Around the world, researchers are working extremely hard to develop new treatments and interventions for COVID-19 with new clinical trials opening nearly every day. This directory provides you with information, including enrollment detail, about these trials. In some cases, researchers are able to offer expanded access (sometimes called compassionate use) to an investigational drug when a patient cannot participate in a clinical trial.
The information provided here is drawn from ClinicalTrials.gov. If you do not find a satisfactory expanded access program here, please search in our COVID Company Directory. Some companies consider expanded access requests for single patients, even if they do not show an active expanded access listing in this database. Please contact the company directly to explore the possibility of expanded access.
Emergency INDs
To learn how to apply for expanded access, please visit our Guides designed to walk healthcare providers, patients and/or caregivers through the process of applying for expanded access. Please note that given the situation with COVID-19 and the need to move as fast as possible, many physicians are requesting expanded access for emergency use. In these cases, FDA will authorize treatment by telephone and treatment can start immediately. For more details, consult FDA guidance. Emergency IND is the common route that patients are receiving convalescent plasma.
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Displaying 360 of 446London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The trial aims to assess the impact of cheap, licenced and widely available investigational products on the natural history of SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2 groups of patients - those with mild or moderate pneumonia (Cohort 1) and those with severe pneumonia (Cohort 2), through randomisation to non-identical placebo or intervention arm.
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
An open-label, 56 day, single-center, exploratory, proof-of-concept study of the anti-viral effect of voclosporin (VCS) with an extended safety follow-up, up to 1 year. Study population are adult KTRs with positive SARS-CoV-2 infection with mild to moderate symptoms. At study entry, subjects are on standard therapy of dual immunosuppressive treatment of prednisone and tacrolimus (TAC), following randomization, 10 out of 20 subjects will remain on this therapy for the duration of the study, while the other 10 subjects will switch to VCS.
Izmir Bakircay University
It is known that COVID-19 has a more negative clinical course and causes higher degrees of morbidity and mortality in case of COVID-19 in diabetic patients. However, the contribution of COVID-19 to hyperglycemia and its effect on glycemic parameters are uncertain. However, it is important to investigate homocysteine and lipid profile levels, respectively, and free radical levels known to be effective in the development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes due to oxidative stress, which can provide information about the identification and diagnosis of cardiovascular complications in the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, as the decrease in physical activity levels of individuals in the COVID-19 pandemic may cause possible secondary complications such as an increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease, determining the physical activity levels of individuals and encouraging them to physical activity is another important parameter to minimize the negative effects of the process. Patients who applied to Izmir Bakircay University Cigli Training and Research Hospital (Cigli Regional Education Hospital) and hospitalized in the COVID-19 service and healthy controls are planning to include in this study. Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 will be included in Group I (n: 20), patients diagnosed with both Type II Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19 will be included in Group II (n: 20) and healthy controls will be included in Group III (n:20). Hemoglobin A1c levels, lipid profiles, homocysteine, free radical levels and physical activity levels will be compared between groups. In addition, the change in the relevant variables before and after COVID-19 treatment will be determined by in-group comparisons in Group I and Group II. This study, which has a prospective and randomized controlled research plan, is planned to be carried out between January and February 2021. Research data will be obtained from blood samples taken from participants. In addition, data on physical activity levels will be collected through a questionnaire. After analyzing the data obtained from the research with appropriate statistical methods, the data will be evaluated.
First affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaoting University
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Remdesivir and Baricitinib combination therapy for the treatment of severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) caused by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our aim is to compare the outcome of the "Remdesivir + Baricitinib" combination against "Remdesivir + Tocilizumab" therapy and find the best option for the management of ARDS in COVID-19 patients.
Nepal Health Research Council
COVID-19 has affected almost all countries in the world. Every other country is constantly working towards its treatment and development of vaccines, with little to no success so far. Recently, several regimens have been tried as antiviral medicine. Among these medicines, Favipiravir is considered a broad-spectrum antiviral with the spectrum of activity noted against a wide range of RNA viruses & a good oral antiviral drug with > 97% bioavailability. It has already proved its safety profile as it has received FDA indication for drug-resistant Influenza. There has been increasing evidence of favorable outcome against COVID-19 in terms of early viral clearance & quicker symptomatic relief however, most of these studies lack strong statistical significance & are not peer-reviewed. Subjects will be categorized into two arms based on the severity of infection due to COVID-19 defined by NMC guidelines. Each arm will have respective two groups as the study drug group and control group. Based on the sample size calculation, subjects will be stratified & randomly enrolled in the study after checking the eligibility criteria at the screening visit. About 276 mild patients will be recruited for this trial and 400 moderate patients (including 10% loss ). Study arm groups will receive a Favipiravir treatment of 1800 mg PO BID on day 1, then 800 mg PO BID from day 2 onwards and control groups will receive the same quantity of Placebo. Treatment will be continued till 5 days after for mild groups and 10 days for moderate groups. Eligible patients will be randomly assigned (1:1) to either Favipiravir or Placebo among mild cases; and Favipiravir or Remdesivir among moderate cases. Randomization will be stratified by age group (18 to 40 years, 40 to 60 years and 60 to 80 years) and co-morbidity. The permuted block (30 patients per block) randomization sequence, including stratification, will be prepared by a statistician using STATA-15 software. Eligible patients will be allocated to the respective arm and will receive individually numbered packs, according to the sequence order as informed by the hotline. Informed written consent will be taken from the participants before commencing the study. All safety data, patient's baseline, clinical outcome data, data from endpoints and variables should be reported by the clinician and his/her team in a pre-instructed case report form (CRF) via a designated website. It is our assumption that if the study results come favorable, Favipiravir, when used in mild or moderate cases, might prevent progression of the disease to higher severity, helps achieve viral clearance early so as to positively impact disease transmission in the community, increase the quality of life by quicker symptom recovery & decrease health burden by shortening the length of stay at the hospital. These findings can also be useful in international scenarios where the world is looking for innovative measures to curb COVID-19 infection. The study findings will be disseminated within and outside the country and will be published in peer-reviewed journals.
