5. Oseltamivir or baloxavir allergy or intolerance

6. Pregnancy (need negative pregnancy test (urine or blood) in reproductive age women)

7. Absence of dependable contraception in reproductive age women

8. Inability to obtain informed consent

9. Refusal of oseltamivir therapy by patient as baseline treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Influenza
• Influenza, Human

Intervention

Drug:
• Baloxavir
administered PO once
• Placebos
administered PO once

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Bassett Medical Center	Cooperstown	New York
United States	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	Oregon
United States	Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	Massachusetts

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bassett Healthcare	Genentech, Inc., Viroclinics Biosciences B.V.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Time to Clearance of Viral Shedding	influenza viral titer obtained by nasal swab using qCulture	30 days