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A clinical study of a new virus adsorption therapy in patients with severe COVID-19 infection

A clinical study to evaluate efficacy and safety of a new virus adsorption therapy in patients with severe COVID-19 infection - CATCH-COVID

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs052200134
Enrollment
25
Registered
2021-02-15
Start date
2021-08-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

COVID-19 infection COVID-19, new coronavirus

Interventions

blood adsorption therapy
apheresis, blood adsorption therapy

Sponsors

Isaka Yoshitaka
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients who show positive for nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2 in the blood at the pre-enrollment test 2) Patients who need on artificial ventilator or ECMO 3) Patients who voluntarily give a written consent after receiving a thorough explanation and having an adequate understanding to be enrolled in the study 4) Patients whose age is 18 or elder when obtaining the consent . If the patient is under 20, the consent shuld be obtained from a legal representative such as a person in parental authority in addition to the patient itself.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients whose circulatory dynamics is unstable and difficult to put on the adsorption therapy 2) Patients who are participating other interventional clinical studies 3) Patients who are pregnant or possibly pregnant or lactating 4) Patients judged by the principal investigator or subinvestigator inappropriate to be enrolled in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The ratio of the patients who were able to withdraw from the ventilator or ECMO

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The ratio of the patients who turned negative for virus in the blood Improvement of respiratory function (PaO2/FiO2 ratio)

Contacts

Public ContactYoshitaka Isaka

Osaka University Hospital

isaka@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jp+81-6-6879-3857

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026