Supplementary material 5 to:
Fluvoxamine for the treatment of COVID-19

Nyirenda JLZ, Sofroniou M, Toews I, Mikolajewska A, Lehane C, Monsef I, Abu-taha A, Maun A, Stegemann M, Schmucker C
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015391

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Characteristics of ongoing studies

Table of contents

Studies ordered by study ID

NCT04510194
Study name

COVID-OUT: Early Outpatient Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)

Methods
  • Trial design: randomised, triple-blinded

  • Type of record: trial register entry and published protocol

  • Sample size: 1350

  • Setting: outpatients

  • Country: Canada, USA

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 5

  • Trial registration number: NCT04510194

  • Date of trial registration: 12 August 2020

Participants

Inclusion Criteria

  • Both male and female aged 30 years to 85 years

  • Positive laboratory test for active SARS-CoV-2 viral infection based on local laboratory standard (PCR)

  • No known history of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Electronic device for communication

Exclusion Criteria

  • Hospitalised, for COVID-19 or other reasons

  • History of severe kidney disease

  • Unstable heart failure

Interventions

Details of intervention

  • Eligible patients shall be randomised to receive one of the antibiotics/combinations.

    • metformin only

    • fluvoxamine only

    • ivermectin only

    • metformin + fluvoxamine

    • metformin + ivermectin

  • Route of administration: oral

Treatment details of control group (e.g. dose, route of administration)

  • Placebo

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcomes

    • clinical progression at 14 days; defined as emergency department visit for any COVID-19 related symptom (including hospitalisation or death) or decrease in O2 saturation (≤ 93% on room air, or need for supplemental oxygen to maintain an O2 saturation > 93%)

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • quality of life

    • hospitalisation or death

  • Secondary outcome

    • maximum symptom severity at 14 days and 28 days

    • clinical progression at 14 days and 28 days

    • time to meaningful recovery at 14 days and 28 days

Starting date

1 January 2021

Contact information

covidout@umn.edu

Notes
  • Recruitment status: recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: February 2023

  • Date last update was posted: 16 January 2022

  • Sponsorship/funding source: University of Minnesota

NCT04718480
Study name

Fluvoxamine Administration in Moderate SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infected Patients

Methods
  • Trial design: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive-design

  • Type of record: trial register entry and published protocol

  • Sample size: 100

  • Setting: hospitalised, inpatients

  • Country: Hungary

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 4

  • Trial registration number: NCT04718480

  • Date of trial registration: 22 January 2021

Participants

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults (18 to 70 years)

  • Hospitalised patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by PCR

Exclusion criteria

  • Mild, severe or critical COVID-19 at randomisation

  • Standard care treatment planned with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine

  • History of bleeding diathesis or other bleeding disorders, or present malignancy

Interventions

Details of intervention

  • 2 x 100 mg fluvoxamine daily (with careful dose escalation and tapered dose reduction)

  • Overall treatment period: 74 days

  • Route of administration: oral

Treatment details of control group (e.g. dose, route of administration)

  • 2 x 100 mg placebo daily (with careful dose escalation and tapered dose reduction)

  • Overall treatment period: 74 days

  • Standard care

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcomes

    • time to clinical recovery after treatment at 74 days

      • resolution from fever

      • return of respiratory rate to normal (≤ 20 per min)

      • cough remission

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • clinical status

    • quality of life

  • Secondary outcomes

    • maximum symptom severity at 14 and 28 days

    • clinical progression at 14 and 28 days

    • time to meaningful recovery at 14 and 28 days

Starting date

18 January 2021

Contact information

andrea.fekete@sigmadrugs.com

Notes
  • Recruitment Status: recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: August 2022

  • Date last update was posted: 27 September 2021

  • Sponsorship/funding source: Sigma Drugs Research Ltd

NCT04885530
Study name

ACTIV-6: COVID-19 Outpatient Randomized Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Repurposed Medications

Methods
  • Trial design: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled

  • Type of record: trial register entry and published protocol

  • Sample size: 15000

  • Setting: non-hospitalised, outpatients

  • Country: USA

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 74

  • Trial registration number: NCT04885530

  • Date of trial registration: 13 May 2021

Participants

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults aged ≥ 30 years old

  • PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection or antigen test collected within 10 days of screening

  • Two or more current symptoms of acute infection for ≤ 7 days

Exclusion criteria

  • Prior diagnosis of COVID-19 infection

  • Current or recent hospitalisation

  • Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of the study drug or placebo

  • Known contraindications to study drugs, including prohibited concomitant medications

Interventions

Details of intervention

  • Eligible patients shall be randomised to receive one of 3 antibiotics:

    • ivermectin (7 mg): prespecified number of tablets for 3 consecutive days based on weight for a daily dose of approximately 300 to 400 µg per kg

    • fluvoxamine: 50 mg twice a day for 10 days

    • fluticasone: 200 µg (1 blister) once daily for 14 days

  • Route of administration: oral

Treatment details of control group (e.g. dose, route of administration)

  • Placebo doses matched to respective study drug

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcomes

    • number of hospitalisations at 14 days

    • number of deaths at 14 days

    • number of symptoms at 14 days

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • clinical status

    • quality of life

    • symptom resolution

    • hospitalisation

  • Secondary outcome

    • number of deaths at 28 days

    • number of symptom resolution at 28 days

    • change in quality of life

    • composite score of hospitalisations, urgent care visits, and emergency room visits at 28 days

