Study of GST-HG171/Ritonavir Compared With Placebo in Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase Ⅱ/Ⅲ Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of GST-HG171/Ritonavir in Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19

This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of GST-HG171/Ritonavir in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: COVID-19 Pneumonia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Placebo; Drug: GST-HG171/Ritonavir

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1246
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Guangdong
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
      • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female subjects aged ≥ 18 years when signing the informed consent form (ICF);
2. Subjects with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in specimens such as nasopharyngeal swabs/oropharyngeal swabs for the first time within 4 days prior to randomization who meet the diagnostic and treatment criteria for mild and moderate cases in the Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for COVID-19 (Trial Version 9) issued by the National Health Commission of the Peoples Republic of China ;
3. RT-PCR result of N gene or ORF gene of SARS-CoV-2 within 48 hours before randomization shows a Ct value < 35; at least 2 COVID-19 target symptoms appeared for the first time within 72 hours before randomization (COVID-19 target symptoms include fever, cough, stuffy or runny nose, sore throat or dry throat, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, headache, muscle or body aches, diarrhoea, chills, nausea, and vomit), including at least one designated symptom: fever, cough, stuffy or runny nose, sore throat or dry throat, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing;
4. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test during the screening period. Subjects should take effective contraceptive measures throughout the study period since signing the informed consent form and for 28 days after the end of the study;
5. Subjects who are able to understand the study procedures and methods, and voluntarily participate in the study and sign the ICF after being fully informed.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects who are known to have hypersensitivity to any component of the investigational drug;
2. Subjects who meet diagnostic and treatment criteria for severe and critical cases in the Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for COVID-19 (Trial Version 10) issued by National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China;
3. Abnormal hepatic function at screening: total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); ALT or AST ≥ 3 × ULN;
4. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive, treponema pallidum-specific antibody (TP-PA) positive or rapid plasma reagin (RPR) positive for syphilis at screening;
5. Abnormal renal function at screening: serum creatinine ≥ 1.5 × ULN;
6. Subjects with impaired immune system (including those treated with corticosteroids* or other immunosuppressants*, or those with progression or recurrence of cancer) at screening; Note: *Patients using skin preparations are allowed to be enrolled, but the skin preparations cannot be used in the eyes, nose or ears or by inhalation.
7. Acute onset of chronic respiratory diseases, including bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at screening;
8. There are suspected or confirmed acute systemic infections except for COVID-19 at the time of screening (for example, the pathogen detection indicates that it is complicated with influenza; there is a high possibility of bacterial infection as indicated by symptoms, signs, laboratory tests or imaging), which may interfere with the assessment of response to study intervention;
9. Any comorbidity requiring surgery within 14 days prior to randomization or during the study, or any life-threatening comorbidity within 30 days prior to randomization as determined by the investigator;
10. Subjects who are receiving HIV antiviral treatment at screening;
11. Treatment with SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs within 14 days prior to randomization;
12. Subjects who have received (within 30 days prior to randomization or within 5 drug half-lives, whichever is longer) or are expected to receive COVID-19 monoclonal antibody, intravenous injection of COVID-19 human immunoglobulin, or COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy;
13. Subjects who have received any COVID-19 vaccine within 28 days prior to randomization or planned to receive any COVID-19 vaccine during the study;
14. Any drug prohibited by the package insert of Paxlovid that is currently used or expected to be used during treatment and within 4 days after the last dose of study drug, or any other drug or substance that is highly dependent on cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, CYP2B6, CYP1A2, multidrug resistance gene 1 (MDR1) or organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B3 for clearance; any potent CYP3A4 or MDR1 inducers used within 28 days prior to randomization or expected to be used during treatment and within 4 days after the last dose of study drug ;
15. Pregnant or lactating women;
16. Subjects who have participated in other clinical trials within 3 months prior to administration or are receiving other investigational drugs;
17. Subjects with other conditions that, in the judgment of the investigator, make them unsuitable for participation in this study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo	Drug: Placebo; Placebo
Experimental: GST-HG171/Ritonavir	Drug: GST-HG171/Ritonavir; dose of 150 mg GST-HG171 with 100 mg ritonavir

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to sustained clinical recovery of 11 COVID-19 symptoms	The time from the start of treatment to the time when 11 COVID-19 symptoms get scores of 0 for two consecutive days	Day 1 through Day 28

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Viral load	Change of viral load compared to the baseline	Baseline through Day 5
Time to sustained clinical recovery of 5 COVID-19 symptoms	The time from the start of treatment to the time when respiratory and feverish symptoms get scores of 0 for two consecutive days	Day 1 through Day 28
Time to sustained alleviation of 11 COVID-19 symptoms	The time from the start of treatment to the time when 11 COVID-19 symptoms get scores of 0 or 1 for two consecutive days	Baseline through Day 28
Proportion of participants in clinical recovery	Proportion of participants in clinical recovery	Day 1 through Day 28
AE	Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	Day 1 through Day 28

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fujian Akeylink Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 19, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): July 14, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 16, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 16, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 19, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 11, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• 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; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiviral Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-HIV Agents; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Protease Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; HIV Protease Inhibitors; Viral Protease Inhibitors; Ritonavir
• Other Study ID Numbers: GST-HG171-II/III-01

Drug and device information, study documents

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