Major mpox drug trial halted after failing to show benefit

NCT ID NCT05534984

Summary

This large study tested whether the antiviral drug tecovirimat could safely and effectively treat mpox. Over 700 participants with mpox were randomly assigned to receive either the drug or a placebo for 14 days. The trial was stopped early after an independent review board found it was unlikely to show that the drug helped skin lesions heal faster or reduced pain more than the placebo.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Alabama CRS

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • Barranco CRS

    Lima, Peru

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital Therapeutics

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center NICHD CRS

    New York, New York, 10457, United States

  • Case Western Reserve University CTU

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Biomédicas y Medioambientales CRS (CITBM) - Unidad de Ensayos Clínicos (UNIDEC) CRS

    Callao, Peru

  • Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas IC-HCFMUSP CRS

    São Paulo, Brazil

  • Cincinnati CRS

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • Columbia Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) CRS

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Denver Public Health CRS

    Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center CRS

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Fundacion Huesped CRS

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Harbor University of California Los Angeles Center

    Torrance, California, 90502, United States

  • Harlem Prevention Center

    New York, New York, 10027, United States

  • Henry Ford Hospital CRS

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Houston AIDS Research Team (HART) CRS

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Infectious Disease Clinical and Translational Research

    New York, New York, 11029, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University CRS

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Los Angeles LGBT Center CRS

    Los Angeles, California, 90028, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital CRS (MGH CRS)

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mount Sinai West Samuels CRS

    New York, New York, 10019, United States

  • New Jersey Medical School Clinical Research Center

    Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States

  • North Texas Infectious Disease Consultants

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • Nutricion Mexico CRS

    Mexico City, Mexico

  • Ohio State University CRS

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • Penn Therapeutics CRS

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Rush University Cook County Hospital Chicago NICHD CRS

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • SUNY Stony Brook NICHD CRS

    Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

  • San Miguel CRS

    Lima, Peru

  • Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru

    Lima, Peru

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ATN CRS

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

    Bangkok, Thailand

  • The Ponce de Leon Center CRS

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

  • UCLA CARE Center CRS

    Los Angeles, California, 90035, United States

  • UCSD Antiviral Research Center CRS

    San Diego, California, 92103, United States

  • UT Southwestern Infectious Disease Research Unit

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Univ. of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine A

    Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States

  • University of California, Davis CRS

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco HIV/AIDS CRS

    San Francisco, California, 94110, United States

  • University of Colorado Denver NICHD CRS

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Colorado Hospital CRS

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Florida Jacksonville NICHD CRS

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States

  • University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh CRS

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • University of Rochester Adult HIV Therapeutic

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Washington Positive Research

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Vaccine Trial Centre, Mahidol University CRS

    Bangkok, Thailand

  • Via Libre CRS

    Lima, Peru

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center CRS

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Washington University Therapeutics (WT) CRS

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Weill Cornell Chelsea CRS

    New York, New York, 10010, United States

  • Weill Cornell Uptown CRS

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

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