Indonesia-MoH
This is an adaptive Phase I trial of a vaccine consisting of autologous dendritic cells previously loaded ex vivo with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, with or without GM-CSF, to prevent COVID-19 in adults.
Sinocelltech Ltd.
This is an adaptive, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase II/III study conducted to evaluate the effect of SCTA01 on participant survival and clinical efficacy in participants with severe COVID-19 admitted to high dependence or ICUs. The study duration of subject participation will be up to: 120 days Participants will receive a single intravenous (IV) infusion of SCTA01 at Treatment day 1. Follow up visits will be up to 120 days or early withdrawal visit.
Mansoura University
Coronavirus disease-19 is global healthcare crisis. Till May 20, 2020, there were approximately 4,789,205 cases and 318,789 related mortalities were identified globally. This dramatic situation led to healthcare service collapse in many countries. Each country developed its own action plan depending on healthcare expertise and the available resources. There is no definitive therapy for Coronavirus disease-19 up till now. Many current and investigational drugs are used nowadays. Recent reports suggest a beneficial role of Ivermectin in the management of Coronavirus disease-19. A notice that necessitates further clinical studies. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the usage of inhaled ivermectin in the management of Coronavirus disease-19.
ImmuneMed, Inc.
To explore the efficacy and confirm the safety of the concomitant administration of the standard of care and hzVSF-v13 in patients with COVID-19 infection
Kafrelsheikh University
Efficacy of Aerosol Combination Therapy of 13 Cis Retinoic Acid and Captopril for Treating Covid-19 Patients Via Indirect Inhibition of Transmembrane Protease, Serine 2 (TMPRSS2) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) has infected over 20,000,000 people causing over 700,000 deaths. It has no currently approved treatments.Airborne SARS-CoV-2 infections in humans initiate from the virus entering nasal and airway epithelial cells through binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2), a cellular protease that activates the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, colocalizes with ACE2 and can prime SARS-CoV-2 fusion directly at the plasma membrane. Transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2) is an androgen receptor signaling target gene and an androgen-regulated cell-surface serine protease expressed predominantly in prostate and lung epithelial cell. TMPRSS2 is normally expressed several folds higher in the prostate relative to any other human tissue, though the normal physiological function(s) remains unknown. A study found that dihydrotestosterone (DHT) s a potent activator of TMPRSS2.On the other hand, Feily et al noted that low-dose isotretinoin (0.5 mg/kg/day for 15-20 weeks) in PCO patients with moderate to severe nodulocystic acne resulted in significant decreases in levels of serum total testosterone, prolactin, and dihydrotestosterone A study demonstrated that 13- cis -Retinoic acid competitively and reversibly inhibits dihydrotestosterone. Therefore, we suggest that 13- cis -Retinoic acid will downregulate TMPRSS2 expression thorough temporary preventing the effect of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the activation of TMPRSS2 gene expression. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are commonly taken by heart patients to reduce blood pressure and to treat heart failure.Earlier studies had cautioned that this class of drugs could possibly increase the risk for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, infection and elevate COVID-19 severity. There is conflicting observational evidence about the potential clinical impact of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on patients with COVID-19. Select preclinical investigations have raised concerns about their safety in patients with COVID-19. On the other hand, Preliminary data hypothesise that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors could benefit patients with COVID-19 by decreasing acute lung damage and preventing angiotensin-II-mediated pulmonary inflammation. Here in our review, we use established and emerging evidence based on the findings of previous studies and researches to propose that ACE inhibitors may benefit patients with COVID-19 via attenuating and abolishing the effect of androgenic hormones on inducing the expression of Transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2), even though, at the same time, ACE inhibitors cause an increase in the human cell surface receptor protein ACE2 which the novel coronavirus uses to enter and infect cells. A study on hypertensive rats demonstrated that using ACE inhibitors(captopril) abolished and attenuated the effect of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In this study RAS inhibition exhibited beneficial effects on androgen-induced obesity and abolished the androgen-mediated increase in blood pressure (BP) observed in this model of PCOS. (83 ± 1 vs 115 ± 3 mmHg, p