- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04335305
Checkpoint Blockade in COVID-19 Pandemic (COPERNICO)
A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Phase II Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab Combined With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Pneumonia
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Barcelona, Spain, 08023
- Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona
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Lleida, Spain, 25198
- Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida
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Madrid, Spain, 280034
- Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal
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Madrid, Spain, 28006
- Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo
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Madrid, Spain, 28036
- Hospital Ruber Internacional
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Valencia, Spain, 46017
- Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset
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Valencia, Spain, 46015
- Hospital Arnau de Vilanova-Lliria
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Informed consent form (ICF) prior to participation in any study-related activities.
Note: If no written ICF can be provided by the trial participant, consent could be given either orally in the presence of an impartial witness or from the legal representative in accordance with national and local patient regulations.
- Male or non-pregnant female patients ≥ 18 years and ≤ 80 years at the time of ICF.
- Laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infection defined with a positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from any specimen and/or detection of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin (Ig)M/IgG antibodies.
- Diagnostic confirmation of pneumonia by either chest X-ray or thoracic CT scan (preferable).
- Patient with acute respiratory syndrome related to COVID-19.
- Patients with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score ≤ 3 at the time of ICF.
- Patients with total lymphocyte count ≤0,8 x106/mL.
- Patients who are showing SpO2 ≤ 92% on room air (measured without any respiratory support for at least 15 minutes). Note: For patients on prior tocilizumab-containing regimen, SpO2 ≤ 94% on room air is sufficient criterion for their eligibility.
Patients who meet at least one of the following parameters: • Increased levels of ferritin;
- Increased levels of IL-6;
- Increased levels of D-dimer;
- Increased levels of CRP;
- Increased levels of LDH;
- Increased levels of ESR;
- For patients on prior tocilizumab-containing regimen for COVID-19, no objective clinical improvement at physician's discretion within 48 hours after treatment initiation.
- Life expectancy greater than 10 days.
- Willing to take study medication and to comply with all study procedures.
- In women of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test and commitment to use contraceptive method throughout the study.
Exclusion criteria
- Participation in any other clinical trial of an experimental treatment for COVID-19.
- Concurrent treatment with other agents with actual or possible direct acting antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 is prohibited < 24 hours prior to study drug dosing, except the commonly used antiviral drugs and/or chloroquine and/or tocilizumab.
- Requiring endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at screening.
- Patients being treated with immunomodulators or anti-rejection drugs.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Creatinine clearance < 50 mL/min.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or end-stage lung disease that require home oxygen therapy.
- Known hypersensitivity to recombinant proteins, or any excipient contained in the drug formulation of study pembrolizumab and tocilizumab.
- Treatment with high doses of systemic corticosteroids within 72 hours prior obtaining consent except for inhaled steroids and prior corticosteroid therapy at dose lower than or equal to 10 mg/day methylprednisolone equivalent.
- Bowel diverticulitis or perforation.
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency receiving immunosuppressive therapy within seven days prior to study treatment initiation. Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs).
- Current known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Patients with past HBV infection or resolved HBV infection (defined as having a negative hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] test and a positive hepatitis B core antibody [HBcAb] test, accompanied by a negative HBV DNA test) are eligible. Patients positive for HCV antibody are eligible only if PCR test is negative for HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA).
Vaccination with any live virus vaccine within 28 days prior to study treatment initiation.
Note: Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox/zoster, yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live-attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
- History of prior allogeneic bone marrow, stem-cell, or solid organ transplantation.
- Patients have any other concurrent severe medical condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment contraindicate patient participation in the clinical study.
- Pregnant women, lactating women and planned pregnant women.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Tocilizumab plus Pembrolizumab (MK-3475)
Tocilizumab 8 mg/kg (up to a maximum of 800 mg per dose) as an intravenous infusion over 60 minutes; single dose Pembrolizumab (MK3475) 200 mg as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes; single dose. Patients who are showing no clinical improvement in respiratory function after 12 hours could receive an additional dose of tocilizumab at the same dose level of the first administration. Patients who are showing SpO2 ≤ 94% on room air could receive an additional administration of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) at the same recommended dose after 3 weeks from treatment initiation and/or an additional dose of tocilizumab after 4 weeks from treatment initiation at physician's discretion. |
IV infusion over 60 minutes; 8 mg/kg (up to a maximum of 800 mg per dose); single dose
Other Names:
IV infusion over 30 minutes, 200 mg; single dose
Other Names:
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No Intervention: Continued Standard of Care
Standard care per local written policies or guidelines comprises, as necessary and at physician's discretion, supplemental oxygen, noninvasive and invasive ventilation, antibiotic agents, vasopressor support, renal-replacement therapy, glucocorticoid, tocilizumab, virally targeted agents, chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Percentage of patients with normalization of SpO2 ≥96% on room air (measured without any respiratory support for at least 15 minutes
Time Frame: through day 14 after study treatment initiation
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Assessed by hospital records
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through day 14 after study treatment initiation
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Proportion of patients discharged from the emergency department and classified as low risk
Time Frame: through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Assessed by hospital records
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through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Number of days of patient hospitalization
Time Frame: through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Assessed by hospital records
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through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Change from baseline in organ failure parameters
Time Frame: Days 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 (+/- 1 day) and 28 (+/- 2 days) or until discharge whatever it comes first.
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The clinical status will be assessed by the SOFA scores
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Days 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 (+/- 1 day) and 28 (+/- 2 days) or until discharge whatever it comes first.
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Proportion of mortality rate
Time Frame: through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Determined as percentage of dead patients
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through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Analysis of the remission of respiratory symptoms
Time Frame: through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Determined as:
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through End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Evaluation of the radiological response
Time Frame: at days 1 and 28 (+/- 2 days)
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by using the same imaging technique (chest X-ray or thoracic CT scan)
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at days 1 and 28 (+/- 2 days)
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Time to first negative in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RT-PCR test
Time Frame: within 28 days from study inclusion
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determined using oropharyngeal or anal swabs
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within 28 days from study inclusion
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Change from baseline of absolute lymphocyte count (ALC),white blood cell count and white blood cell differential count
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of hemoglobin
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of platelets
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of creatinine
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of glucose
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of total bilirubin
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Change from baseline of albumin
Time Frame: days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Baseline defined as the value collected at day 1, 2 hours before treatment administration
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days 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 28 after administration of study drug
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Incidence of adverse events (AEs), incidence of prespecified AEs (safety and tolerability)
Time Frame: Up to End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Evaluated using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (CTCAE v.5.0),
SOFA scores.
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Up to End of Study, defined as 90 ± 14 days after study entry
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Chair: Javier Cortés, IOB Institute of Oncology, Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
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
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- MedOPP376
- 2020-001160-28 (EudraCT Number)
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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