CORIMUNO-19 - Tocilizumab Trial - TOCI (CORIMUNO-TOCI) (CORIMUNO-TOC)

Cohort Multiple Randomized Controlled Trials Open-label of Immune Modulatory Drugs and Other Treatments in COVID-19 Patients - Tocilizumab Trial - CORIMUNO-19 - TOCI (CORIMUNO-TOCI)

The overall objective of the study is to determine the therapeutic effect and tolerance of Tocizilumab in patients with moderate, severe pneumonia or critical pneumonia associated with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Tocilizumab (TCZ) is an anti-human IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody that inhibits signal transduction by binding sIL-6R and mIL-6R. The study has a cohort multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (cmRCT) design. Randomization will occur prior to offering Tocilizumab administration to patients enrolled in the COVIMUNO-19 cohort. Tocilizumab will be administered to consenting adult patients hospitalized with CORVID-19 either diagnosed with moderate or severe pneumonia requiring no mechanical ventilation or critical pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. Patients who will chose not to receive Tocilizumab will receive standard of cares. Outcomes of Tocilizumab-treated patients will be compared with outcomes of standard of care treated patients as well as outcomes of patients treated with other immune modulators.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Corona Virus Infection
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Tocilizumab

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 228
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Paris, France
    • APHP - Hopital Necker
  • Paris, France, 75012
    • APHP- Hôpital Tenon
  • Paris, France
    • APHP - Beaujon
  • Paris, France
    • Aphp - Bichat
  • Paris, France
    • APHP - Pitié Salpêtrière
  • Paris, France
    • APHP - Saint Louis
  • Strasbourg, France
    • CHU Strasbourg
  • Villejuif, France
    • Institut Gustave Roussy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients included in the CORIMUNO-19 cohort

2. Patients belonging to one of the 2 following groups:

   • Group 1: Cases meeting all of the following criteria

     • Requiring more than 3L/min of oxygen
     • OMS/WHO progression scale = 5
     • No NIV or High flow

   • Group 2: Cases meeting all of the following criteria

     • Respiratory failure AND (requiring mechanical ventilation OR NIV OR High flow)
     • WHO progression scale >=6
     • No do-not-resuscitate order (DNR order)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with exclusion criteria to the CORIMUNO-19 cohort.
• Known hypersensitivity to Tocilizumab or to any of their excipients.
• Pregnancy
• Current documented bacterial infection
• Patient with any of following laboratory results out of the ranges detailed below at screening should be discussed depending of the medication:
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≤ 1.0 x 109/L
• Haemoglobin level: no limitation
• Platelets (PLT) < 50 G /L
• SGOT or SGPT > 5N

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Standard of care
Experimental: TOCILIZUMAB; Tocilizumab 8mg/kg D1 and if no response (no decrease of oxygen requirement) a second injection at D3.	Drug: Tocilizumab; Tocilizumab 8mg/kg D1 and if no response (no decrease of oxygen requirement) a second injection at D3.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Survival without needs of ventilator utilization at day 14. Group 1	Group 1. Survival without needs of ventilator utilization (including non invasive ventilation and high flow) at day 14. Thus, events considered are needing ventilator utilization (including Non Invasive Ventilation, NIV or high flow), or death. New DNR order (if given after the inclusion of the patient) will be considered as an event at the date of the DNR.	14 days
WHO progression scale <=5 at day 4. Group 1.	Group 1. Proportion of patients alive without non-invasive ventilation of high low at day 4 (WHO progression scale ≤ 5). A patient with new DNR order at day 4 will be considered as with a score > 5. WHO progression scale: Uninfected; non viral RNA detected: 0 Asymptomatic; viral RNA detected: 1 Symptomatic; Independent: 2 Symptomatic; Assistance needed: 3 Hospitalized; No oxygen therapy: 4 Hospitalized; oxygen by mask or nasal prongs: 5 Hospitalized; oxygen by NIV or High flow: 6 Intubation and Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2>=150 OR SpO2/FIO2>=200: 7 Mechanical ventilation, (pO2/FIO2<150 OR SpO2/FIO2<200) OR vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min): 8 Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2<150 AND vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min), OR Dialysis OR ECMO: 9 Dead: 10	4 days
Cumulative incidence of successful tracheal extubation (defined as duration extubation > 48h) at day 14. Group 2.	Group 2. Cumulative incidence of successful tracheal extubation (defined as duration extubation > 48h) at day 14 if patients have been intubated before day 14 ; or removal of NIV or high flow (for > 48h) if they were included under oxygen by NIV or High flow (score 6) and remained without intubation. Death or new DNR order (if given after the inclusion of the patient) will be considered as a competing event.	14 days
WHO progression scale at day 4. Group 2.	Group 2 Early end point : proportion of patients with a decrease of WHO score of at least 1 point at day 4. WHO progression scale: Uninfected; non viral RNA detected: 0 Asymptomatic; viral RNA detected: 1 Symptomatic; Independent: 2 Symptomatic; Assistance needed: 3 Hospitalized; No oxygen therapy: 4 Hospitalized; oxygen by mask or nasal prongs: 5 Hospitalized; oxygen by NIV or High flow: 6 Intubation and Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2>=150 OR SpO2/FIO2>=200: 7 Mechanical ventilation, (pO2/FIO2<150 OR SpO2/FIO2<200) OR vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min): 8 Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2<150 AND vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min), OR Dialysis OR ECMO: 9 Dead: 10	4 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
WHO progression scale	WHO progression scale: Uninfected; non viral RNA detected: 0 Asymptomatic; viral RNA detected: 1 Symptomatic; Independent: 2 Symptomatic; Assistance needed: 3 Hospitalized; No oxygen therapy: 4 Hospitalized; oxygen by mask or nasal prongs: 5 Hospitalized; oxygen by NIV or High flow: 6 Intubation and Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2>=150 OR SpO2/FIO2>=200: 7 Mechanical ventilation, (pO2/FIO2<150 OR SpO2/FIO2<200) OR vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min): 8 Mechanical ventilation, pO2/FIO2<150 AND vasopressors (norepinephrine >0.3 microg/kg/min), OR Dialysis OR ECMO: 9 Dead: 10	7 and 14 days
Survival	Overall survival	14, 28 and 90 days
28-day ventilator free-days		28 days
respiratory acidosis at day 4	arterial blood pH of <7.25 with a partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide [Paco2] of ≥60 mm Hg for >6 hours	4 days
PaO2/FiO2 ratio	evolution of PaO2/FiO2 ratio	day 1 to day 14
time to oxygen supply independency	time to oxygen supply independency	14 days
duration of hospitalization	duration of hospitalization	90 days
time to negative viral excretion	time to negative viral excretion	90 days
time to ICU discharge	time to ICU discharge	90 days
time to hospital discharge	time to hospital discharge	90 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Tleyjeh IM. The Misleading "Pooled Effect Estimate" of Crude Data from Observational Studies at Critical Risk of Bias: The Case of Tocilizumab in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1154-e1155. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1735. No abstract available.
• Hermine O, Mariette X, Tharaux PL, Resche-Rigon M, Porcher R, Ravaud P; CORIMUNO-19 Collaborative Group. Effect of Tocilizumab vs Usual Care in Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Moderate or Severe Pneumonia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):32-40. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6820. Erratum in: JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):144. Erratum in: JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jul 1;181(7):1021.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 30, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): March 31, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): April 2, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Coronavirus Infections
• Other Study ID Numbers: APHP200375-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No