Effect of Anticoagulation Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19

NCT04416048 | Terminated Phase 2 DMC

• 2 other identifiers: COVID-PREVENT2020-002282-33
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 24

Brief Summary

Patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 present a very high risk of thromboembolic disease.This multicenter, prospective, randomized, event-driven study evaluates rivaroxaban compared with standard of care with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) or unfractionated heparin (UFH) at prophylactic doses comparing D-dimer levels and the seven-category ordinal scale recommended by the WHO 7 days post randomization in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19. Experimental intervention/Index test: Patients randomized into the rivaroxaban arm will receive rivaroxaban 20 mg once daily (OD) until day 7 post randomization or hospital discharge, whichever occurs later, followed by a 28-day-phase of prophylactic anticoagulation with rivaroxaban 10mg OD. Subjects with an eGFR between 30 and 50ml/min/1,73m2, will receive 15mg instead of 20mg OD. Control intervention/Reference test: The control group will receive standard of care including LMWH or UFH as thromboprophylaxis. Duration of intervention per patient: The total duration of the study treatment is flexible. For out-patients 7 days of therapeutic anticoagulation will be accompanied by 28 days-phase of prophylactic anticoagulation, summing up to 35 days. For subjects that require hospitalization, the duration of therapeutic anticoagulation will be at least 7 days or prolonged until discharge if hospitalized for more than 7 days post randomization. After discharge from the hospital the subject receives 28 days of thromboprophylaxis with rivaroxaban. No study medication will be given past day 60 post randomization. This adds up to a study duration between 35 and 60 days depending on the duration of the hospital stay. Follow-up per patient: The study has a follow-up of 60 days. Experimental and/or control off label or on label in Germany: Rivaroxaban has been approved for multiple indications worldwide. Over 100,000 subjects have been studied from Phase 1 through multiple large Phase 4 studies in multiple settings, e.g. for the reduction in the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in arterial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, major cardiovascular events. The drug had not been studied in patients with COVID-19 as an anticoagulant agent, yet.

Conditions

COVID-19

Keywords

COVID-19; therapeutic anticoagulation; thromboprophylaxis; anticoagulation; rivaroxaban; standard of care; prevention; venous thromboembolism; deep venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; arterial thromboembolism; myocardial infarction; non-hemorrhagic stroke; all-cause mortality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• D-dimer level

  7 days post randomization

• Seven-category ordinal scale recommended by the WHO

  7 days post randomization

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Composite endpoint of venous thromboembolism (DVT and/or fatal or non-fatal PE), arterial thromboembolism, new myocardial infarction, non-hemorrhagic stroke, all-cause death or progression to intubation and invasive ventilation

  35 days post randomization

Study Arms (2)

Rivaroxaban

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects will receive treatment with rivaroxaban. (for more information see intervention description)

Drug: Rivaroxaban

Standard of Care

OTHER

Subjects will receive standard of care (SOC) treatment SOC with prophylactic LMWH or UFH

Other: Standard Of Care (SOC)

Interventions

Rivaroxaban DRUG

Treatment with Rivaroxaban 20 mg (15 mg for subjects with an eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73m2 and \<50 mL/min/1.73m2) once daily (OD) for at least 7 days. In case of hospitalization for more than 7 days, the therapeutic treatment with rivaroxaban will be continued for the duration of the hospital stay until discharge. After at least 7 days of therapeutic treatment with rivaroxaban or after hospital discharge, the study dose of rivaroxaban will be adjusted as follows. Patients randomized to the rivaroxaban study arm will reduce daily dosage to 10 mg OD, provided that they were not diagnosed with a condition requiring continued therapeutic anticoagulation. Thromboprophylaxis therapy will be given for 28 days up to day 35 post randomization or even longer. If the patient cannot be discharged from the hospital prior to day 35 post randomization, the thromboprophylaxis phase will also start upon hospital discharge, but is then shorter than 28 days, because the study ends at day 60 post randomization.

