Study of Efficacy and Safety of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC in Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19

Randomized Open-label Multicenter Parallel-group Study of Efficacy and Safety of TL-FVP-t vs. Standard of Care Therapy in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

Randomized open-label multicenter parallel-group study of efficacy and safety of TL-FVP-t vs. standard of care therapy in patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: COVID-19
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Favipiravir; Drug: standard concomitant therapy; Drug: Standard of care (SOC)

Detailed Description

This was an open label, randomized, controlled, multicenter Phase 3 study of TL-FVP-t in outpatients and inpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19. After stratification by the severity of their disease (mild or moderate), age (18-44 or ≥ 45 years) and CT severity subjects were randomized at a rate of 2:1 to receive either TL-FVP-t + standard concomitant therapy or standard ethiptropic therapy (standard of care - SOC) including standard concomitant therapy. Standard ethiptropic therapy according to MoH of Russian Federation included umifenovir + intranasal recombinant interferon alpha, hydroxichloroquine, or chloroquine.

The dose regimen was the following: TL-FVP-t at a dose of 1800 mg BID on the Day 1 followed by 800 mg BID during the next 9 days. The study included the period of therapy (10 days) and follow-up period (18 days).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 168
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Russian Federation
  • Korolev, Russian Federation
    • Medical center LLC "Neuroprofi"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • Federal budgetary institution of science "Central Research Institute of Epidemiology" of Russian Federal Supervision Service for Consumer Rights Protection and People's Welfare
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • Medical centers JSC "Medsi Group of Companies"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • State budgetary institution of health care of the city of Moscow "City Clinical Hospital №52 of the Moscow City Healthcare Department"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • State budgetary institution of health care of the city of Moscow "City Clinical Hospital №67 n.a. LA Vorokhobova of the Moscow City Healthcare Department"
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • State budgetary institution of health care of the city of Moscow "Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital №1 of the Moscow City Healthcare Department"
  • Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • Medical center LLC "Medical Center Eco-safety"
  • Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "City Hospital No. 40 of the Kurortny District"
  • Voronezh, Russian Federation
    • Budgetary healthcare institution of the Voronezh region "Voronezh Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1"
  • Zhukovskiy, Russian Federation
    • State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow Region "Zhukovskaya City Clinical Hospital".

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Informed consent form signed.
2. Males and females aged 18-60 years;
3. Diagnosis of coronavirus disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in a mild or moderate form (without respiratory failure).
4. Duration of infection symptoms shall be no more than 6 days before randomization.
5. SARS-CoV-2 infection should be verified by PCR at the screening.
6. Ability to follow the protocol and fulfill all the clinical study procedures.
7. Ability and willingness of the subjects and their sexual partners with retained childbearing potential to use reliable contraception methods throughout the study and for 3 months after the treatment completion.
8. Willingness not to take alcohol throughout the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Age < 18 and > 60 years.
2. Any etiotropic therapy of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection prior to the study.
3. Moderate infection with respiratory failure, severe or extremely severe SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) disease.
4. Respiratory failure (RR > 30/min, SpO2 ≤ 93 %) or the need for mechanical ventilation at the screening.
5. Decreased level of consciousness (disorientation of place, time and personality), agitation at the screening.
6. Unstable hemodynamics (systolic BP < 100 mm Hg or diastolic BP < 60 mm Hg) found at the screening.
7. Subtotal diffuse ground-glass induration of pulmonary tissue and pulmonary consolidation combined with reticular changes; involvement of ≥ 75 % of lung parenchyma; hydrothorax (CT findings corresponding to ≥ CT-4 according to Department of Health of Moscow guidelines).