Starting date

13 May 2021

Contact information

sybil.wilson@duke.edu, and april.ray@duke.edu

Notes
  • Recruitment Status: recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: December 2022

  • Date last update was posted: 13 May 2021

  • Sponsorship/funding source: Susanna Naggie, MD

NCT05087381
Study name

Randomized-controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Early Treatment in Community

Methods
  • Trial design: randomised, open-label

  • Type of record: trial register entry and published protocol

  • Sample size: 15000

  • Setting: non-hospitalised, outpatients

  • Country: Thailand

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 2

  • Trial registration number: NCT05087381

  • Date of trial registration: 21 October 2021

Participants

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults 18 years or older

  • Antigen Test Kit or PCR for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients with mild symptoms

Exclusion criteria

  • Recovered (generally much improved and symptoms now mild or almost absent)

  • Clinician deems ineligible

  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Interventions

Details of intervention

  • Fluvoxamine

  • Fluvoxamine + bromhexine

  • Fluvoxamine + cyproheptadine

  • Route of administration: oral

Treatment details of control group (e.g. dose, route of administration)

  • Standard care

Outcomes
  • Primary outcomes

    • hospital admission related to COVID-19 at 28 days

    • time taken to self-report recovery

    • progression to severe COVID-19

    • mortality

  • Relevant review outcomes planned:

    • clinical worsening

    • quality of life

    • symptom resolution

    • hospitalisation

    • mortality

  • Secondary outcomes

    • change in respiratory viral clearance at 0, 7, 14 days

    • time to resolution of fever

Starting date

21 October 2021

Contact information

Dhammika.L@chula.ac.th, Phatthranit.pha@mahidol.edu

Notes
  • Recruitment Status: recruiting

  • Prospective completion date: March 2022

  • Date last update was posted: 26 January 2022

  • Sponsorship/funding source: Chulalongkorn University

TCTR20210615002
Study name

Effect of Combined Fluvoxamine with Favipiravir versus Favipiravir Monotherapy in Prevention of Clinical Deterioration among mild to moderate COVID-19 patients Monitoring by Telemedicine in Virtual Clinic

Methods
  • Trial design: randomised, open-label

  • Type of record: trial register entry and published protocol

  • Sample size: 296

  • Setting: outpatients

  • Country: Thailand

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 2

  • Trial registration number: TCTR20210615002

  • Date of trial registration: 14 June 2021

Participants

Inclusion criteria

  • Thai people aged 18 years or over

  • Confirmed COVID-19

  • Asymptomatic COVID-19

  • Nasopharyngeal swab or oropharyngeal swab

Exclusion criteria

  • Respiratory tract symptoms compatible with a bacterial infection

  • Previous receiving anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents

  • Complete coronavirus vaccination

  • History of favipiravir or fluvoxamine allergy

  • Need oxygen therapy

  • Previous use of immunosuppressive agents, a corticosteroid, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporin, JAK inhibitor

  • Cannot home quarantine

  • Unable to receive enteral nutrition

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding

  • Terminal illness, heart failure, end-stage renal disease

  • Taking the antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or herb within 48 hours

  • Depression or suicidal idea

  • Glaucoma

  • Receiving chemotherapy

  • Organ transplantation

  • Evidence of any respiratory viral infection other than coronavirus

Interventions

Details of intervention

  • Fluvoxamine + favipiravir: favipiravir 3600 mg in the initial day, then 1600 mg per day for 4 days, and fluvoxamine 100 mg per day for 10 days

  • Favipiravir: 3600 mg in the initial day then 1600 mg per day for 4 days

  • Fluvoxamine + favipiravir + dexamethasone: favipiravir 3600 mg in the initial day, then 1600 mg per day for 9 days, fluvoxamine 100 mg per day and dexamethasone 6 mg per day orally for 10 days

  • Favipiravir + dexamethasone: favipiravir 3600 mg in the initial day, then 1600 mg per day for 9 days, and dexamethasone 6 mg per day orally for 10 days

  • Route of administration: oral

Treatment details of control group (e.g. dose, route of administration)

  • Standard care

Outcomes
  • Primary outcome

    • clinical deterioration in moderate COVID-19

    • clinical deterioration in moderate COVID-19 (pneumonia)

  • Relevant review outcomes planned

    • clinical worsening

    • quality of life

    • symptom resolution

    • hospitalisation

    • mortality

    • adverse events (any grade)

    • viral clearance

  • Secondary outcomes

    • duration from initial treatment to clinical deterioration

    • changing of inflammatory marker at 0, 2, 5, 14 days

    • adverse events at any time

Starting date

16 June 2021

Contact information

taweegrit.sir@pccms.ac.th.

Notes
  • Recruitment status: pending

  • Prospective completion date: none

  • Date last update was posted: 15 June 2021

  • Sponsorship/funding source: Chulabhorn Royal Academy

Footnotes

COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease 2019; JAK: Janus Kinase; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS-CoV-2: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

References to studies

NCT04510194 {unpublished data only}

NCT04718480 {unpublished data only}

NCT04885530 {unpublished data only}

NCT05087381 {unpublished data only}

TCTR20210615002 {unpublished data only}