New pill combo aims to protect vulnerable from severe COVID

NCT ID NCT07013474

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This phase 3 trial tests a new antiviral pill, ibuzatrelvir, alone or with an IV drug (remdesivir) in 300 adults with weak immune systems who have mild-to-moderate COVID-19. The goal is to see if the combination prevents hospitalizations or worsening symptoms better than remdesivir alone. Participants are not severely ill at the start but are at high risk due to their immune status.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

ibuzatrelvir (tablet) and remdesivir (injection)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for severely immunocompromised people with COVID-19, potentially reducing hospitalizations and severe outcomes.

What could go wrong

This is still an experimental drug combination. The trial is relatively small (300 participants) and may not show a clear benefit over existing treatments. Side effects are possible.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Coronavinae infectious disease COVID-19 Infections lung disorder pneumonia respiratory tract infectious disorder RNA Virus Infections viral infectious disease viral pneumonia

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV

    RECRUITING

    Bruges, West-vlaanderen, 8000, Belgium

  • Aalborg Universitetshospital, Syd

    RECRUITING

    Gistrup, 9260, Denmark

  • Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby

    RECRUITING

    Aarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark

  • Acibadem Universitesi Atakent Hastanesi

    RECRUITING

    Istanbul, İ̇stanbul, 34303, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Alexandra General Hospital of Athens

    RECRUITING

    Athens, Attikí, 115 28, Greece

  • Amicis Research Center - Granada Hills

    RECRUITING

    Granada Hills, California, 91344, United States

  • Asan Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi [seoul], 05505, South Korea

  • Aso Iizuka Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8505, Japan

  • BRCR Global Puerto Rico

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    San Juan, 00907-1509, Puerto Rico

  • BRCR Medical Center - Ponce

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ponce, 00717, Puerto Rico

  • BRP- Hialeah Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hialeah, Florida, 33013, United States

  • Baylor Scott & White Health - Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Baylor Scott & White Research Institute - Clinical Trials Office

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Baylor University Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • CECIP - Centro de Estudos do Interior Paulista

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Jaú, São Paulo, 17201130, Brazil

  • CHUAC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

    RECRUITING

    A Coruña, A Coruña [LA Coruña], 15006, Spain

  • CHUVI- Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro

    RECRUITING

    Vigo, Pontevedra [pontevedra], 36212, Spain

  • Canas Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ponce, 00728, Puerto Rico

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon Bourgogne - Hôpital François Mitterrand

    RECRUITING

    Dijon, 21000, France

  • Centro Médico São Francisco

    RECRUITING

    Curitiba, Paraná, 80810-050, Brazil

  • Chonnam National University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Gwangju, Kwangju-kwangyǒkshi, 61469, South Korea

  • Clinical Trials Center

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Clinical Trials Hub

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • D&H Cancer Research Center LLC

    RECRUITING

    Margate, Florida, 33063, United States

  • Duke University - Main Hospital and Clinics

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Duke Vaccine and Trials Unit

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27703, United States

  • Duke Vaccine and Trials Unit

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Erasmus MC

    RECRUITING

    Rotterdam, 3015GD, Netherlands

  • Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens

    RECRUITING

    Athens, Attikí, 106 76, Greece

  • FAICIC S. de R.L. de C.V.

    RECRUITING

    Veracruz, Veracruz Ignacio de LA Llave, 91900, Mexico

  • Fakultna nemocnica Trnava

    RECRUITING

    Trnava, Trnava Region, 917 02, Slovakia

  • Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou F.D.Roosevelta Banska Bystrica

    RECRUITING

    Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Region, 974 01, Slovakia

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New Taipei City, NEW Taipei, 220, Taiwan

  • Fujita Health University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Toyoake, Aichi-ken, 470-1192, Japan

  • Fundación Santos y de la Garza Evia I.B.P

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, 66278, Mexico

  • Gachon University Gil Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Namdong-gu, Incheon-gwangyeoksi [incheon], 21565, South Korea

  • Gaziantep Universitesi Sahinbey Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi

    RECRUITING

    Gaziantep, 27310, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • General Hospital of Athens "Laiko"

    RECRUITING

    Athens, Attikí, 11527, Greece

  • Georgetown University Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Hacettepe Universite Hastaneleri

    RECRUITING

    Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Holy Name Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Teaneck, New Jersey, 07666, United States

  • Hope Clinical Research, Inc.