8. Presence of comorbidities:

   1. moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma;
   2. severe chronic cardiovascular disorders (arrhythmia or conduction disorders, implanted pacemaker device, myocardial infarction or unstable angina in the medical history, heart failure);
   3. immunocompromised subjects (HIV, cancer, autoimmune diseases, immunodepressant therapy);
   4. severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 40);
   5. diabetes mellitus;
   6. chronic renal failure;
   7. chronic moderate or severe hepatic disorders.
9. Any of the following abnormal laboratory tests at the screening: AST or ALT level > 2.5 x upper normal level (UNL), platelet count < 50х109/L.
10. Any history findings which, in the investigator's opinion, may complicate the interpretation of the study results or generate an additional risk for the subject due to his/her participation in the study.
11. More than 2 CT diagnostic procedures within the last 6 months prior to randomization (except for chest CT no earlier than 4 days prior to enrollment).
12. The subject takes the products significantly inhibiting CYP28С, and administration those products cannot be interrupted for the study duration.
13. Malabsorption syndrome or another clinically relevant gastrointestinal disease which may affect the study product absorption (uncontrollable vomiting, diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, etc.).
14. Pregnancy or breast-feeding; women with probable pregnancy at the screening, those planning to conceive during the study.
15. Known (from the history) or suspected alcohol or psychotropic drug abuse; medicinal or illicit drug addiction.
16. Mental disorders including those in the medical history.
17. Condition or disease which, according to the investigator or medical monitor, will compromise the subject's safety or affect assessment of the study product safety.

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
Experimental: TL-FVP-t (favipiravir) Treatment Arm; Day 1: favipiravir 1800 mg BID plus Standard of Care (SOC); Days 2-10: 800 mg BID plus SOC.	Drug: Favipiravir; TL-FVP-t will be administered orally; Other Names: TL-FVP-t; Koronavir; Drug: standard concomitant therapy; Standard of care according to MoH of Russian Federation recomendation for COVID-19
Active Comparator: Standard of Care Arm; Standard of Care including etiotropic therapy according to MoH of Russian Federation Recomendations for COVID-19 (umifenovir + intranasal recombinant interferon alpha, or hydroxychloroquine, or chloroquine, or mefloquine in recomended regimen) up to10 days	Drug: standard concomitant therapy; Standard of care according to MoH of Russian Federation recomendation for COVID-19; Drug: Standard of care (SOC); SOC will include standard etiotropic therapy (umifenovir + intranasal recombinant interferon alpha, or hydroxychloroquine, or chloroquine) according to MoH of Russian Federation recomendations for COVID-19

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to clinical improvement	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on time to clinical improvement. The clinical improvement is defined as reduction on at least 1 score of patient clinical status according to WHO 8-category Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement compared to screening	through Day 28
Time to viral clearance	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on time to viral clearance of SARS-CoV-2 virus as measured by PCR in oropharyngeal sampling	through Day 28

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of clinical improvement at separate time points	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on proportion of subjects (%) with clinical improvement according to WHO 8-category Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement	Day 7
Rate of viral clearance at separate time points	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on a proportion of subjects (%) with viral clearance of SARS-CoV-2 virus as measured by PCR in oropharyngeal sampling at separate time points	Days 5 and 7
Time to body temperature normalization	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on time to body temperature normalization determined as body temperature < 37°C without antipyretics for at least 48 hours.	through Day 28
Rate of resolution of lung changes on CT	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on a proportion of subjects (%) with resolution of lung changes on CT	Day 14
Rate of adverse drug reactions (ADR) and serious ADR	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on a proportion of subjects (%) with ADR and serious ADR	through Day 28
Rate of severe ADR	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on a proportion of subjects (%) with severe ADR	through Day 28
Rate therapy termination due to ADR	To determine the effect of TL-FVP-t vs. SOC on a proportion of subjects (%) discontinued therapy due ADR	through Day 28

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: R-Pharm

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 20, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 29, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): August 4, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 5, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 5, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 6, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 20, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; 2019-nCoV; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Respiratory disease; lung disease; 2019 novel coronavirus
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiviral Agents; Favipiravir
• Other Study ID Numbers: TL-FVP-t-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

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