Camostat Mesylate in COVID-19 Outpatients

Summary

The rationale of the present clinical trial is that an orally available drug given to outpatients that could reduce the viral burden in the upper respiratory tract could forestall complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reduce transmission from one infected individual to another.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-09

Primary completion

2021-03-03

Completion

2021-04-22

Publications

• Kosinsky Y, Peskov K, Stanski DR, Wetmore D, Vinetz J. Semi-Mechanistic Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Model of Camostat Mesylate-Predicted Efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Apr 27;10(2):e0216721. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02167-21. Epub 2022 Apr 12.
• Chupp G, Spichler-Moffarah A, Sogaard OS, Esserman D, Dziura J, Danzig L, Chaurasia R, Patra KP, Salovey A, Nunez A, May J, Astorino L, Patel A, Halene S, Wang J, Hui P, Patel P, Lu J, Li F, Gan G, Parziale S, Katsovich L, Desir GV, Vinetz JM. A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Oral Camostat Mesylate for Early Treatment of COVID-19 Outpatients Showed Shorter Illness Course and Attenuation of Loss of Smell and Taste. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2022 Jan 31:2022.01.28.22270035. doi: 10.1101/2022.01.28.22270035.

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