Losartan for Patients With COVID-19 Requiring Hospitalization

Summary

This is a multi-center, double-blinded study of COVID-19 infected patients requiring inpatient hospital admission randomized 1:1 to daily Losartan or placebo for 7 days or hospital discharge.

Timeline

Start

2020-04-13

Primary completion

2021-02-01

Completion

2021-02-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Compared with placebo, losartan did not significantly affect Pao2:Fio2 ratio at 7 days (difference, -24.8 [95%, -55.6 to 6.1]; P = .12). PMID 35294537 ↗

Publications

• Puskarich MA, Ingraham NE, Merck LH, Driver BE, Wacker DA, Black LP, Jones AE, Fletcher CV, South AM, Murray TA, Lewandowski C, Farhat J, Benoit JL, Biros MH, Cherabuddi K, Chipman JG, Schacker TW, Guirgis FW, Voelker HT, Koopmeiners JS, Tignanelli CJ; Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Based Lung Protective Strategies for Inpatients With COVID-19 (ALPS-IP) Investigators. Efficacy of Losartan in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19-Induced Lung Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e222735. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2735.
• Smolander J, Bruchfeld A. [COVID-19 and kidney disease]. Lakartidningen. 2020 Jul 13;117:20110. Swedish.

Drugs

Indications