COVID-19 infection COVID-19 infection
Conditions
Interventions
Immediate favipiravir arm: Favipiravir administered orally between Day 1 and Day 10, 1800 mg twice a day on Day 1 followed by 800 mg twice a day from Day 2
Delayed favipiravir arm: Favipiravir adminis
Sponsors
Doi Yohei
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age 16 or greater at the time of consent (2) Sex; male or female (3) Outpatient or inpatient: inpatient (4) Meets all of 1), 2), 3) below 1)Has at least one RT-PCR test positive for SARS-CoV2 from pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swab (date of collection must be within 14 days before enrollment) 2) Has a performance status of 0 or 1 3) Is able to remain inpatient for 6 days (5) Has a negative pregnancy test if the subject is female and pre-menopausal (6) Has provided written consent for participation; written consents from both the subject and a legal guardian
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Performance status of 2 or greater (2) Advanced liver function abnormalities classified as grade C by the Child-Pugh criteria (3) End-stage renal disease requiring dialysis (4) Altered mental status (5) Pregnant or planning pregnancy (6) If female, not agreeable to using oral contraceptive, intrauterine contraceptive device, mechanical contraceptive methods such as pessaries and condoms, or combinations thereof, during favipiravir administration and 90 days thereafter (7) If male, has a female partner who is not agreeable to the contraceptive methods described in (7) (8) If male, not agreeable to using condoms during favipiravir administration and 90 days thereafter (9) History of hereditary xanthine oxidase deficiency (10) History of hypouricemia (less than 1 mg/dL) or xanthine urolithiasis (11) History of uncontrolled gout or hyperuricemia (12) History of immunocompromising conditions such as HIV positivity (13) Has received systemic agents with suggested activity against SARS-CoV2 within 28 days before enrollment (14) Deemed ineligible as determined by the principal investigator or a co-investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of subjects with clearance of SARS-CoV2 in nasopharyngeal swab by Day 6 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of subjects with clearance of SARS-CoV2 in nasopharyngeal swab by Day 11 Proportion of subjects with 50% reduction in SARS-CoV2 copy number in nasopharyngeal swab on a logarithmic scale Change of SARS-CoV2 copy number on a logarithmic scale | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMasashi Kondo
Fujita Health University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed