Tocilizumab for Patients With Cancer and COVID-19 Disease
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04370834. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Cancer Patients With Coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) and Severe Complications of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19)
Brief summary
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This phase II expanded access trial will study how well tocilizumab works in reducing the serious symptoms including pneumonitis (severe acute respiratory distress) in patients with cancer and COVID-19. COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. COVID-19 can be associated with an inflammatory response by the immune system which may also cause symptoms of COVID-19 to worsen. This inflammation may be called "cytokine storm," which can cause widespread problems in the body. Tocilizumab is a medicine designed to block the action of a protein called interleukin-6 (IL-6) that is involved with the immune system and is known to be a key factor for problems with excessive inflammation. Tocilizumab is effective in treating "cytokine storm" from a type of cancer immunotherapy and may be effective in reducing the inflammatory response and "cytokine storm" seen in severe COVID-19 disease. Treating the inflammation may help to reduce symptoms, improve the ability to breathe without a breathing machine (ventilator), and prevent patients from having more complications.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04370834
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 1 participant
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 2 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 27, 2020
- Primary completion
- Jan 13, 2021
- Completion
- Jan 13, 2021
- Last update posted
- Feb 3, 2025
2020 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Cancer Institute | Rockville | Maryland | 20850 | — |
| University Medical Center of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | Nevada | 89102 | — |
| Summerlin Hospital Medical Center | Las Vegas | Nevada | 89144 | — |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73104 | — |
| Valley Medical Center | Renton | Washington | 98055 | — |
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About this trial record page
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 3, 2025 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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