Cohort Multiple Randomized Controlled Trials Open-label of Immune Modulatory Drugs and Other Treatments in COVID-19 Patients - Sarilumab Trial - CORIMUNO-19 - SARI

Summary

The overall objective of the study is to determine the therapeutic effect and tolerance of Sarilumab in patients with moderate, severe pneumonia or critical pneumonia associated with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Sarilumab is a human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to both soluble and membrane-bound IL-6Rs (sIL-6Rα and mIL-6Rα) and has been shown to inhibit IL-6-mediated signaling through these receptors. The study has a cohort multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (cmRCT) design. Randomization will occur prior to offering Sarilumab administration to patients enrolled in the CORIMUNO-19 cohort. Sarilumab will be administered to consenting adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 either diagnosed with moderate or severe pneumonia requiring no mechanical ventilation or critical pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. Patients who will chose not to receive Sarilumab will receive standard of care. Outcomes of Sarilumab-treated patients will be compared with outcomes of standard of care-treated patients as well as with outcomes of patients treated with other immune modulators.

Timeline

Start

2020-03-27

Primary completion

2020-04-21

Completion

2020-09-24

Publications

• Results CORIMUNO-19 Collaborative group. Sarilumab in adults hospitalised with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia (CORIMUNO-SARI-1): An open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2022 Jan;4(1):e24-e32. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00315-5. Epub 2021 Nov 17.
• Results Hermine O, Mariette X, Porcher R, Resche-Rigon M, Tharaux PL, Ravaud P; CORIMUNO-19 Collaborative Group. Effect of interleukin-6 receptor antagonists in critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: two randomised controlled trials of the CORIMUNO-19 Collaborative Group. Eur Respir J. 2022 Aug 10;60(2):2102523. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02523-2021. Print 2022 Aug.
• Lenoir O, Morin F, Walter-Petrich A, Resmini L, Zaidan M, Mahtal N, Ferlicot S, Puelles VG, Wanner N, Dang J, d'Izarny-Gargas T, Biermann J, Izar B, Baron S, Terrier B, Massy ZA, Essig M, Couturier A, May O, Belenfant X, Buob D, Brocheriou I, Izzedine H, Lombardi Y, Francois H, Moktefi A, Audard V, Sannier A, Daugas E, Jamme M, Henry G, Le Monnier de Gouville I, Marie C, Homyrda L, Verstuyft C, Tubiana S, Kafif O, Piquard V, Dougados M, Huber TB, Livrozet M, Hulot JS, Laouenan C, Ghosn J, Mentre F, Karras A, Yazdanpanah Y, Porcher R, Ravaud P, Caillat-Zucman S, Mariette X, Hermine O, Resche-Rigon M, Tharaux PL; CORIMUNO-19 collaborative group. Levels of circulating kidney injury markers and IL-10 identify non-critically ill patients with COVID-19 at risk of death. JCI Insight. 2026 Jan 23;11(2):e198244. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.198244. eCollection 2026 Jan 23.
• Joly C, Desjardins D, Porcher R, Pere H, Bruneau T, Zhang Q, Bastard P, Cobat A, Resmini L, Lenoir O, Savale L, Lecuroux C, Verstuyft C, Roque-Afonso AM, Veyer D, Baron G, Resche-Rigon M, Ravaud P, Casanova JL, Le Grand R, Hermine O, Tharaux PL, Mariette X. More rapid blood interferon alpha2 decline in fatal versus surviving COVID-19 patients. Front Immunol. 2023 Nov 21;14:1250214. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1250214. eCollection 2023.

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