- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03824847
Immunomodulatory Effect of Macrolides in Naturally Occurring Influenza Virus Infections in the Community
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Background: Influenza continues to pose an imminent threat to public health through seasonal epidemics and occasion pandemics with significant impact on morbidity and mortality. Increasing attention has also been paid in recent years to the potential benefit of immunomodulatory effect of macrolide antibiotics in the management of influenza virus infection.
Aims: To study the immunomodulatory effects of a short course of clarithromycin in naturally occurring influenza virus infection.
Design and subjects: The study is a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. One hundred adults aged 18-60 years will be recruited when they present with symptoms of acute respiratory infection within 48 hours of symptoms onset to university health clinics, and being tested positive with a QuickVue/Sofia (Quidel Corp., San Diego, CA) rapid influenza test. Consented patients tested positive with the rapid test will receive their clinical consultation and prescriptions as indicated as usual, and being randomised to receive either clarithromycin (250mg) or placebo (in a ratio of 1:1) taken twice daily orally for three days. Blood specimen, nasal and throat swabs will be collected on the same day (day 1). They will be followed-up on day 4, day 7 and day 10 for further collection of nasal and throat swabs, and serum samples. A symptom diary will be kept by each participant for 10 days for monitoring the clinical course of the infection.
Study instruments: QuickVue/Sofia (Quidel Corp., San Diego, CA) rapid influenza test, symptom diary, blood specimen, nasal and throat swabs.
Interventions: Intervention group: clarithromycin; placebo group: placebo in identical packaging.
Main outcome measures: The primary outcomes of the study will compare the duration of illness, viral shedding, patterns of plasma cytokine/chemokine and antimicrobial resistance pattern of respiratory bacterial carriage between patients who were randomised to clarithromycin or placebo.
Analysis: Intention to treat.
Potential significance: This will be the first placebo-controlled RCT to investigate the immunomodulatory effect of macrolide antibiotics in the management of influenza virus infection, in terms of its impact on the duration of illness, viral shedding, patterns of plasma cytokine/chemokine and antimicrobial resistance pattern of respiratory bacterial carriage. Findings from this study will have important contribution to our understanding on the potential immunomodulatory effect of macrolides, and help to inform the appropriate clinical management approach, and the potential
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults aged between 18-60
- Presenting with symptoms of acute URTI (at least two among the following symptoms: body temperature ≥37.8°C, cough, rhinorrhea, sore throat, headache, myalgia/arthralgia) to university health clinics within 48 hours of illness onset.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy to clarithromycin or any other macrolides or the ingredients in the tablets, which include microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmelose sodium, magnesium stearate and povidon will be excluded.
- Patients with a history of chronic liver disease, or any active lung, heart or renal diseases requiring regular medication, or any underlying immunocompromised condition or receiving immunosuppressive agents will also be excluded.
Study Plan
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 |
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Active Comparator: Intervention group
Intervention group: clarithromycin 1 tablet (250mg) twice daily for three days
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Clarithromycin 1 tablet (250mg) twice daily for three days
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo group
Placebo group: (identical-looking) placebo 1 tablet twice daily for three days.
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Placebo group: (identical-looking) placebo 1 tablet twice daily for three days
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Time from recruitment to cessation of clinical illness
Time Frame: 10 days
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Defined as the time when all relevant clinical symptoms are resolved.
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10 days
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Time from recruitment to cessation of viral shedding
Time Frame: 10 days
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Defined as the time when no virus is detected by RT-PCR from both nasal and throat swabs.
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10 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Duration and severity of individual symptoms
Time Frame: 10 days
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Participants will keep symptom diary twice daily for 10 days (from D1-D10), using 4-point scale of 0, 1, 2, or 3 for absent, mild, moderate, or severe symptoms respectively.
Mild symptoms are easily tolerated and do not interfere with any usual activities; moderate symptoms interfere with usual activities; Severe symptoms are such that the individual cannot carry out usual activities.
Ten common influenza symptoms (including feverishness, chills, cough, rhinorrhea, sore throat, general fatigue, headache, myalgia/arthralgia, vomiting, and diarrhea) will be recorded for ten days (D1-D10) and the duration of individual symptoms will be assessed.
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10 days
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Incidence of secondary complications
Time Frame: 28 days
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The symptom diary will be checked on each follow-up (D4, D7, and D10) and collected on D10 by our research staff when the patient returns for follow-up.
Symptoms of possible side effects related to treatment (including skin rashes, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, dark urine) will be recorded.
The occurrence of any complications including otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis, and pneumonia will be enquired during all follow-up sessions and recorded, and cross checking with the attending doctor will be done where necessary.
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28 days
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Health-related quality of life
Time Frame: 28 days
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A simple quality of life (QOL) assessment based on two simple validated 11- point visual analog scales will also be done daily by all participants form D1 - D10, one to rate their own ability for performing normal daily activities (0 = unable to perform normal activity to 10 = fully able to perform normal activity) , and the other for a self-perceived overall health status over a 24-hour (0 = worst health to 10 = best possible health), both of which will be compared to an initial assessment of their normal pre-influenza state reported on the D1 baseline.
All participants will also be required to complete the Acute Form of the Short Form-36, version 2 (SF-36), in D1, D10 and D28, for a more details assessment on the changes of Health-related quality of life (HRQL) related to the episode of the influenza infection.
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28 days
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Geometric mean rise in antibody titre against the infecting type or subtype of influenza virus
Time Frame: 28 days
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Paired sera will be collected on D1 and D28 for measuring the humoral antibody titres against the infecting type or subtype and other circulating strains of influenza viruses, and for evaluating the geometric mean titer rise from baseline to convalescence.
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28 days
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Changes in blood immunity (Cytokine/chemokine and pro-inflammatory mediators)
Time Frame: 7 days
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Plasma concentrations of 20+ cytokines/chemokines and proinflammatory mediators (e.g.
IL-6, IL-8, TNFα, IFN-γ, IL-12p70 etc.) will be measured in each collected blood sample using cytokines bead assay by Flow cytometry.
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7 days
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Change in the carriage rate of common respiratory bacterial pathogen
Time Frame: 7 days
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change in the carriage rate of five common respiratory bacterial pathogen and the proportion of each that were macrolide resistant.
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7 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Dennis KM Ip, MD, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- RNA Virus Infections
- Infections
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections
- Virus Diseases
- Influenza, Human
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
- Clarithromycin
Other Study ID Numbers
- DKMI010.1
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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