Antithrombotic Therapy to Ameliorate Complications of COVID-19 (ATTACC) (ATTACC)

July 26, 2021 updated by: University of Manitoba

Antithrombotic Therapy to Ameliorate Complications of COVID-19 (ATTACC), in Collaboration With Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV-4)

Endothelial injury as a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a dysregulated host inflammatory response and activation of coagulation pathways. Macro- and micro-vascular thrombosis may contribute to morbidity, organ failure, and death. Therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin may improve clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 through anti-thrombotic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-viral activities of heparins. This pragmatic, Bayesian adaptive randomized controlled trial will determine whether therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin (subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin or intravenous unfractionated heparin) versus usual care reduces the need for intubation or death in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The trial uses an adaptive design which was chosen to overcome limitations in available data to inform a priori estimation of event rates and possible effect sizes. The adaptive design also includes response-adaptive randomization based on baseline D-dimer level, probing for differential efficacy across subgroups defined based on initial D-dimer level. This Bayesian adaptive randomized trial will stop at a conclusion 1) when the posterior probability that the proportional odds ratio is greater than 1.0 reaches 99% (definition of benefit); 2) when the posterior probability that the proportional odds ratio is greater than 1.2 is less than 10% (definition of futility) or; 3) when the posterior probability that the proportional odds ratio is less than 1.0 is greater than 90% (definition of harm). The trial will enroll a maximum of 3,000 patients, although in many simulations the trial may require fewer patients. The trial is strategically aligned with the international REMAP-CAP/COVID platform trial to accelerate evidence generation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, open-label, multicentre, Bayesian adaptive randomized clinical trial to establish whether therapeutic-dose parenteral anticoagulation improves outcomes for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (e.g., reduces intubation or mortality). Participants will be randomized either to the investigational arm (therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin for 14 days or until "recovery" [defined as hospital discharge or liberation from supplemental oxygen if initially required], whichever comes first), or to the control arm (usual care, including thromboprophylactic dose anticoagulation according to local practice).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1200

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

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

      • São Paulo, Brazil
        • Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo
      • São Paulo, Brazil
        • Hospital 9 De Julho
      • São Paulo, Brazil
        • Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas
      • São Paulo, Brazil
        • Instituto do Coração do Estado de São Paulo
      • São Paulo, Brazil
        • Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Hospital Albert Einstein
    • BA
      • Itabuna, BA, Brazil
        • Santa Casa de Misericordia de Itabuna
    • CE
      • Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil
        • Hospital Unimed do Cariri
    • Goias
      • Goiania, Goias, Brazil
        • Instituto Goiano de Oncologia e Hematologia - INGOH
    • MG
      • Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
        • Hospital Felicio Rocho
    • MS
      • Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
        • Clinica de Campo Grande S/A
      • Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
        • Unimed Campo Grande
    • Mato Grosso Do Sul
      • Campo Grande, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
        • Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas Humap - UFMS
    • PR
      • Curitiba, PR, Brazil
        • Hospital das Clínicas da UFPR
      • Curitiba, PR, Brazil
        • Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana
      • Maringa, PR, Brazil
        • Parana Medical Research Center
    • Pernanbuco
      • Recife, Pernanbuco, Brazil
        • Hospital Agamenon Magalhaes
    • RJ
      • Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
        • Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto
    • RS
      • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
        • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
      • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
        • Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
      • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
        • Instituto de Medicina Vascular
    • Rio Grande Do Sul
      • Passo Fundo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
        • Hospital São Vicente de Paulo
    • SP
      • Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
        • Casa de Saude Santa Marcelina
      • Tatui, SP, Brazil
        • Instituto de Molestias Cardio Vasculares de Tatui
    • Santa Catarina
      • Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
        • AngioCor Blumenau
      • Sao Jose, Santa Catarina, Brazil
        • Instituto de Cardiologia de Santa Catarina
    • Sao Paulo
      • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
        • Instituto de Pesquisa clinica de Campinas
      • Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
        • Praxis Pesquisa Médica
      • Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
        • Santa Casa de Votuporanga
    • British Columbia
      • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
        • Victoria General Hospital
    • Manitoba
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
        • St. Boniface General Hospital
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3A 1R9
        • Health Sciences Center Winnipeg
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
        • Grace General Hospital
    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
        • Hamilton Health Sciences
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
        • St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
        • The Ottawa Hospital
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
        • Hôpital Montfort
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G2C4
        • University Health Network
    • Quebec
      • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
        • Jewish General Hospital
      • Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H4A3J1
        • McGill University Health Centre
      • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
        • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
      • Québec, Quebec, Canada
        • CHU de Quebec-University Laval
      • Québec, Quebec, Canada
        • Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (CRIUCPQ)
      • Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
    • Saskatchewan
      • Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
        • Regina General Hospital
      • Querétaro, Mexico
        • Hospital General regional 2 El Marqués
    • Mexico City
      • Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
        • Hospital de Infectolog´ñia Centro Médico Nacional La Raza
      • Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico
        • Hospital General Regional 1 Carlos MacGregor Sánchez Navarro
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
        • Emory University Hospital Midtown
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
        • University of Chicago
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson, Louisiana, United States, 70121
        • Ochsner Clinic
    • Maine
      • Portland, Maine, United States, 04102
        • Maine Medical Center
    • Michigan
      • Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48128
        • Henry Ford University
      • Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48336
        • Beaumont Hospital
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104
        • Saint Louis University School of Medicine/Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    • New Jersey
      • Camden, New Jersey, United States, 08103
        • Cooper University Health Care
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • Hackensack University Medical Center
      • Livingston, New Jersey, United States, 07039
        • Saint Barnabas Medical Center
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10467
        • Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
        • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients ≥18 years of age providing (possibly through a substitute decision maker) informed consent who require hospitalization anticipated to last ≥72 hours, for microbiologically-confirmed COVID-19, enrolled < 72 hours of hospital admission or of COVID-19 confirmation

