Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab Compared to DefeROxamine, associated with standards treatments in COVID-19 (+) patients, Hospitalized In Intensive care in Tunisia. Multicentric, comparative, randomized study.
Arm1 : * Usual standard treatment\* * Tocilizumab (LOC) (8mg/ kg per day) (1 injection per infusion) a second injection may be considered if necessary, but no more than 800 mg per day. Only on the 1st day (D0) * Enoxaparin (4000 IU X 2) per day for the duration of hospitalization VERSUS Arm 2: * Usual standard treatment\* * Deferoxamine (Desferal 500 mg, powder, and solvent for IV solution) by electric syringe 40 mg/kg/day 5day/7 without exceeding 5 g per day for 14 days * Enoxaparin (4000 IU X 2) per day for the duration of hospitalization Usual standard treatment\*: according to the standard practices of each center, apart from the active molecules of the 2 arms and their therapeutic class)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
260
Tocilizumab (LOC) (8mg/ kg per day) (1 injection per infusion). Only on the 1st day (D0)
Deferoxamine (Desferal 500 mg, powder, and solvent for IV solution for injection)
Eshmoun Clinical Research Centre/ Hôpital Abderrahmane Mami-Ariana
Aryanah, Tunisia
the mortality rate
* Evaluate the mortality rate at 90 days. * Evaluate the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Hospital Mortality rate at day 90 with date and cause of death (if applicable)
Time frame: 90 day
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