Dapagliflozin for Long COVID Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT06907251

Last Updated: 2025-04-02

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

192 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-01

Study Completion Date

2029-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Patients with long COVID will be randomized to receive dapagliflozin or placebo for 12 months.

Detailed Description

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This is a multi-centre, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (Figure 4). We will randomly assign patients with long COVID to 12 months of dapagliflozin 10 mg or placebo daily. The 10 mg daily dose of dapagliflozin was used in large clinical trials (44,48) and is the Health Canada approved dose for heart and kidney disease. Additionally, this dose was used in the MRI study of body composition (58) and the RCT in patients with acute COVID-19 (54).

Eligible patients with long COVID will be recruited from post COVID programs or advertisement through-multi-media. A total of 192 participants will be enrolled and this is anticipated to take 3 years. Participants will be followed for the entire duration of the study. Based on a study duration of 5 years (3-year recruitment, 2-year follow-up), patients will be followed for a median of 3.5 years.

Conditions

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COVID - 19 Long COVID Syndrome

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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Interventional

Participants will receive 10mg dapagliflozin orally for 12 months

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dapagliflozin (DAPA)

Intervention Type DRUG

Dapagliflozin 10mg orally once a day for 12 months

Placebo

Participants will receive a placebo once daily for 12 months.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive a matching placebo taken once daily by mouth for 12 months.

Interventions

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Dapagliflozin (DAPA)

Dapagliflozin 10mg orally once a day for 12 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Participants will receive a matching placebo taken once daily by mouth for 12 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older and willing and able to provide informed consent
* Patients with a history of positive COVID-19 test (polymerase chain reaction or rapid test) or have been diagnosed with COVID-19 by a health care provider.
* New or persistent symptoms at least 12 weeks from infection and present for at least 8 weeks that is not explained by an alternative diagnosis (64).
* Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who, if sexually active, are willing to use to use at least one highly effective methods of contraception throughout the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* History of diabetes
* Prior heart failure
* Weight loss treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (e.g. liraglutide, semaglutide)
* Pregnancy or planned pregnancy in the next 12 months. We will ask WOCBP about the possibility of pregnancy at the time of screening and if so, then pregnancy testing will be offered. If testing is declined in this instance, then they will be excluded from the study.
* Women who are breastfeeding
* Severe renal impairment (eGFR\<30mL/min1.73m2)
* Known history of allergy or hypersensitivity to dapagliflozin

Exclusion for optional MRI portion of the protocol:

\- Any contraindication to MRI
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Poppy Dr. Ian Paterson

Role: CONTACT

1-613-696-7000

Poppy MacPhee

Role: CONTACT

6136967000 ext. 14646

Facility Contacts

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Poppy MacPhee

Role: primary

6136967000 ext. 14646

Other Identifiers

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2024OCT9

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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