    RECRUITING

    Canoga Park, California, 91303, United States

  • Hopital Claude Huriez - CHU de Lille

    RECRUITING

    Lille, NORD, 59037, France

  • Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis

    RECRUITING

    Alicante, 03010, Spain

  • Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol

    RECRUITING

    Badalona, Barcelona [barcelona], 08916, Spain

  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    RECRUITING

    ABB, Buenos Aires F.D., C1199ABB, Argentina

  • Hospital Italiano de La Plata

    RECRUITING

    La Plata, Buenos Aires, B1900XI, Argentina

  • Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças

    RECRUITING

    Curitiba, Paraná, 80810-040, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Barcelona [barcelona], 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad de, 28046, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

    RECRUITING

    Córdoba, Andalusia, 14004, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme

    RECRUITING

    Seville, 41014, Spain

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    RECRUITING

    Bairro Santa Cecília, Rio Grande do Sul, 90630-165, Brazil

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Catalunya [cataluña], 08041, Spain

  • Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13060-803, Brazil

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Humphreys Diabetes Center

    RECRUITING

    Boise, Idaho, 83702, United States

  • Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75018, France

  • Hôpital Saint Antoine

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75012, France

  • Hôpital Saint-Louis

    RECRUITING

    Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75010, France

  • Ibni Sina Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Icesp - Instituto Do Câncer Do Estado de São Paulo

    RECRUITING

    São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil

  • Instituto Médico Río Cuarto

    RECRUITING

    Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province, X5800AEV, Argentina

  • Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rio de Janeiro, 21040-360, Brazil

  • International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Narita, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan

  • Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Thessaloniki, 546 42, Greece

  • Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health

    RECRUITING

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • Jadestone Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Silver Spring, Maryland, 20904, United States

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Jules Bordet Institute

    RECRUITING

    Anderlecht, 1070, Belgium

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan

  • Karadeniz Technical University

    RECRUITING

    Trabzon, 61080, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge

    RECRUITING

    Huddinge, 141 86, Sweden

  • Kendall South Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Miami, Florida, 33185, United States

  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi

    RECRUITING

    Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Infectious Disease Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Investigational Drug Services (IDS)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Investigational Drug Services Pharmacy

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Research Nexus Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Translational Research Nexus Clinic and Laboratory

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Memorial Hermann Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Nagasaki University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

  • Narodny onkologicky ustav

    RECRUITING

    Bratislava, 833 10, Slovakia

  • Narodny ustav detskych chorob

    RECRUITING

    Bratislava, Bratislava Region, 833 40, Slovakia

  • National Center for Global Health and Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Fukuoka, 810-8563, Japan

  • Nemocnica s poliklinikou Stefana Kukuru Michalovce, a.s.

    RECRUITING

    Michalovce, 07101, Slovakia

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Odense Universitetshospital

    RECRUITING

    Odense, Region Syddanmark, 5000, Denmark

  • Parc de Salut Mar - Hospital del Mar

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Barcelona [barcelona], 08003, Spain

  • Profound Research LLC

    RECRUITING

    Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States

  • Radboudumc

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nijmegen, 6525 GA, Netherlands

  • Rigshospitalet

    RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, Capital Region, 2100, Denmark

  • Rinku General Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Izumisano, Osaka, 598-8577, Japan

  • Saga University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Saga, 849-8501, Japan

  • Sakarya Training and Research Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sakarya, 54100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón

    RECRUITING

    Buenos Aires, 1039, Argentina

  • School of Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais

    RECRUITING

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30130-100, Brazil

  • Seattle Rheumatology Associates

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Skylight Health Research, - Burlington

    RECRUITING

    Burlington, Massachusetts, 01803, United States

  • Skånes Universitetssjukhus Malmö

    RECRUITING

    Malmö, Skåne LÄN [se-12], 205 02, Sweden

  • Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    São Paulo, 05652-900, Brazil

  • St. Luke's Idaho Elks Children's Pavilion

    RECRUITING

    Boise, Idaho, 83712, United States

  • Swedish Ambulatory Infusion Center- First Hill

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Swedish Cancer Institute Treatment Center

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States

  • Swedish Medical Center- Innovative Therapeutics & Research Unit

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Swedish Organ Transplant and Liver Center

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • TRC

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • TUM Klinikum

    RECRUITING

    München, Bavaria, 81675, Germany

  • Tachikawa Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8531, Japan

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Taichung, 407, Taiwan

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

  • The Catholic University of Korea, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi [seoul], 03312, South Korea

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Hachiōji, Tokyo, 1930998, Japan

  • UC Davis CTSC Clinical Research Center

    RECRUITING

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest

    RECRUITING

    San Diego, California, 92103, United States

  • UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • UKE Hamburg

    RECRUITING

    Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • UPMC Division of Infectious Disease Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • UPMC Presbyterian IDS

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • UPMC Shadyside

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • UPMC Shadyside IDS

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • UT Physicians

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • UZ Brussel

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, Brussels Capital, 1090, Belgium

  • Universitaetsklinikum Koeln

    RECRUITING

    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany

  • University General Hospital of Alexandroupoli

    RECRUITING

    Alexandroupoli, Anatolikí Makedonía KAI Thráki, 681 00, Greece

  • University of California Davis Health

    RECRUITING

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of California San Diego Health

    RECRUITING

    San Diego, California, 92103, United States

  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UC Holmes)

    RECRUITING

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Colorado Clinical and Translational Research Center

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    RECRUITING

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

  • University of Michigan

    RECRUITING

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, Bruxelles-capitale, Région de, 1070, Belgium

  • Velocity Clinical Research, Savannah

    RECRUITING

    Savannah, Georgia, 31406, United States

  • West Tennessee Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Jackson, Tennessee, 38305, United States

  • Zenos Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States