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dc.contributor.authorFinberg, Robert W.
dc.contributor.authorAshraf, Madiha
dc.contributor.authorJulg, Boris
dc.contributor.authorAyoade, Folusakin
dc.contributor.authorMarathe, Jai G.
dc.contributor.authorIssa, Nicolas C.
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jennifer P.
dc.contributor.authorJaijakul, Siraya
dc.contributor.authorBaden, Lindsey R.
dc.contributor.authorEpstein, Carol
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:11.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:45:40Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:45:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-07
dc.date.submitted2022-04-07
dc.identifier.citation<p>Finberg RW, Ashraf M, Julg B, Ayoade F, Marathe JG, Issa NC, Wang JP, Jaijakul S, Baden LR, Epstein C. US201 Study: A Phase 2, Randomized Proof-of-Concept Trial of Favipiravir for the Treatment of COVID-19. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 7;8(12):ofab563. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab563. PMID: 34888401; PMCID: PMC8651156. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab563">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
dc.identifier.issn2328-8957 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ofid/ofab563
dc.identifier.pmid34888401
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27582
dc.description.abstractBackground: Favipiravir is used to treat influenza, and studies demonstrate that it has antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Methods: We performed a randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase 2 proof-of-concept trial of favipiravir in hospitalized adult patients with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients were randomized to standard of care (SOC) or favipiravir treatment (1800mg per os twice a day [b.i.d.] on day 1, followed by 1000mg b.i.d. for 13 days). The primary end point was time to viral clearance on day 29. Results: Fifty patients were enrolled and stratified by disease severity (critical disease, severe disease, or mild to moderate disease). Nineteen patients were censored from the event of viral clearance based on being SARS-CoV-2 PCR-negative at the study outset, being PCR-positive at day 29, or because of loss to follow-up. Data from the 31 remaining patients who achieved viral clearance show enhanced viral clearance in the favipiravir group compared with the SOC group by day 29, with 72% of the favipiravir group and 52% of the SOC group being evaluable for viral clearance through day 29. The median time to viral clearance was 16.0 days (90% CI, 12.0 to 29.0) in the favipiravir group and 30.0 days (90% CI, 12.0 to 31.0) in the SOC group. A post hoc analysis revealed an effect in the subgroup of patients who were neutralizing antibody-negative at randomization. Treatment-emergent adverse events were equally distributed between the groups. Conclusions: We demonstrate that favipiravir can be safely administered to hospitalized adults with COVID-19 and believe that further studies are warranted. ClinicalTrialsgov registration: NCT04358549.
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dc.rightsCopyright © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectfavipiravir
dc.subjecthospitalized
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectInfectious Disease
dc.subjectTherapeutics
dc.subjectVirus Diseases
dc.titleUS201 Study: A Phase 2, Randomized Proof-of-Concept Trial of Favipiravir for the Treatment of COVID-19
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleOpen forum infectious diseases
dc.source.volume8
dc.source.issue12
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&amp;context=covid19&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/381
dc.identifier.contextkey28518645
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T15:45:40Z
html.description.abstract<p>Background: Favipiravir is used to treat influenza, and studies demonstrate that it has antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).</p> <p>Methods: We performed a randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase 2 proof-of-concept trial of favipiravir in hospitalized adult patients with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients were randomized to standard of care (SOC) or favipiravir treatment (1800mg per os twice a day [b.i.d.] on day 1, followed by 1000mg b.i.d. for 13 days). The primary end point was time to viral clearance on day 29.</p> <p>Results: Fifty patients were enrolled and stratified by disease severity (critical disease, severe disease, or mild to moderate disease). Nineteen patients were censored from the event of viral clearance based on being SARS-CoV-2 PCR-negative at the study outset, being PCR-positive at day 29, or because of loss to follow-up. Data from the 31 remaining patients who achieved viral clearance show enhanced viral clearance in the favipiravir group compared with the SOC group by day 29, with 72% of the favipiravir group and 52% of the SOC group being evaluable for viral clearance through day 29. The median time to viral clearance was 16.0 days (90% CI, 12.0 to 29.0) in the favipiravir group and 30.0 days (90% CI, 12.0 to 31.0) in the SOC group. A post hoc analysis revealed an effect in the subgroup of patients who were neutralizing antibody-negative at randomization. Treatment-emergent adverse events were equally distributed between the groups.</p> <p>Conclusions: We demonstrate that favipiravir can be safely administered to hospitalized adults with COVID-19 and believe that further studies are warranted.</p> <p>ClinicalTrialsgov registration: NCT04358549.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathcovid19/381
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
dc.source.pagesofab563


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Copyright © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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