Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Molnupiravir (EIDD-2801) to Eliminate Infectious Virus Detection in Persons With COVID-19

Summary

This was a phase IIa, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial, designed to compare the safety, tolerability, and antiviral activity of EIDD-2801 (molnupiravir) versus placebo as measured by SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA detection in symptomatic adult outpatients with COVID-19.

Timeline

Start

2020-06-19

Primary completion

2021-02-21

Completion

2021-02-21

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Molnupiravir 800 mg; p = 0.0128; Log Rank NCT04405570 ↗

paper Time to viral RNA clearance was decreased and a greater proportion overall achieved clearance in participants administered 800 mg molnupiravir versus placebo (p = 0.01). PMID 34159342 ↗

Publications

• Mollan KR, Eron JJ, Krajewski TJ, Painter W, Duke ER, Morse CG, Goecker EA, Premkumar L, Wolfe CR, Szewczyk LJ, Alabanza PL, Loftis AJ, Degli-Angeli EJ, Brown AJ, Dragavon JA, Won JJ, Keys J, Hudgens MG, Fang L, Wohl DA, Cohen MS, Baric RS, Coombs RW, Sheahan TP, Fischer WA. Infectious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Virus in Symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outpatients: Host, Disease, and Viral Correlates. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e1028-e1036. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab968.
• Fischer W, Eron JJ, Holman W, Cohen MS, Fang L, Szewczyk LJ, Sheahan TP, Baric R, Mollan KR, Wolfe CR, Duke ER, Azizad MM, Borroto-Esoda K, Wohl DA, Loftis AJ, Alabanza P, Lipansky F, Painter WP. Molnupiravir, an Oral Antiviral Treatment for COVID-19. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Jun 17:2021.06.17.21258639. doi: 10.1101/2021.06.17.21258639.
• Mollan KR, Eron JJ, Krajewski TJ, Painter W, Duke ER, Morse CG, Goecker EA, Premkumar L, Wolfe CR, Szewczyk LJ, Alabanza PL, Loftis AJ, Degli-Angeli EJ, Brown AJ, Dragavon JA, Won JJ, Keys J, Hudgens MG, Fang L, Wohl DA, Cohen MS, Baric RS, Coombs RW, Sheahan TP, Fischer WA 2nd. Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Symptomatic COVID-19 Outpatients: Host, Disease, and Viral Correlates. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Jun 25:2021.05.28.21258011. doi: 10.1101/2021.05.28.21258011.
• Cox RM, Wolf JD, Plemper RK. Therapeutically administered ribonucleoside analogue MK-4482/EIDD-2801 blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets. Nat Microbiol. 2021 Jan;6(1):11-18. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00835-2. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Molnupiravir	Small molecule	200 mg	Oral
Subject	Molnupiravir	Small molecule	400 mg	Oral
Subject	Molnupiravir	Small molecule	800 mg	Oral

Indications