A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Ciclesonide in the Treatment of Non-hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of Alvesco (ciclesonide) Inhalation Aerosol in non hospitalized patients with symptomatic COVID-19 infection in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study

Timeline

Start

2020-06-08

Primary completion

2021-01-05

Completion

2021-01-05

Publications

• Clemency BM, Varughese R, Gonzalez-Rojas Y, Morse CG, Phipatanakul W, Koster DJ, Blaiss MS. Efficacy of Inhaled Ciclesonide for Outpatient Treatment of Adolescents and Adults With Symptomatic COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jan 1;182(1):42-49. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6759.
• Farne H, Singanayagam A. Reply. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Mar;147(3):1117-1118. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.019. Epub 2020 Dec 30. No abstract available.
• Nicolau DV, Bafadhel M. Inhaled corticosteroids in virus pandemics: a treatment for COVID-19? Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Sep;8(9):846-847. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30314-3. Epub 2020 Jul 30. No abstract available.

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