A Clinical Study Evaluating Inhaled Aviptadil on COVID-19 (HOPE)

June 2, 2023 updated by: Centurion Pharma

A Comparative, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Inhaled Aviptadil in Patients 18 Years and Older With COVID-19 Pulmonary Involvement - HOPE

This study is a multicenter, prospective, placebo-controlled, comparative, randomized, double-blind local phase II clinical trial. Duration of study is 18 months. In the study, patients will be randomized in a ratio of 1: 1 into two arms, standard medical therapy + placebo versus standard medical therapy + inhaled Aviptadil arms. Randomization will be carried out by the block randomization method. In the event that patients need intensive care in the study, the patients will be taken into intensive care unit and excluded from the study and their treatment will be continued in the intensive care unit as deemed appropriate by the physician and it is foreseen that inhaled Aviptadil will be used for a period of minimum 7 and maximum 14 days. Aviptadil will be discontinued in patients who do not heal after 14 days. This study includes 8 visits, consisting of a total of 7 physical visits and 1 phone follow-up visit. The study period will be 6 months for each patient. Patient recruitment is planned to take 12 months. Study centers will be asked to use investigational products for their patients who sign the informed consent form for 12 months. The study population will consist of patients 18 years of age and older with COVID-19 pulmonary involvement and hospitalized patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

80

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Ankara, Turkey
        • Hacettepe University School Of Medicine
      • Ankara, Turkey
        • Başkent University School of Medicine
      • Diyarbakır, Turkey
        • Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura Şehir Hastanesi
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Health Sciences University Yedikule Training and Research Hospital
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Acil Durum Hastanesi
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Acil Durum Hastanesi
      • Kocaeli, Turkey
        • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi
      • Trabzon, Turkey
        • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 66 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1.18 years and older women or men, under 70 years old

2.Patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 real time PCR result and an appearance in line with COVID-19 pneumonia on thorax CT

3. Need for oxygen support or SpO2 <94 in room air

4. Patients who can use a nebulizer (with assistance when necessary)

5.Patients who are willing and capable (mentally and physically) who can sign a written informed consent form, to participate in all aspects of the study, to participate in the planned visits and to comply with the terms of the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Intensive care admission
  2. The need for mechanical ventilation
  3. Patients with previously known organ (kidney, heart and liver) failure

    * To be determined as previously known heart failure (EF <30), previously known liver failure (Child-Pugh C) and previously known renal failure (Cr.clerance <30).

  4. COVID-19 disease with no indication for hospitalization
  5. Participants in another clinical trial
  6. Pregnancy or lactation
  7. Solid organ or stem cell transplantation story
  8. Patients with collagen tissue disease
  9. Use of immunosuppressive therapy
  10. Procalcitonin ≥2 (baseline visit)
  11. Under 18 years old
  12. Those who had myocardial infarction in the last 3 months
  13. Those who do not have the capacity to understand the possible results, scope and nature of the study due to legal insufficiency and / or other reasons.
  14. Those who, in the opinion of the investigator, cannot continue the treatment protocol regularly or cannot cooperate
  15. Presence of malignancy
  16. Patients with neurological diseases

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Standard Treatment + Placebo
Standard medical treatment, as deemed appropriate by physicians, is going to be according to the Turkish Republic COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION) ADULT PATIENT TREATMENT GUIDELINES published by the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health. The management of all additional complications and / or symptoms that develop in patients will be managed in the same way as specified in these guidelines. If these guidelines are changed by the Turkish Republic Ministry of Health General Directorate of Public Health, a protocol amendment will be planned. The necessary changes within the scope of urgent security measures will be reflected in the standard treatment in accordance with the necessary regulations.
Aviptadil Placebo will be used for this arm.
Experimental: Standard Treatment + Inhaled Aviptadil
In addition to the standard medical treatment mentioned above, patients randomized to this arm will be given Inhaled Aviptadil 2 times a day, 30 minutes apart. Aviptadil treatment is aimed to be a minimum of 7 days and a maximum of 14 days. Aviptadil will be discontinued in patients who do not heal after 14 days. The dose of inhaled Aviptadil was determined by evaluating the results of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies.
Aviptadil is the synthetic analogue of the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP), a biologically active 28 amino acid natural peptide that is endogenously synthesized in humans. It is one of the signaling molecules of the neuroendocrine immune network and has vasodilator, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Clinical improvement
Time Frame: 6 months
Being discharged within 30 days of starting treatment, no need for oxygen support
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Time to discharge of patients
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
The rate of patients entering intensive care
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Patients' rate of needing mechanical ventilation
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Change in SpO2 (measured by pulse oximetry)
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Normalization in body temperature
Time Frame: 14 days
14 days
Dyspnea Scale (Modified Borg Dyspnea Scale (MBS)
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
6-minute walking test
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days
The time it takes for patients to improvement of their symptoms (cough, shortness of breath)
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
The time it takes for the PCR to become negative
Time Frame: 14 days
14 days
Sequelae and recovery rates in control thorax computed tomography at the end of month 1 and 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Need for re-hospitalization
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Normalization in laboratory results of blood parameters (PT, aPTT, D-dimer, Ferritin, Lymphocyte Count, CRP)
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days
Normalization in laboratory results of biochemistry parameters (Glucose, ALT, AST, LDH, Total Bilirubin, Total Protein, Albumin, Alkaline Phosphatase, GGT, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphor, CPK, Magnesium, eGFR, BUN, Uric Acid, Creatinine Clearance)
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days
Mortality rate
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Normalization in Blood Pressure
Time Frame: 14 days
14 days
Normalization in Respiration Rate/Minute
Time Frame: 14 days
14 days
Normalization in SpO2
Time Frame: 14 days
14 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 10, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 7, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

November 22, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 25, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 13, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

April 14, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 5, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 2, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • K-AY001-HOPE

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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