Also known as: XARELTO®

Rivaroxaban

Standard Of Care (SOC) OTHER

Standard of care treatment

Standard of Care

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Subject must be willing, understanding and able to provide written informed consent
• Subject must be a man or a woman with age \> 18 years at screening
• Subject must have an active moderate to severe COVID-19 confirmed by
• o A positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test in the last 14 days
• At least one of the following features should be present
• D-Dimer elevation \> 1.5 ULN (age adjusted cut-offs) AND/OR
• Cardiac injury reflected by an elevation in hs-cTnT \> 2.0 upper limit of normal (ULN) AND at least one of the following conditions:
• Known coronary artery disease (CAD)
• Known diabetes mellitus
• Active smoking
• A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before randomization occurs. Before randomization, a woman must be either:
• Postmenopausal, defined as \>45 years of age with amenorrhea for at least 18 months,
• If menstruating:
• If heterosexually active, practicing a highly effective method of birth control, including hormonal prescription oral contraceptives, contraceptive injections, contraceptive patch, intrauterine device, double-barrier method \[(e.g., condoms, diaphragm, or cervical cap, with spermicidal foam, cream, or gel)\], or male partner sterilization, consistent with local regulations regarding use of birth control methods for subjects participating in clinical studies, for the duration of their participation in the study, or
• Surgically sterile (have had a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, tubal ligation, or otherwise be incapable of pregnancy), or

You may not qualify if:

• Subject has a very high bleeding risk: Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicates anticoagulant therapy or would have an unacceptable risk of bleeding, such as, but not limited to, the following:
• Any bleeding (defined as bleeding requiring hospitalization, transfusion, surgical intervention, invasive procedures, occurring in a critical anatomical site, or causing disability) within 1 months prior to randomization or occurring during index hospitalization.
• Major surgery, biopsy of a parenchymal organ, ophthalmic surgery (excluding cataract surgery), or serious trauma (including head trauma) within 4 weeks before randomization.
• A history of hemorrhagic stroke or any intracranial bleeding at any time in the past, evidence of primary intracranial hemorrhage on CT or magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain, or clinical presentation consistent with intracranial hemorrhage. This applies as well to subjects hospitalized for ischemic stroke upon randomization.
• Subject has a history of or current intracranial neoplasm (benign or malignant), cerebral metastases, arteriovenous (AV) malformation, or aneurysm.
• Active gastroduodenal ulcer, defined as diagnosed within 1 months or currently symptomatic or known AV malformations of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Platelet count \<90,000/μl at screening.
• Patients with the diagnosis of bronchiectasis, that due to the investigator judgement are at an increased bleeding risk.
• Subject has any of the following diseases in the medical history:
• Active cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) defined as cancer not in remission or requiring active chemotherapy or adjunctive therapies such as immunotherapy or radiotherapy. Chronic hormonal therapy (e.g. tamoxifen, anastrozole, leuprolide acetate) for cancer in remission is allowed.
• Any medical condition (e.g. atrial fibrillation) that requires use of any therapeutic parenteral or oral anticoagulant(s) (e.g. warfarin sodium or other vitamin K antagonists, Factor IIa or FXa inhibitors, fibrinolytics) concomitantly with study medication.
• Subject has known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to rivaroxaban or any of its excipients.
• Baseline eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73m2 calculated using CKD-EPI formula
• Known significant liver disease (e.g. acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis) which is associated with coagulopathy or moderate or severe hepatic impairment.
• Known HIV infection.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Charite University, Berlin, Germany: lead
• Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK): collaborator
• Bayer: collaborator

Study Sites (24)

Kardiologie und Angiologie I Universitätsherzzentrum Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106, Germany

Location

Friedrichshafen Hospital Clinic for cardiology, angiology, pneumology and internal intensive care medicine

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 88048, Germany

Location

Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infectology and Poisoning Universitäsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69120, Germany

Location

Medical Clinic and Polyclinic I. L. Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Clinic, Munich

Munich, Bavaria, 81377, Germany

Location

Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg ( Immanuel Clinic Bernau Heart Center Brandenburg)

Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, 16321, Germany

Location

Internal Medicine and Cardiology Klinik Henningsdorf. Oberhavel Kliniken

Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg, 16761, Germany

Location

Clinic for Cardiology, Angiology und Nephrology Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60590, Germany

Location

Clinic for Cardiology and Intensive Care - Klinikum Bielefeld

Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, 33604, Germany

Location

Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Essen (West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen)

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45147, Germany

Location

Medical Clinic I. Marien Hospital, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr Universität Bochum, Herne

Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 44625, Germany

Location

Pneumology, Allergology, Sleep-and Respiratory Medicine Clinic Helios Universitätsklinikum Wupperthal

Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, 42283, Germany

Location

Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur (Catholic Hospital Koblenz-Montabaur)

Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 56073, Germany

Location

Center for Cardiology, University Medicine Mainz

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany

Location

Medical Clinic I. Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden

Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany

Location

Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale) (University Hospital Halle (Saale))

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, 06120, Germany

Location

Medical Clinic II, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23538, Germany

Location

Department of Pneumology and Infectology Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Mitte

Berlin, 10117, Germany

Location

Department of Cardiology Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin

Berlin, 12200, Germany

Location

Internal Medicine/Cardiology department Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin

Berlin, 12683, Germany

Location

Pulmonary Clinic Berlin-Buch (Lungenklinik Berlin-Buch)

Berlin, 13125, Germany

Location

Department of Cardiology Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow

Berlin, 13353, Germany

Location

Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Intensive Care Clinic Vivantes Humboldt Klinikum, Berlin

Berlin, 13509, Germany

Location

Berlin Vivantes Hospital Spandau Clinic for internal medicine, cardiology and conservative intensive care medicine

Berlin, 13585, Germany

Location

Internal Medicine Deparment Hospital Waldfriede, Berlin

Berlin, 14163, Germany

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Flumignan RL, Civile VT, Tinoco JDS, Pascoal PI, Areias LL, Matar CF, Tendal B, Trevisani VF, Atallah AN, Nakano LC. Anticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID-19. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Mar 4;3(3):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739.pub2.

  PMID: 35244208 DERIVED

• Flumignan RL, Tinoco JDS, Pascoal PI, Areias LL, Cossi MS, Fernandes MI, Costa IK, Souza L, Matar CF, Tendal B, Trevisani VF, Atallah AN, Nakano LC. Prophylactic anticoagulants for people hospitalised with COVID-19. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Oct 2;10(10):CD013739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013739.

  PMID: 33502773 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Venous Thromboembolism; Venous Thrombosis; Pulmonary Embolism; Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

Rivaroxaban; Standard of Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Thromboembolism; Embolism and Thrombosis; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Thrombosis; Embolism; Myocardial Ischemia; Heart Diseases; Infarction; Ischemia; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Necrosis

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Thiophenes; Sulfur Compounds; Organic Chemicals; Morpholines; Oxazines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Ulf Landmesser, Prof. Dr.

  Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Co-PI: Andreas M. Zeiher, Prof. Dr.

  Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Co-PI: Steffen Massberg, Prof. Dr.

  Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Co-PI: Ursula Rauch-Kröhnert, Prof. Dr.

  Charité University, Berlin, Germany

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Co-PI: Jan Beyer-Westendorf, Prof. Dr.

  University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technical University of Dresden

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Central randomization will be implemented in this study. Subjects will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups based on a computer-generated randomization schedule prepared before the study under the supervision of the sponsor. The randomization will be stratified by site, gender, age, kidney function (subjects with eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73m2 and \<50 mL/min/1.73m2 versus subjects with eGFR ≥50 mL/min/1.73m2), history of CAD or heart failure and oxygen demand on admission to the hospital. The computer system will assign a unique treatment code, which will dictate the treatment assignment and study drug kits for the subject. The requestor must use his or her own user identification and personal identification number when contacting the system and will then give the relevant subject details to uniquely identify the subject.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr.

Model Details: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, event-driven study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 2, 2020
• First Posted: June 4, 2020
• Study Start: November 30, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 20, 2021
• Study Completion: July 20, 2021
• Last Updated: January 12, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

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