Camostat and Artemisia Annua vs Placebo in COVID-19 Outpatients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04530617

Recruitment Status : Terminated (Results from the interim analysis)

First Posted : August 28, 2020

Last Update Posted : June 21, 2021

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

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Recruitment Status :	Terminated
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 10, 2021
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 10, 2021

Publications of Results:

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Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Fan G, Xu J, Gu X, Cheng Z, Yu T, Xia J, Wei Y, Wu W, Xie X, Yin W, Li H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Gao H, Guo L, Xie J, Wang G, Jiang R, Gao Z, Jin Q, Wang J, Cao B. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):497-506. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5. Epub 2020 Jan 24. Erratum in: Lancet. 2020 Jan 30;:.

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Wu C, Chen X, Cai Y, Xia J, Zhou X, Xu S, Huang H, Zhang L, Zhou X, Du C, Zhang Y, Song J, Wang S, Chao Y, Yang Z, Xu J, Zhou X, Chen D, Xiong W, Xu L, Zhou F, Jiang J, Bai C, Zheng J, Song Y. Risk Factors Associated With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Death in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jul 1;180(7):934-943. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0994. Erratum in: JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jul 1;180(7):1031.

Wang D, Hu B, Hu C, Zhu F, Liu X, Zhang J, Wang B, Xiang H, Cheng Z, Xiong Y, Zhao Y, Li Y, Wang X, Peng Z. Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China. JAMA. 2020 Mar 17;323(11):1061-1069. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.1585. Erratum in: JAMA. 2021 Mar 16;325(11):1113.

Xu XW, Wu XX, Jiang XG, Xu KJ, Ying LJ, Ma CL, Li SB, Wang HY, Zhang S, Gao HN, Sheng JF, Cai HL, Qiu YQ, Li LJ. Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series. BMJ. 2020 Feb 19;368:m606. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m606. Erratum in: BMJ. 2020 Feb 27;368:m792.

Giacomelli A, Pezzati L, Conti F, Bernacchia D, Siano M, Oreni L, Rusconi S, Gervasoni C, Ridolfo AL, Rizzardini G, Antinori S, Galli M. Self-reported Olfactory and Taste Disorders in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 Infection: A Cross-sectional Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):889-890. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa330.

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Yamaya M, Shimotai Y, Hatachi Y, Lusamba Kalonji N, Tando Y, Kitajima Y, Matsuo K, Kubo H, Nagatomi R, Hongo S, Homma M, Nishimura H. The serine protease inhibitor camostat inhibits influenza virus replication and cytokine production in primary cultures of human tracheal epithelial cells. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2015 Aug;33:66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2015.07.001. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

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Rowe SM, Reeves G, Hathorne H, Solomon GM, Abbi S, Renard D, Lock R, Zhou P, Danahay H, Clancy JP, Waltz DA. Reduced sodium transport with nasal administration of the prostasin inhibitor camostat in subjects with cystic fibrosis. Chest. 2013 Jul;144(1):200-207. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2431.

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Zhang X, Zhao Y, Guo L, Qiu Z, Huang L, Qu X. Differences in chemical constituents of Artemisia annua L from different geographical regions in China. PLoS One. 2017 Sep 7;12(9):e0183047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183047. eCollection 2017.

Munyangi J, Cornet-Vernet L, Idumbo M, Lu C, Lutgen P, Perronne C, Ngombe N, Bianga J, Mupenda B, Lalukala P, Mergeai G, Mumba D, Towler M, Weathers P. Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra tea infusions vs. artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) in treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a large scale, double blind, randomized clinical trial. Phytomedicine. 2019 Apr;57:49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2018.12.002. Epub 2018 Dec 5. Retraction in: Phytomedicine. 2020 Nov;78:153304.

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Other Publications:

Becker RC. COVID-19 update: Covid-19-associated coagulopathy. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 Jul;50(1):54-67. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02134-3. Review.

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