CTRI Number |
CTRI/2020/08/027225 [Registered on: 18/08/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively |
Last Modified On: |
05/01/2021 |
Post Graduate Thesis |
No |
Type of Trial |
Interventional |
Type of Study
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Drug |
Study Design |
Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial |
Public Title of Study
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Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 |
Scientific Title of Study
|
Ivermectin as a potential treatment for COVID 19: A double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial |
Trial Acronym |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID |
Identifier |
NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name |
Ravi Kirti |
Designation |
Additional Professor |
Affiliation |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Address |
Department of General Medicine,
1st Floor, OPD Building,
AIIMS, Phulwari Sharif, Patna
Patna BIHAR 801507 India |
Phone |
9572424447 |
Fax |
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Email |
drravikirti@aiimspatna.org |
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Details of Contact Person Scientific Query
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Name |
Ravi Kirti |
Designation |
Additional Professor |
Affiliation |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Address |
Department of General Medicine, 1st Floor,OPD Building
AIIMS, Phulwari Sharif
Patna
Patna BIHAR 801507 India |
Phone |
9572424447 |
Fax |
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Email |
drravikirti@aiimspatna.org |
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Details of Contact Person Public Query
|
Name |
Ravi Kirti |
Designation |
Additional Professor |
Affiliation |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Address |
Department of General Medicine
1st Floor, OPD Building
AIIMS, Phulwari Sharif
Patna
Patna BIHAR 801507 India |
Phone |
9572424447 |
Fax |
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Email |
drravikirti@aiimspatna.org |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
|
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Phulwari Sharif, Patna 801507 |
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Primary Sponsor
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Name |
AIIMS Patna |
Address |
Phulwari Sharif
Patna 801503 |
Type of Sponsor |
Research institution and hospital |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
Sites of Study
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No of Sites = 1 |
Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
Ravikirti |
AII India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna |
COVID Wards, IPD Building, AIIMS
Phulwari Sharif
Patna 801507 Patna BIHAR |
9572424447
drravikirti@aiimspatna.org |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
AIIMS, Patna |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type |
Condition |
Patients |
(1) ICD-10 Condition: B972||Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere, |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Type |
Name |
Details |
Intervention |
Ivermectin |
12 mg orally to be administered once daily on days 1 and 2 |
Comparator Agent |
Placebo tablets |
A placebo tablet similar to Ivermectin 12 mg (provided by the manufacturer) to be given once daily on days 1 and 2. |
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Inclusion Criteria
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Age From |
18.00 Year(s) |
Age To |
99.00 Year(s) |
Gender |
Both |
Details |
Patients admitted with COVID-19 with mild to moderate severity |
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ExclusionCriteria |
Details |
History of allergy to Ivermectin
Unwillingness to participate in the study |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Computer generated randomization |
Method of Concealment
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Centralized |
Blinding/Masking
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Participant, Investigator, Outcome Assessor and Date-entry Operator Blinded |
Primary Outcome
|
Outcome |
TimePoints |
Negative RT-PCR |
Day 6 |
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Secondary Outcome
|
Outcome |
TimePoints |
In-hospital mortality |
NA |
ICU Admission |
NA |
Mechanical Ventilation |
NA |
Discharge by day 10 |
Day 10 |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="90" Sample Size from India="90"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "115"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="115" |
Phase of Trial
|
N/A |
Date of First Enrollment (India)
|
28/08/2020 |
Date of Study Completion (India) |
31/10/2020 |
Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
Date Missing |
Date of Study Completion (Global) |
Date Missing |
Estimated Duration of Trial
|
Years="0" Months="4" Days="0" |
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)
|
Not Applicable |
Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Completed |
Publication Details
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NIL |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
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Brief Summary
Modification(s)
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Ivermectin is a widely used and safe anti-parasitic drug. It has been reported to have an in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2. However, no randomized controlled trial has been done yet to study the efficacy of this drug in COVID-19.
The proposed study is a single center study to assess the efficacy of the drug in COVID-19 cases with mild to moderate severity as defined by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. |