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COVID-19Phase 2NCT04480424

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of High Dose Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Plus Standard Medical Treatment (SMT) Versus SMT Alone in Participants in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) With Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

A Phase 2 study testing GAMUNEX-C and Standard Medical Treatment in people with COVID-19, run by Grifols Therapeutics LLC at 18 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if a high dose of Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) plus Standard Medical Treatment (SMT) can reduce all-cause mortality versus SMT alone in hospitalized participants with COVID-19 requiring admission to the ICU through Day 29. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
COVID-19
What is being tested?
GAMUNEX-C and Standard Medical Treatment
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
18 sitesUnited States
Study dates
17 Sep 2020to 25 Oct 2021
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Hospitalized male or female subjects of ≥ 18 years of age at time of Screening who are being treated in the ICU for COVID-19 for not longer than 48 hours or for whom a decision has been made that COVID-19 disease severity warrants ICU admission.
  • Has laboratory-confirmed novel coronavirus {SARS-CoV-2} infection as determined by qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (reverse transcriptase [RT]-PCR), or other United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved diagnostic assay for COVID-19 in any specimen during the current hospital admission prior to randomization.
  • Illness (symptoms of COVID-19 of any duration requiring ICU level care), and the following:
  • Radiographic infiltrates by imaging (chest X-Ray, computerized tomography (CT) scan, etc.), and
  • Requiring mechanical ventilation and/or supplemental oxygen.
  • Any one of the following related to COVID-19: i. Ferritin > 400 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL), ii. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) > 300 units per liter (U/L), iii. D-Dimers > reference range, or iv. C-reactive protein (CRP) > 40 milligram per liter (mg/L).
  • Subject provides informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures.

Who cannot join

  • Clinical evidence of any significant acute or chronic disease or pathophysiologic manifestations (eg, complications of COVID-19 standard medical treatments) that, in the opinion of the investigator, may place the subject at undue medical risk.
  • The subject has had a known (documented) serious anaphylactic reaction to blood, any blood-derived or plasma product or a past history of any hypersensitivity reactions to commercial immunoglobulin.
  • A medical condition in which the infusion of additional fluid is contraindicated.
  • Shock that is unresponsive to fluid challenge and/or multiple vasopressors and accompanied by multiorgan failure considered by the Principal Investigator not able to be reversed.
  • Subjects with known (documented) thrombotic complications to polyclonal IVIG therapy in the past.
  • Subjects with current or prior myocardial infarction, stroke, deep vein thrombosis, or thromboembolic event (within the past 12 months) or who have a history of thromboembolic events of unknown etiology.
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  • Subjects with limitations of therapeutic effort.
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or of child-bearing potential with a positive test for pregnancy blood or urine human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)-based assay at Screening/Baseline.
  • Subjects participating in another interventional clinical trial with investigational medical product or device.
  • Known history of prothrombin gene mutation 20210, homozygous Factor V Leiden mutations, antithrombin III deficiency, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency or antiphospholipid syndrome.
  • Presence of malignancy (either new diagnosis of malignancy or known residual disease) within the past 12 months.
  • Creatinine at Screening is ≥ 4 mg/dL (or subject is dependent on dialysis/renal replacement therapy).
  • Known Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency with anti-IgA serum antibodies.
  • Uncontrolled hypertension at the time of Screening (systolic blood pressure > 200 mm Hg) or refractory severe hypotension with sustained systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg unresponsive to vasopressors.

Trial locations and contacts

18 sites in 1 country.

