Methylprednisolone in the Treatment of Patients With Signs of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Covid-19

Summary

This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase IIb clinical trial to assess the efficacy of injectable methylprednisolone sodium succinate (MP) in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in COVID-19 infection. A total of 416 individuals of both sexes, aged over 18 years old, with symptoms suggestive or confirmed diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), hospitalized at the Hospital and Pronto-Socorro Delphina Rinaldi Abdel Aziz (HPSDRAA), with clinical and radiological findings suggestive of SARS-CoV2 infection, will be randomized at a 1:1 ration to receive either MP (0.5mg/kg of weight, twice daily, for 5 days) or placebo (saline solution, twice daily, for 5 days).

Timeline

Start

2020-04-18

Primary completion

2020-06-16

Completion

2020-10-20

Publications

• Barros CMSS, Freire RS, Frota E, Rezende Santos AG, Farias MEL, Rodrigues MGA, Silva BM, Prado Jeronimo CM, Netto RLA, Silva Borba MG, Baia-da-Silva D, Brito-Sousa JD, Xavier MS, Araujo-Alexandre MA, Sampaio VS, Melo GC, Areas GT, Hajjar LA, Monteiro WM, Gomes Naveca F, Costa FTM, Val FFA, Lacerda MVG; Metcovid team. Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 30;8:758405. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.758405. eCollection 2021.
• Jeronimo CMP, Farias MEL, Val FFA, Sampaio VS, Alexandre MAA, Melo GC, Safe IP, Borba MGS, Netto RLA, Maciel ABS, Neto JRS, Oliveira LB, Figueiredo EFG, Oliveira Dinelly KM, de Almeida Rodrigues MG, Brito M, Mourao MPG, Pivoto Joao GA, Hajjar LA, Bassat Q, Romero GAS, Naveca FG, Vasconcelos HL, de Araujo Tavares M, Brito-Sousa JD, Costa FTM, Nogueira ML, Baia-da-Silva DC, Xavier MS, Monteiro WM, Lacerda MVG; Metcovid Team. Methylprednisolone as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; Metcovid): A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase IIb, Placebo-controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 4;72(9):e373-e381. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1177.

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