Intravenous Ribavirin Protocol to Treat Individuals With Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

NCT02483260 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: S-13-08
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Is ribavirin a therapeutic option for patients with a probable or suspected case of viral hemorrhagic fever?

Conditions

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Adverse reactions

  5 years

Study Arms (1)

10-day course of treatment

OTHER

10-day course of treatment with follow-up 14 ± 2 days after first dose

Drug: Ribavirin

Interventions

Ribavirin DRUG

1. Loading dose, 33 mg/kg (maximum dose: 2.64 g) 2. Followed in 6 hours by a dose of 16 mg/kg (maximum dose: 1.28 g) every 6 hours for the first 4 days (15 doses) 3. Followed by a dose of 8 mg/kg (maximum dose: 0.64 g) every 8 hours for the subsequent 6 days (18 doses).

Also known as: Virazole

10-day course of treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Meets the case definition for a probable or a suspected case of CCHF or LF
• Must be DoD-affiliated personnel including active and reserve component service members, US civilian employees, contractors, other US personnel, and dependents as well as allied military forces and local nationals who have been granted access to the medical facility
• Is at least 18 years of age (17, if active military) and not greater than 65 years of age
• Has a blood sample drawn and a type and cross-match ordered for transfusion
• Has a hemoglobin greater than or equal to10 g/dL before starting IV ribavirin
• Agrees to collection of required specimens
• Agrees to report any adverse events for the duration of the protocol
• Agrees to a follow-up visit and to donate blood and urine specimens at Day 14 (±2 days) after the first dose of IV ribavirin and agrees to all follow-up visits for anemia or other medical conditions as required by the attending physician
• Female patient of childbearing potential must have a pregnancy test. Patient will be counseled concerning the risks of IV ribavirin versus no treatment if the pregnancy test is positive. If the test is negative, patient agrees to take precautions to avoid pregnancy during treatment and for 7 months after treatment.
• Male patient agrees not to have intercourse with a pregnant woman and to take precautions to avoid producing pregnancies during treatment and for 7 months after ribavirin treatment.
• Female patient agrees not to breastfeed during treatment and for 7 months after ribavirin treatment

You may not qualify if:

• Has known intolerance to ribavirin.
• Is irreversibly ill on presentation, as defined by presence of profound shock (shock which does not respond to supportive therapy within 3 hours after admission).
• Has hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL that cannot be corrected to 10 g/dL before initiation of IV ribavirin
• Has history of hemoglobinopathies (ie, sickle-cell anemia or thalassemia major).
• Has history of autoimmune hepatitis.
• Has serum calculated creatinine clearance of \< 30 mL/min.
• History of second or third degree heart block or sick sinus syndrome without a pacemaker and no capability of a pacemaker placement or Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
• A sinus bradycardia of less than 40 beats per minute (see below).
• Is currently being treated with didanosine (ddI). ddI must be discontinued before starting IV ribavirin.
• A positive pregnancy test. The patient will be informed of the risk and benefit of treatment with IV ribavirin versus no ribavirin treatment for CCHF (generally associated with high mortality) and severe cases of Lassa fever (high mortality rates) versus mild cases of Lassa fever (low mortality rates).
• A New York Heart Association cardiac functional capacity of Class II or greater for atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) and congestive heart failure (CHF).
• Known cardiac defects that may predispose the subject to bradyarrhythmias, such as second or third degree heart block or sick sinus syndrome without a pacemaker, but capability of pacemaker placement, if needed.
• Sinus bradycardia of 41-49 beats per minutes, if the individual is not known to have a low resting heart rate related to physical conditioning.
• Use of drugs known to result in bradyarrhythmias (certain beta blockers and calcium channel blockers, digoxin, as well as clonidine, cholinesterase inhibitors, and lithium).
• History of gout

Sponsors & Collaborators

• U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command: lead

Study Sites (1)

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Landstuhl, APO AE, 09180, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral

Interventions

Ribavirin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ribonucleosides; Nucleosides; Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides

Study Officials

• Joshua Hawley-Molloy, MD

  Landstahl Regional Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 24, 2015
• First Posted: June 26, 2015
• Study Start: June 16, 2016
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2028
• Last Updated: June 27, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Locations

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