- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04380376
Low-doses Melphalan Inhalation in Patients With COVID-19 (CoronavIrus Disease 2019) Pneumonia (MICOV)
Single-center, Prospective, Open-label, Comparator Study, Blind for Central Accessor to Access the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Inhalations of Low-doses of Melphalan in Patients With Pneumonia With Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
It was previously shown that in ultra-low (more than 100 times lower than conventional therapeutic) doses inhalations of alkylating drug (melphalan) are effective in severe steroid-resistant bronchial asthma, a form of the disease often characterised by neutrophilic type of inflammation. The exacerbation frequency reduced after the treatment, steroid-sparing effect was shown, morphological signs of bronchial epithelial regeneration were revealed and quality of life of asthmatic patients, treated with ultra-low doses of melphalan, improved. In preclinical studies and studies with volunteers, it was found that inhalations of ultra-low doses of melphalan do not have cytotoxic properties, but have local and systemic anti-inflammatory effects and decrease the activation of lymphocytes due to blockade of heavy β-chain of the interleukin (IL)-2 surface receptor. In addition, in ultra-low concentrations, alkylating agents are able to disrupt the cell signalling through the receptor for tumor necrosis factor (TNF), thereby exerting a protective effect from the cytotoxic activity of TNF-α, which leads to the anti-inflammatory response.
Taking into account, that severe cases of COVID are characterised with hyperergic inflammatory response (and in some cases even with the development of "cytokine storm") it can be assumed that the inhalation use of low-doses of melphalan due to its anti-inflammatory properties can be effective treatment for patients with COVID-associated pneumonia.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Evgeny Sinitsyn
- Phone Number: +79269490744
- Email: sinymlad@list.ru
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Kiril A Zykov, Prof
- Phone Number: +79257729462
- Email: kirillaz@inbox.ru
Study Locations
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 115682
- Recruiting
- Kirill Zykov
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Contact:
- Evgeny Sinitsyn
- Phone Number: +79269490744
- Email: sinymlad@list.ru
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Contact:
- Kirill Zykov, Prof
- Phone Number: +79257729462
- Email: kirillaz@inbox.ru
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Sub-Investigator:
- Anna Rvacheva, PhD
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Sub-Investigator:
- Evgeny Sinitsyn, MD
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 125430
- Recruiting
- Clinical Hospital
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Contact:
- Evgeny Sinitsyn
- Phone Number: +79269490744
- Email: sinymlad@list.ru
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Contact:
- Kirill Zykov, MD
- Phone Number: +79257729462
- Email: kirillaz@inbox.ru
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years
- A patient must have confirmed the diagnosis of bi-lateral moderate / severe pneumonia ( viral or viral-bacterial with confirmed of suspected COVID-19).
- Presence new infiltrates or increase already available infiltrates of pulmonary infiltrates on lung CT within 48 hours before baseline.
- A patient has as minimum one of the following symptoms:
fever >38 degrees Celsius, cough, dyspnea, SaO2 (arterial oxygen saturation) <95% (with room air)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent is withdrawn by the patient.
- The patient doesn't follow the instructions of the research staff regarding the requirements of the research protocol.
- Unable to contact the patient.
- The researcher believes that participation in the study is not in the interests of the patient and / or further participation in the study is unsafe for the patient's health.
- There is a violation of the criteria for inclusion and / or non-inclusion in the study.
- The patient has developed an adverse event, which, according to the researcher, makes further participation in the study unsafe for the patient.
- The licensing authority or ethics committee, for any reason, decides to discontinue the entire study or close this research center.
- A female patient becomes pregnant, is planning a pregnancy, or is breastfeeding while participating in this study.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Non-Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Melphalan inhalations
Inhalations with Melphalan 0,1 mg dissolved in 2 ml sodium chloride (NaCl) 0,9% 1 per day for 7-10 consequent days
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Inhalations with low doses of Melphalan for 7-10 consequent days
Other Names:
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Other: Standard of care group
Patients assigned to the standard of care group will not receive any additional therapy.
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the patients will receive only SOC (standard of care) treatment
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The changes of COVID Ordinal Outcomes Scale
Time Frame: baseline vs Day 14, day 28
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The number of patients with the clinical improvement is defined as an improvement of two points (from the status at baseline) on an ordinal scale of clinical improvement on day 28 or discharge from hospital ( whatever occurs earlier)
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baseline vs Day 14, day 28
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Percentage of the patients with Clinical Recovery
Time Frame: baseline vs day 7, day 14, day 28
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Percentage of the patients with clinical recovery which is defined as a normalisation of fever, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation, and improvement of cough, sustained for at least 72 hours, or live hospital discharge, whichever comes first. Normalization and improvement criteria:
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baseline vs day 7, day 14, day 28
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The changes of the Borg's scale
Time Frame: Baseline vs day 7, day 14, day 28
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The evaluation of changes in modified Borg dyspnea scale.
From 0 to 10 units.A lower score means a better clinical result (0 is the absence of dyspnea, and 10 - is maximal dyspnea).
Minimal clinically important difference is 1 unit.
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Baseline vs day 7, day 14, day 28
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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CRP level
Time Frame: baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Change in C-reactive protein (CRP) level from baseline in mg/ml.
A lower level of CRP means a better clinical result.
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baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Lymphocyte count
Time Frame: baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Change in blood absolute lymphocyte count from baseline.
A higher number of lymphocytes means a better clinical result.
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baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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D-dimer
Time Frame: baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Change in blood D-dimer level from baseline.
A lower level of D-dimer means a better clinical result.
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baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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IL-6
Time Frame: baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Change in peripheral blood IL-6 level from baseline.
A lower level of IL-6 means a better clinical result.
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baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Percentage of patients without artificial lung ventilation
Time Frame: baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Percentage of patients without artificial lung ventilation during the study.
A lower percentage of patients means a better clinical result.
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baseline, day 7, Day 14, Day 28
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Pukhalsky AL, Shmarina GV. Stimulatory and protective effects of alkylating agents applied in ultra-low concentrations. Pharmacology. 2001;62(3):129-32. doi: 10.1159/000056084.
- Pukhalsky A, Shmarina G, Alioshkin V, Sabelnikov A. Alkylating drugs applied in non-cytotoxic doses as a novel compounds targeting inflammatory signal pathway. Biochem Pharmacol. 2006 Nov 30;72(11):1432-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.03.008. Epub 2006 Mar 14.
- Pukhal'skii AL, Shmarina GV, Zykov KA, Aleshkin VA. [Effect of steroid therapy on the clinical course of bronchial asthma]. Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk. 2009;(6):3-9. Russian.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
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
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Coronavirus Infections
- Coronaviridae Infections
- Nidovirales Infections
- RNA Virus Infections
- Virus Diseases
- Infections
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Respiration Disorders
- Lung Diseases
- COVID-19
- Respiratory Aspiration
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Alkylating Agents
- Myeloablative Agonists
- Melphalan
Other Study ID Numbers
- PSRI05-20
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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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