This is a randomised, multi-center, open label, adaptive, exploratory trial to assess the efficacy of two different drug regimens in terms of preventing symptomatic COVID-19 disease in healthcare workers at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. The trial will compare two different experimental medication arms to the control arm comprising the use of standard personal protective equipment (PPE) with no additional pharmacological intervention.
This is a randomised, multi-center, open label, adaptive, exploratory trial to assess the efficacy of two different drug regimens in terms of preventing symptomatic COVID-19 disease in healthcare workers at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. The trial will compare two different experimental medication arms to the control arm comprising the use of standard personal protective equipment (PPE) with no additional pharmacological intervention. Volunteers will be recruited from participating institutions and community healthcare workers (CHWs) that are responsible for collecting swabs for PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2. Up to 1950 (or 2130 pending funding) eligible participants will be randomised in a 1:1:1 ratio to one of the investigational arms. Participants will be followed until 65 PCR and serology-confirmed, SARS-CoV-2 infections are identified in the control arm (or 165 in the entire study cohort). For each episode of PCR-confirmed COVID-19 disease, data on self-reported symptoms (modified Flu-PRO) and their duration, and an investigator-assessed severity score (WHO Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement) will be recorded. Data on self-reported symptoms and duration will also be collected for other all-cause acute respiratory illnesses. Safety and tolerability of each arm will be assessed through adverse event reporting. Participants who develop COVID-19 disease will have their IMP discontinued but will be followed up in the study until the completion of the trial, where possible. Multiple, discrete occurrences of COVID-19 disease could therefore be identified in a single participant. Additional arms may be added, or existing ones substituted, should new potential agents be identified or other combinations for prophylaxis be proposed. A formal amendment will be documented should this be considered.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,950
Nitozoxanide 1 tablet (500 mg) taken 12-hourly with food for the first week, followed by 2 tablets (1000 mg) taken 12-hourly with food thereafter. (Participants that fail to tolerated the 1000 mg 12-hourly dose may revert back to the lower dose.)
Sofosbuvir/daclatasvir 400mg/60 mg sofosbuvir/daclatasvir fixed dose combination 1 tablet daily
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Sunnyside Office Park
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Number of SARS-CoV-2 infections
Number of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) confirmed by PCR and/or serology.
Time frame: 6 months
Duration of symptoms
Duration of symptoms for each symptomatic infection
Time frame: 6 months
Maximum score on WHO Ordinal Scale
Maximum score on WHO Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement for each symptomatic infection. Score of 0 being uninfected and a score of 8 being dead.
Time frame: 6 months
Time to onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Time to onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) confirmed by PCR and/or serology
Time frame: 6 months
Number of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
Number of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) confirmed by PCR and/or serology
Time frame: 6 months
Number of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
Number of asymptomatic • Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection suggested by serological outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Peak score on modified Flu PRO
Peak score on modified Flu-PRO during each symptomatic infection. 37-item questionairre assessing the severity of flu like symptoms one a scale of 0 - not at all to 5 - very much.
Time frame: 6 months
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