18 sites in 1 country

United States18 sites
  • Summa Health

    Akron, Ohio, 44304

  • Chandler Regional Medical Center

    Chandler, Arizona, 85224

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Southern California Research Center

    Coronado, California, 92118

  • McLaren Flint

    Flint, Michigan, 48532

  • University of Louisville

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

  • McLaren Health Care-Macomb

    Mount Clemens, Michigan, 48043

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • CHI Health

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68124

  • Temple University Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140

  • Allegheny Health Network Research Institute

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212

  • McLaren Health Care Oakland

    Pontiac, Michigan, 48342

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103

  • MultiCare Deaconess Hospital

    Spokane, Washington, 99204

  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405

  • CHRISTUS Health

    Tyler, Texas, 75701

  • Via Christi Research

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27517

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About this study

Official title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label Parallel Group Pilot Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of High Dose Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Plus Standard Medical Treatment (SMT) Versus SMT Alone in Subjects With COVID-19 Requiring Admission to the Intensive Care Unit

The purpose of the study is to determine if a high dose of Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) plus Standard Medical Treatment (SMT) can reduce all-cause mortality versus SMT alone in hospitalized participants with COVID-19 requiring admission to the ICU through Day 29.

Conditions
COVID-19
Being tested
GAMUNEX-C, Standard Medical Treatment
Keywords
Coronavirus Disease, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus Infections, Coronaviridae Infections, Virus Diseases, Immunoglobulins, Antibodies, Gamma-globulins, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Immunologic Factors, Physiological Effects of Drugs
Medical subject headings
COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections, Coronaviridae Infections, Virus Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • GAMUNEX-CBiological

    Also called IGIV-C

    Intravenous Immune Globulin (Human), 10% Caprylate/Chromatography Purified.

  • Standard Medical TreatmentDrug

    SMT per local policies or guidelines.

Study groups in NCT04480424
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
GAMUNEX-C + Standard Medical TreatmentExperimentalParticipants received 2 grams per kilogram (g/kg) of GAMUNEX-C, which was capped to a maximum of 160 g infusion intravenously (IV) for participants weighing more than 80 kg on Day 1. The 2 g/kg net total dose was divided either into infusions of 500 mg/kg body weight over 4 days or 400 mg/kg body weight over 5 days as per investigator's decision. Participants received standard of care interventions as per Principal Investigator's discretion from Day 1 up to Day 29.
Receives: Biological: GAMUNEX-C; Drug: Standard Medical Treatment
Standard Medical TreatmentActive comparatorParticipants received all standard of care interventions required as per Principal Investigator's discretion throughout the participant's hospitalization, from Day 1 to Day 29.
Receives: Drug: Standard Medical Treatment

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. All-Cause Mortality Rate Through Day 29

    All-cause mortality rate is percentage of participants in each treatment group who experienced mortality up to Day 29.

    Measured: Up to Day 29

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Percentage of Participants With Actual Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Discharge Time

    Percentage of participants who were discharged from ICU were recorded. Time to actual ICU discharge was defined as duration of actual ICU stay from Day 1 through Day 29.

    Measured: Up to Day 29

  2. Duration of Mechanical Ventilation

    Duration (number of days) of ICU stay from post-randomization through Day 29 was calculated based on ICU admission and discharge (actual and medical equivalence) dates.

    Measured: Up to Day 29

  3. Percentage of Participants With Actual Hospital Discharge Time

    Percentage of participants who were discharged from the hospital were recorded. Time to hospital discharge was defined as duration of hospitalization from Day 1 through Day 29.

    Measured: Up to Day 29

  4. Duration of Any Oxygen Use From Day 1 Through Day 29

    Duration (number of days) of any oxygen use from Day 1 through Day 29 was calculated based on the start/stop dates.

    Measured: Up to Day 29

  5. Mean Change From Baseline in Ordinal Scale

    The ordinal scale is a 7-point scale ranging from 1 to 7 used to measure clinical status based on the following points: 1) Death; 2) Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 3) Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4) Hospitalized, requiring supplemental oxygen; 5) Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen; 6) Not hospitalized, limitation on activities; 7) Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities. Higher score indicated no severe illness. Mean change in Ordinal scale was evaluated by fitting a linear mixed-effects model for repeated measures (MMRM). The data is reported for average across all postbaseline.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 29

  6. Absolute Change From Baseline in Ordinal Scale at Day 29

    The ordinal scale is a 7-point scale ranging from 1 to 7 used to measure clinical status based on the following points: 1) Death; 2) Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 3) Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4) Hospitalized, requiring supplemental oxygen; 5) Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen; 6) Not hospitalized, limitation on activities; 7) Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities. Higher score indicated no severe illness.

