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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04610047




Registration number
NCT04610047
Ethics application status
Date submitted
26/10/2020
Date registered
30/10/2020
Date last updated
30/01/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of Norketotifen in Uncomplicated Influenza-like Illness
Scientific title
A Phase 2b Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Norketotifen (NKT) in the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Influenza-like Illness (ILI)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
NKT-203
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Influenza 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Able to understand the study and comply with all study procedures, and willing to provide written informed consent prior to the pre-dose examinations
2. Symptoms of ILI including all of the following:

* Fever =38º Celsius (oral)
* At least one of the following general systemic symptoms associated with ILI are present with a severity of moderate or greater: headache, feverishness or chills, muscle or joint pain, fatigue
* At least one of the following respiratory symptoms associated with ILI are present with a severity of moderate or greater: cough, sore throat, nasal congestion
3. Total symptom severity score (sum of the scores of all 7 individual symptoms) of =11 in the predose examinations
4. The time interval between the onset of symptoms and the predose examinations is =48 hours.
5. Females of childbearing potential and males agree to use an appropriate method of contraception as detailed in the protocol
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
64 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Known or suspected infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) or Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness
2. Female subjects who are pregnant, 2 weeks post-partum, or breastfeeding
3. Severe ILI requiring inpatient treatment
4. Any of the following risk factors (according to the CDC's list of People at High Risk for Developing Serious Flu-Related Complications):

* Extreme obesity (body mass index =40 kg/m^2)
* Residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities
* American Indians and Alaska natives
* Asthma
* Chronic lung disease (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or cystic fibrosis)
* Neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions (including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy [seizure disorders], stroke, intellectual disability, moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, or spinal cord injury)
* Heart disease (such as congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure, or coronary artery disease)
* Blood disorders (such as sickle cell disease)
* Endocrine disorders (such as diabetes mellitus)
* Kidney disorders
* Liver disorders
* Metabolic disorders (such as inherited metabolic disorders and mitochondrial disorders)
* Compromised immune system due to disease or medication (such as subjects with human immunodeficiency virus or cancer, or those on chronic steroids)
5. Presence of any severe or uncontrolled medical or psychiatric illness
6. History of or current autoimmune disease
7. History of recurrent lower respiratory tract infection
8. Any concurrent infection requiring systemic antimicrobial and/or antiviral therapy
9. Any clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) test
10. Received baloxavir, oseltamivir, peramivir, zanamivir, rimantadine, or amantadine within 30 days prior to the predose examinations
11. Received an investigational monoclonal antibody for a viral disease in the last year prior to the predose examinations
12. Received ketotifen fumarate, cromolyn sodium, or nedocromil sodium by any route of administration within 30 days prior to the predose examinations
13. Exposure to an investigational drug within 30 days prior to the predose examinations
14. History of allergic reaction to ketotifen
15. Any prior exposure to norketotifen

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
14/12/2020
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
9/02/2022
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
315
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Emergo Therapeutics, Inc.
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

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What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04610047