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A Clinical Study to Test the Use of Capsule Molnupiravir in COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms and without Lung Involvement

A Phase III, Multicentric, Prospective, Randomized, Parallel Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Molnupiravir in Adult Indian Patients with Mild COVID-19

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/05/033739
Enrollment
1218
Registered
2021-05-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

Interventions

Intervention1: Molnupiravir and Standard of Care: Molnupiravir 800 mg (4 capsules of 200 mg) administered orally every 12 hours for 5 days AND Standard of Care Control Intervention1: Standard of Care:

Sponsors

Hetero Labs Limited
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged �18 and �60 years and voluntarily willing to provide signed and dated informed consent. 2. Patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 by SARS CoV2 positive RT-PCR test (within 48 hours prior to enrollment) 3. Patients with mild COVID-19 disease without any evidence of breathlessness. 4. 4. For female subjects: evidence of post-menopause, or, for pre-menopause subjects, negative pretreatment serum or urine pregnancy test and agree to take effective contraceptive measures (barrier methods or abstinence) with his/her partner during the study period and for at least 28 days following the last study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients contraindicated or with history/evidence of hypersensitivity to Molnupiravir administration or any of the components of formulation. 2. Patients with moderate disease or severe disease 3. Severe liver disease: underlying liver cirrhosis or alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) elevated over 5 times the ULN 4. Patients currently taking nucleos(t)ide analogues/ immunosuppressive treatments within 30 days 5. Patients with a history of acute pancreatitis within 3 months 6. Severe renal impairment [creatinine clearance (CrCl) <30 mL/min]

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence and severity of TEAEs (clinical and laboratory)Timepoint: All Visits;Mortality rateTimepoint: Day 14 and Day 28;Proportion of patients discontinued the study drug due to adverse eventsTimepoint: All Visits;Proportion of patients with clinical improvementTimepoint: End of Treatment, Day 10 and Day 14;Rate of hospitalizationTimepoint: Up to Day 28;Rate of SARS-CoV2 RT-PCR negativity in nasopharyngeal and/or oropharyngeal swabTimepoint: End of Treatment, Day 10 and Day 14

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Rate of hospitalizationTimepoint: Up to Day 14

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shubhadeep Sinha

Hetero Labs Limited

sreenivasa.chary@heterodrugs.com04023704923

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026