Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Baloxavir Marboxil In Combination With Standard-of-Care Neuraminidase Inhibitor In Hospitalized Participants With Severe Influenza

Summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of baloxavir marboxil in combination with a standard-of-care (SOC) neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) (i.e., oseltamivir, zanamivir, or peramivir) compared with a matching placebo in combination with a SOC NAI in hospitalized patients with influenza.

Timeline

Start

2019-01-08

Primary completion

2020-03-16

Completion

2020-03-16

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Baloxavir Marboxil vs Placebo; p = 0.4666; Median Difference (Net) -2.7 (95% CI -53.4 to 25.9); Gehan Wilcoxon NCT03684044 ↗

Publications

• Stannard HL, Mifsud EJ, Wildum S, Brown SK, Koszalka P, Shishido T, Kojima S, Omoto S, Baba K, Kuhlbusch K, Hurt AC, Barr IG. Assessing the fitness of a dual-antiviral drug resistant human influenza virus in the ferret model. Commun Biol. 2022 Sep 28;5(1):1026. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04005-4.
• Kumar D, Ison MG, Mira JP, Welte T, Hwan Ha J, Hui DS, Zhong N, Saito T, Katugampola L, Collinson N, Williams S, Wildum S, Ackrill A, Clinch B, Lee N. Combining baloxavir marboxil with standard-of-care neuraminidase inhibitor in patients hospitalised with severe influenza (FLAGSTONE): a randomised, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, superiority trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 May;22(5):718-730. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00469-2. Epub 2022 Jan 24.
• Young B, Tan TT, Leo YS. The place for remdesivir in COVID-19 treatment. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;21(1):20-21. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30911-7. Epub 2020 Nov 26. No abstract available.

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