Safety and Effectiveness Study of Tocilizumab in Patients With Severe COVID-19

Tocilizumab Clinical Trial

Official title:

Safety and Effectiveness Observational Study of Anti IL-6 Tocilizumab in Hospital Admitted Patients With Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04924829
• Other study ID #: 6052
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
• Contact: Anaclara Murujosa, MD
• Phone: +5491157033547
• Email: anaclara.murujosa[@]hospitalitaliano.org.ar
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Retrospective observational cohort study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of tocilizumab in the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Description:

Since the appearence of the disease today known as COVID-19 there has been multiple interventions to try to gain knowledge on the subject and obtain a benefitial effect treating this condition. Tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-6 receptor has arised as an alternative for the treament of COVID-19 pneumonia. It is a drug used for the treatment of rhemautoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases as well as approved in recent years for the treatment of the cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in CAR-T therapy. It is based in this last premise that the benefitial effect on COVID-19 pneumonia has been sought of. According to investigation into the physiopathology of the virus, it is supposed to trigger the inflamattory cascade that generates damage to lungs and creates the most severe cases of the disease. These findings could imply that tocilizumab may serve to interrupt this cytokine storm and prevent the progression of the disease. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab in the treatment of severe cases of COVID-19. For that purpose, an observational retrospective cohort study has been designed comparing two populations that share the same indication for the treatment with tocilizumab. One having received the drug and the other in a close previous period of time that has not received it because of lack of availability or generalisation of its use. Mortality will be assesed as well as other variables such as need for mechanical ventilation and adverse effects of tocilizumab.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospital admitted patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (Individuals who have SpO2 <94% on room air at sea level, a ratio of arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) <300 mm Hg, respiratory frequency >30 breaths/min, or lung infiltrates >50%).
• Confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19 through qualitative polymerase-reverse transcriptase (qRT-PCR -GeneDX Co, Ltd o similar) or antigen rapid test.
• Patients who received tocilizumab or shared the same indication but did not received

it (same period of time or previous close period) that:

• Progress in the requirement of supplemental oxygen (over 3L/m) and/or use of non-rebreathing mask with 8L/m or more to mantain a Sp02>= 94%. AND
• Active inflammatory state defined as persistent fever > 38°C (defined as 2 or more measurements in a 24-hour period from hospital admission) despite the use of dexamethasone in the previous 48 hours OR C reactive Protein > 50 mg /dL OR D Dimer > 1000 ng/mL.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Asymptomatic, mild or moderate COVID-19 disease.
• Patients with some type of immunosupression (HIV, use of immunomodulatory drugs, organ-trasplant receipt patients)
• Pregnant or breast-feeding
• Patients with augmented risk of bowel perforation (history of diverticulitis or bowel surgery in the three months prior to the study entrance date)
• Known severe allergic reactions to TCZ
• Suspected active bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infection (besides COVID-19)
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1000/mL at screening
• Platelet count < 50,000/mL at screening
• Positive Hepatitis B Surface (HbS) antigen
• Procalcitonine > 0,5 ng/mL
• Day of symptom onset before day 7 or after day 12
• Patients with dementia
• Patients non eligible to progress to mechanical ventilation because of frailty/comorbidites according to medical decision.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pneumonia
• Tocilizumab

Intervention

Drug:
• Tocilizumab
Tocilizumab received as a single intravenous infusion over the period of 60 minutes. Dose of 8 mg/kg, maximum dose of 800 mg.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Argentina	Hospital Italiano de Buenos AIres	Ciudad autónoma de Buenos Aires	Caba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Argentina, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	28-day mortality	28-day mortality	28 days from hospital admission
Primary	Percentage of patients in invasive mechanical ventilation at day 28	Percentage of patients that received invasive mechanical ventilation at day 28 following hospital admission.	28 days from hospital admission
Primary	Clinical status during follow-up at 28th day	Ordinal outcome with seven mutually exclusive categories to describe the patient's clinical status during follow-up. The six categories are: (1) Discharged or ready for discharge; (2) Admitted to non-ICU ward without oxygen; (3) admitted to non-ICU ward but requiring supplemental oxygen; (4) admitted to ICU or non ICU ward requiring high flow nasal canula or other non invasive mechanical ventilation; (5) admitted to ICU ward requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (6) admitted to ICU ward requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or invasive mechanical ventilation plus other vital organ support; (7) death	28th day from hospital admission
Secondary	Mortality rate		Days 14 and 21
Secondary	Percentage of patients in invasive mechanical ventilation at day 14 and 21		Days 14 and 21
Secondary	Percentage of patients with hospital discharge at day 7, 14, 21 and 28		Days 7, 14, 21 and 28
Secondary	Time to hospital discharge	Time from hospital admission to hospital discharge	Up to 60 days
Secondary	Percentage of patients admitted to ICU-ward at day 28	Percentage of patients admitted to ICU-ward at day 28 from hospital admission	28th day from hospital admission
Secondary	Time to Improvement of at Least 2 Categories Relative to Baseline on a 7-Category Ordinal Scale of Clinical Status		Up to 60 days
Secondary	Percentage of patients with need of tracheostomy at day 28 of hospital admission		28th day from hospital admission
Secondary	Time to mechanical ventilation from hospital admission		Up to 28 days
Secondary	Days of ICU admission		Up to 60 days
Secondary	Time to ICU discharge from hospital admission	Time to ICU discharge from hospital admission in the patients subgroup that required ICU admission.	Up to 60 days
Secondary	Percentage of patients with adverse effects / serious adverse effects		Up to 28 days
Secondary	Percentage of superimposed infections		28th day from hospital admission

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