IRB approval date 14-APR-2024 and public at https://plataformabrasil.saude.gov.br/login.jsf since IURB approval Long COVID is a multi-systemic condition comprising often severe and persistent symptoms (longer than 12 weeks) that follow a known episode of COVID-19 and cannot be explained by another medical condition. This condition is observed in up to 15% of all individuals after an acute episode of COVID-19, even in those who had a mild and oligosymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Around 40% of these patients present symptoms that significantly compromise their daily activities. There is increasing evidence that LONG COVID is accompanied by dysregulated, persistent and uncontrolled inflammation, often accompanied by the development of an autoreactive immune response, including autoantibodies. Symptoms can last months or years, particularly in cases of chronic fatigue syndrome, with significant proportions of individuals having significant chronic impairment, preventing the performance of work and social activities.
There is currently no approved therapies for Long COVID. Several clinical trials have been developed to address this clinical condition, however the results were based on small-scale pilot studies. We developed this adaptive, large-scale, prospective, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the effect of chronic immune-inflammatory modulation on persistent Long-COVID symptoms.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
399
Fluvoxamine Maleate 100 mg each pills
Placebo talc pills of same shape, color, weight if compared with active comparator
Metformin Extended release oral tablets of 750 mg each pill
CARDRESEARCH - Cardiologia Assistencial e de Pesquisa
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
City of Brumadinho
Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Governador Valadares City Public Health Authority
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
City of Ibirité Public Health Authority
Ibirité, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sociedade Padrao de Educacao Superior
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Time frame: Day 60 after randomization
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Time frame: Day 30 after randomization
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Improvement on Fatigue Severity Score Scale (FSS)
Time frame: Day 30 post Study Drug Termination (Day 90 after randomization)
Reduction on any cause hospitalization
Reduction on any cause hospitalization
Time frame: Day 60 after randomization
Safety of metformin
Safety of metformin (intention to treat analysis)
Time frame: Since randomization up to Day 60 (last IMP dose)
Safety of Fluvoxamine
Safety of Fluvoxamine (intention to treat analysis)
Time frame: Since randomization up to Day 60 (last IMP dose)
Death of any cause
Occurrence of Death of any cause
Time frame: Since randomization up to Day 60 (last IMP dose)
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