Can early COVID-19 drugs keep high-risk patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT04356495
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving early treatment to adults with COVID-19 who have risk factors (like age over 60 or high blood pressure) could prevent them from needing oxygen, hospitalization, or dying. About 412 people took part. The goal was to see if these treatments are safe and effective for use at home.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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412 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Oct 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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50 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical picture suggestive of COVID-19 dated 7 days or less. * Positivity of a test proving an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to current recommendations. * Absence of criteria for hospitalization or oxygen therapy according to current recommendations. * Age : * greater than or equal to 60 years of age without any risk factor * or between 50 and 59 years of age and the presence of at least one of the following risk factors : * Arterial hypertension under treatment (all stages) * Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) * Diabetes under treatment (all types) * Ischemic heart disease (all stages) * Heart failure (all stages) * Stroke History * Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (all stages) * Stage 3 chronic renal failure (30 ≤ Estimated GFR \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m²) * Malignancies (solid tumours or blood malignancies) that are progressive or were diagnosed less than 5 years ago. * Immunodeficiency * of therapeutic origin (solid organ transplant or hematopoietic stem cell transplant, cancer chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, corticosteroids \> 15 mg/d of prednisone equivalent taken for at least 2 months); * HIV infection with CD4\<200/mm3. * Valid, ambulatory person, fully able to understand the issues of the trial * Beneficiary of a Social Security scheme * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Asymptomatic person * Inability to make a decision to participate (dementia, person under legal protection, curatorship or guardianship) * Ongoing illness or chronic treatment contraindicated by taking one of the trial drugs.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bordeaux university Hospital
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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CHRU de Nancy
Nancy, France
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CHU de Dijon-Bourgogne
Dijon, France
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CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34295, France
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CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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CNGE
Paris, France
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Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph
Paris, 75014, France
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