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Clinical Trial to Evaluate CERC-002 in Adults With COVID-19 Pneumonia and Acute Lung Injury

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04412057

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Official title

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of CERC-002 in Adults With COVID-19 Pneumonia and Acute Lung Injury

Brief summary

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The study is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 2 clinical study of the efficacy and safety of CERC-002, a potent inhibitor of LIGHT (Lymphotoxin-like, exhibits Inducible expression, and competes with Herpes Virus Glycoprotein D for Herpesvirus Entry Mediator, a receptor expressed by T lymphocytes), for the treatment of patients with 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia who have mild to moderate Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). LIGHT is a cytokine in the tumor necrosis factor super family (TNFSF14) which drives inflammation and induces many other cytokines including IL-1, IL-6 and GM-CSF. LIGHT levels have been shown to be elevated in COVID-19 infected patients and inhibiting LIGHT is hypothesized to ameliorate the cytokine storm which has shown to be a major factor in progression of ARDS. The study will assess the efficacy and safety of CERC-002 in patients with severe COVID-19 over a 28 day period as single dose on top of standard of care.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04412057
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
88 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 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
Jul 16, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 13, 2020
Completion
Jan 18, 2021
Last update posted
Mar 23, 2022

2020 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
11
U.S. states
8
U.S. cities
11
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Hoag Memorial Hospital Newport Beach California 92663
Midway Immunology and Research Center Ft. Pierce Florida 34982
Triple O Research Institute, P.A. West Palm Beach Florida 33407
Parkview Research Center Fort Wayne Indiana 46845
MedPharmics, LLC Metairie Louisiana 70006
LSUHSC - Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 71103
Carolina Institute for Clinical Research, LLC Fayetteville North Carolina 28304
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140
AnMed Health Medical Center Anderson South Carolina 29621
Lowcountry Infectious Diseases, P.A. Charleston South Carolina 29414
BRCR Global Texas McAllen Texas 78503

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