    Measured: Baseline, Day 29

  7. Percentage of Participants in Each Severity Category of the 7-Point Ordinal Scale

    The ordinal scale is a 7-point scale ranging from 1 to 7 used to measure clinical status based on the following points: 1) Death; 2) Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 3) Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4) Hospitalized, requiring supplemental oxygen; 5) Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen; 6) Not hospitalized, limitation on activities; 7) Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities.

    Measured: Days 15 and 29

  8. Percentage of Participants Who Develop Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome was defined based on Berlin criteria (chest imaging, origin of edema, oxygenation).

    Measured: Days 1, 5, 15 and 29

  9. Percentage of Participants Who Develop ARDS Distributed by Severity

    ARDS was defined by Berlin's criteria as: 1) Timing is usually within 1 week of a known clinical insult or new or worsening respiratory symptoms 2) Chest imaging: bilateral opacities-not fully explained by effusions, lobar/lung collapse, or nodules 3) Respiratory failure not fully explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload Need objective assessment (eg, echocardiography) to exclude hydrostatic edema if no risk factor present 4) Oxygenation: Mild 200 mm Hg < partial pressure of oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2) ≤ 300 mm Hg with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ≥ 5 cm H2Oc; Moderate 100 mm Hg < PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 200 mm Hg with PEEP ≥ 5 cm H2O; Severe PaO2/FIO2 ≤100 mm Hg with PEEP ≥ 5 cm H2O.

    Measured: Days 1, 5, 15 and 29

  10. Change From Baseline in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score at Day 5, Day 15, and Day 29

    SOFA score is a mortality prediction score that is based on the degree of dysfunction of six organ systems. The score is calculated on admission and every 24 hours until discharge using the worst parameters measured during the prior 24 hours SOFA score ranges from 0 (no organ dysfunction) to 24 (highest possible score / organ dysfunction). Higher score indicated severe illness.

    Measured: Days 5, 15, and 29

  11. Change From Baseline in National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

    NEWS is clinical scoring developed to improve detection of deterioration in ill participant. It is based on 7 clinical parameters: respiration rate, oxygen saturation, supplemental oxygen, systolic blood pressure (BP), pulse rate, level of consciousness, and temperature. A score of 0 and 2 was allocated to supplemental oxygen, 0 and 3 for level of consciousness and score of 0, 1, 2 and 3 for remaining parameters (i.e. respiration rate, oxygen saturation, systolic BP, pulse rate and temperature) where 0 = normal health condition to 3 = worst health condition; higher score indicated more severity. All scores were summed to get an aggregate score. Aggregate NEWS score ranged from 0 to 20, with higher scores meaning more severity/higher risk.

    Measured: Baseline and Day 29

  12. Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Response: NEWS ≤ 2 Maintained for 24 Hours

    Percentage of participants who achieved clinical response (i.e the NEWS score ≤2 maintained for 24 hours from Day 1 through Day 29) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

    Measured: Day 29

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jul 2020
  2. Study start17 Sep 2020
  3. Primary completion25 Aug 2021
  4. Study completion25 Oct 2021

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
100 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04480424
Sponsor's protocol ID
GC2007
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
20 Jul 2020
Last updated
7 Oct 2022
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing GAMUNEX-C and Standard Medical Treatment in people with COVID-19, run by Grifols Therapeutics LLC at 18 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Oct 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 18 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 7 Oct 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

All-Cause Mortality Rate Through Day 29 (time frame: Up to Day 29). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Oct 2022.

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