• If the patient is already hospitalized and the COVID-19 diagnosis is due to an outbreak or an incidental finding, then enrollment can occur within 72 hours of a clinical syndrome attributable to COVID-19 that requires continued hospitalization (e.g. new or worsening oxygen requirements or acute kidney injury) which is further anticipated to extend the hospital admission by an additional 72 hours from randomization.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients admitted to an ICU AND receiving organ support (i.e. high flow nasal oxygen, receiving non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or are requiring vasopressor/inotrope)
  2. Patients for whom the intent is to not use pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis
  3. Active bleeding
  4. Risk factors for bleeding, including:

    1. intracranial surgery or stroke within 3 months;
    2. history of intracerebral arteriovenous malformation;
    3. cerebral aneurysm or mass lesions of the central nervous system;
    4. intracranial malignancy
    5. history of intracranial bleeding
    6. history of bleeding diatheses (e.g., hemophilia)
    7. history of gastrointestinal bleeding within previous 3 months
    8. thrombolysis within the previous 7 days
    9. presence of an epidural or spinal catheter
    10. recent major surgery <14 days
    11. uncontrolled hypertension (sBP >200 mmHg, dBP >120 mmHg)
    12. other physician-perceived contraindications to anticoagulation
  5. Platelet count <50 x10^9/L, INR >2.0, or baseline aPTT >50 (if available per SOC testing)
  6. Hemoglobin <80 g/L (to minimize the likelihood of requiring red blood cell transfusion if potential bleeding were to occur)
  7. Acute or subacute bacterial endocarditis
  8. History of heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) or other heparin allergy including hypersensitivity
  9. Current use of dual antiplatelet therapy
  10. Patients with an independent indication for therapeutic anticoagulation
  11. Patients in whom imminent demise is anticipated and there is no commitment to active ongoing intervention
  12. Anticipated transfer to another hospital that is not a study site within 72 hours
  13. Enrollment in other trials related to anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Investigational arm
Participants randomized to the investigational arm will receive therapeutic anticoagulation for 14 days (or until hospital discharge or liberation from supplemental oxygen >24 hours if previously required, whichever comes first) with heparin, with preference for subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (enoxaparin preferred, although dalteparin or tinzaparin are also acceptable, as available) if no contraindication is present; alternatively, intravenous unfractionated heparin infusion may be used.

Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) Preferred therapeutic anticoagulant is enoxaparin. Generally regimens: 1.5 mg/kg subcutaneous once daily or 1 mg/kg subcutaneous twice daily. Alternatively, other subcutaneous LMWH used, including tinzaparin (175 anti-Xa IU/kg subcutaneous once daily) or dalteparin (200 IU/kg subcutaneous once daily or 100 IU/kg subcutaneous twice a day).

Unfractionated heparin (UFH) Commenced, administered, and monitored according to local hospital policy, and guidelines that are used for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (i.e. not for acute coronary syndrome). Intravenous infusion of UFH is according to total body weight and pragmatically adjusted according to local institutional policy to achieve an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) of 1.5-2.5x the reference value. If UFH is used, the availability of a local hospital policy that has specifies an aPTT target in this range or an anti-Xa value is a requirement.

No Intervention: Control arm
Participants will receive usual care of thromboprophylactic dose anticoagulation according to local practice.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mortality and days free of organ support
Time Frame: 21 days
The primary endpoint in the trial is days alive and free of organ support at day 21. This endpoint is defined as the number of days that a patient is alive and free of organ support through the first 21 days after trial entry. Organ support is defined as receipt of invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation, high flow nasal oxygen (>30 L/min), vasopressor therapy, or ECMO support. Death at any time (including beyond 21 days) during the index hospital stay is assigned the worst possible score of -1.
21 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Arterial and venous thrombotic conditions
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
A composite endpoint of death, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, systemic arterial thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, or ischemic stroke collected during hospitalization or at 28 days and 90 days after enrollment (whichever is earlier).
28 days and 90 days
Intubation and mortality
Time Frame: 30 days
Ordered categorical endpoint with three possible outcomes based on the worst status of each patient through day 30 following randomization: no invasive mechanical ventilation, invasive mechanical ventilation, or death.
30 days
All-cause mortality
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
28 days and 90 days
Intubation
Time Frame: 30 days
Invasive mechanical ventilation.
30 days
Hospital-free days
Time Frame: 28 days
Days alive outside of the hospital through 28 days following randomization.
28 days
Ventilator-free days
Time Frame: 28 days
Days alive not on a ventilator assessed at 28 days following randomization.
28 days
Myocardial infarction
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
28 days and 90 days
Ischaemic stroke
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
28 days and 90 days
Venous thromboembolism
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
Symptomatic proximal venous thromboembolism (DVT or PE).
28 days and 90 days
Vasopressor-free days
Time Frame: 28 days
Days alive not on a vasopressor assessed at 28 days following randomization.
28 days
Renal replacement free days
Time Frame: 28 days
Days alive not on renal replacement assessed at 28 days following randomization.
28 days
Hospital re-admission
Time Frame: 28 days
Hospital re-admission within 28 days.
28 days
Acute kidney injury
Time Frame: Duration of study
As defined by KDIGO criteria.
Duration of study
Systemic arterial thrombosis or embolism
Time Frame: 28 days and 90 days
28 days and 90 days
ECMO support
Time Frame: Duration of study
Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support.
Duration of study
Mechanical circuit thrombosis
Time Frame: Duration of study
Dialysis or ECMO.
Duration of study
WHO ordinal scale
Time Frame: 28 days
Peak scale over 28 days, scale at 14 days, and proportion with improvement by at least 2 categories compared to enrollment, at 28 days.
28 days
Major bleeding
Time Frame: Intervention period (maximum 14 days)
As defined by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH).
Intervention period (maximum 14 days)
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Time Frame: Intervention period (maximum 14 days)
Laboratory-confirmed.
Intervention period (maximum 14 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Patrick R. Lawler, MD, MPH, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre/University Health Network
  • Principal Investigator: Ewan C. Goligher, MD, PhD, University Health Network, Toronto
  • Principal Investigator: Ryan Zarychanski, MD, MSc, University of Manitoba

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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)

May 20, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 17, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

May 17, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 24, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

May 4, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 27, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 26, 2021

Last Verified

January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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