Tafenoquine in Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19

NCT ID: NCT04533347

Last Updated: 2025-01-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

86 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-19

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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A clinical study to assess the efficacy and safety of oral tafenoquine compared to placebo in patients with mild to moderate COVID 19 disease.

Detailed Description

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The TQ 2020\_06 study is a double-blind placebo-controlled, Phase 2 clinical trial that plans to enroll approximately 275 patients with mild to moderate infection with COVID-19. Patients will undergo a brief screening period before being randomized to receive either self-administer 200 mg tafenoquine or matching placebo for 10 days. Following the treatment period, patients will have a follow up visit at study Day 28 (28 days after the first dose of study medication). The study's primary efficacy endpoint is proportion of patients with clinical recovery from COVID-19 symptoms on Day 14 in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 disease compared with placebo.

Conditions

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COVID 19 Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Tafenoquine

Tafenoquine two 100 mg oral tablets 1x/day on Days 1,2,3 and 10

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Tafenoquine Oral Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be randomized and will receive and self-administer 200 mg Tafenoquine or matching placebo on Days 1, 2, 3, and 10.

Placebo

Placebo two tablets 1x/day on Days 1,2,3 and 10

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be randomized and will receive and self-administer 200 mg Tafenoquine or matching placebo on Days 1, 2, 3, and 10.

Interventions

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Tafenoquine Oral Tablet

Patients will be randomized and will receive and self-administer 200 mg Tafenoquine or matching placebo on Days 1, 2, 3, and 10.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Patients will be randomized and will receive and self-administer 200 mg Tafenoquine or matching placebo on Days 1, 2, 3, and 10.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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ARAKODA™ KODATEF™

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female, aged ≥18 years of age;
* Laboratory confirmed infection with COVID-19 virus by an FDA-authorized SARS-Cov-2 RT-PCR;
* Able and willing to give written informed consent.
* Willing to keep an electronic diary from Study Day 1 to Study Day 13 (± 1 day) and Study Day 15 (± 1 day) to Study Day 28 (± 1 day)
* Willing to have daily phone or videoconferences with study team personnel from Study Day 1 to Day 13 (± 1 day) and Day 28
* At least one of the following clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection within the 4 days prior to and inclusive of the day of screening:

1. Respiratory rate ≥ 24/min
2. New cough or shortness of breath that has presented within the last 4 days
3. Fever - temperature 37.7°C \[oral or skin surface\]
* Must agree not to enroll in another study of an investigational agent prior to completion of Day 28 of the study.
* Able to take ARAKODA or KODATEF according to Prescribing Information
* Have been symptomatic no longer than 7 days when the first dose of study medication is administered.
* If female, agree to use an acceptable method of birth control from the time of consent through 56 days after the last dose of study drug.

Exclusion Criteria

* Have one of the contraindications for ARAKODA or KODATEF in the prescribing information (section 16.1) including:

1. G6PD deficiency
2. Breastfeeding
3. Psychotic disorder or current psychotic symptoms
4. Known hypersensitivity reaction to TQ
* Evidence of severe or critical illness, defined by at least one of the following:

1. Clinical signs indicative of severe systemic illness with COVID-19, such as respiratory rate ≥30 breaths per minute, heart rate ≥ 125 beats per minute, SpO2 ≤93% on room air
2. Respiratory failure defined based on resource utilization requiring at least one of the following:

i. Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates \> 20 L/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure (i.e., clinical need for one of the preceding therapies, but preceding therapies not able to be administered in setting of resource limitation) ii. Shock (defined by systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure \<60 mmHg or requiring vasopressors) iii. Multi-organ dysfunction/failure
* Any other clinically significant acute illness unrelated to COVID-19 within seven days prior to first study drug administration
* Receipt of any experimental treatment for COVID-19 (off-label, compassionate use, or study-related) within the 30 days prior to the time of the screening evaluation
* Any excluded concomitant medication as described in the ARAKODA package insert \[Section 16.1\]. Receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine is not exclusionary.
* Any COVID-19 symptoms which, in the opinion of the investigator, is suggestive of possible requirement to hospitalize within 48 hours of enrollment
* Positive pregnancy test
* Have been symptomatic for more than seven days when the first dose would be administered
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Akila Chandrasekar, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Peachtree BioResearch Solutions Inc.

Locations

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Deluxe Health Center LLC

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

Hope Clinical Trials

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

F&T Medical Research, Inc.

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

Kendall South Medical Center, Inc.

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

Skyline Medical Center

Elkhorn, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

Burke Primary Care

Morgantown, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

AFC Urgent Care

Easley, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

Centex Studies

Brownsville, Texas, United States

Site Status

Care United

Forney, Texas, United States

Site Status

Clinical Trial Network

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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TQ 2020_06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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