Could longer or stronger antivirals beat COVID in vulnerable patients?
NCT ID NCT05587894
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving a longer course (10 days instead of 5) or adding another antiviral (remdesivir) to the standard Paxlovid treatment helps immunocompromised people clear COVID-19 faster. About 256 adults with mild or no symptoms will be randomly assigned to different treatment plans. The main goal is to see if the virus is gone by day 10.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) and remdesivir
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a longer course or combination of antivirals helps immunocompromised people clear COVID-19 faster and avoid severe illness.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2 trial with only 256 participants, so results are preliminary. The added drugs may cause more side effects or not improve outcomes significantly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 256 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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16 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: 1. Laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by RT-PCR or positive antigenic test (commercialized assay) 2. Asymptomatic or mild to moderate COVID-19 (WHO progression scale \<5. Patients receiving oxygen therapy for reasons other than a pulmonary COVID-19 are eligible). 3. ≥ 16 years of age (for patients recruited in Italy and in Norway, ≥ 18 years of age); 4. Immunocompromised as defined by ≥ 1 risk factors for severe COVID-19 as assessed by the FOPH list (criteria 5: diseases/treatments leading to immune suppression) or other immunosuppression criteria such as Severe immunosuppression (e.g., HIV infection with CD4 + T cell count \<350 / µl) Neutropenia (\<1000 neutrophils / µl) ≥1 week Lymphocytopenia (\<200 lymphocytes/µl) On dialysis treatment Hereditary immunodeficiencies Intake of drugs which suppress the immune system (e.g. glucocorticoids for a long time \[an equivalent dose of prednisone \>20 mg/day \> 3 months\], monoclonal antibodies, cytostatics, biological products, everolimus, mTOR inhibitors etc.) in the last 12 months Active cancer under cytostatics or targeted therapy known to be immunosuppressive (e.g., platinum salts, cyclophosphamide, anthracyclines, taxanes, 5-fluorouracil, gemcitabine, purine inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors) or associated with hematologic toxicity (neutropenia, lymphopenia), for example sunitinib, imatinib, regorafenib. Aggressive lymphomas (all types) Acute lymphatic leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia T prolymphocytic leukemia Primary central nervous system lymphoma Stem cell transplantation Light chain amyloidosis Chronic lymphoid leukemia Multiple myeloma Sickle cell disease Bone marrow transplant Organ transplant Being on the waiting list for an organ transplant 5. Willing and able to comply with study requirements and restrictions as described in the informed consent form (ICF) 6. Enrolled in or a beneficiary of a Social Security program (State Medical Aid (AME) is not a Social Security program) or holders of health insurance (LAF for participants recruited in Norway). 7. Participant's or its legal representative's signature of the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: 1. SARS-CoV-2 PCR ≥30 CT at screening 2. Hypersensitivity to study drugs (active substance(s) or excipients) 3. Body weight \< 40 kg 4. AST and/or ALT \> 5 times the upper limit 5. Cirrhosis Child-Pugh score C 6. Is taking or is anticipated to require any prohibited therapies\*. 7. Participation in another interventional clinical study with an investigational compound or device, including COVID-19 therapeutics, where the study intervention is performed in the 28 days preceding the inclusion and the 10 days after the inclusion. Investigators of the different clinical studies should agree on participant's inclusion. 8. Presence of any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in participant's best interest or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments 9. Having received antiviral treatments against SARS-CoV-2 in the 14 days before the inclusion with exception of those having received one or two doses of nirmatrevir/r in the 24h preceding the inclusion in the study. 10. Pregnant or breastfeeding female * Study SOPs based on recommendations from the Liverpool COVID-19 interactions, French Society for Pharmacology and Therapeutics (https://sfpt-fr.org/recommandations-et-publications) and French Speaking Transplantation Society will be provided to guide investigators.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
18 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bichat Claude-Bernard Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75877, France
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Croix Rousse Hospital
RECRUITINGLyon, Lyon, 69317, France
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Verona University Hospital
RECRUITINGVerona, Italy
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Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital
RECRUITINGDrammen, 3004, Norway
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Francois Mitterrand Hospital
RECRUITINGDijon, Dijon, 21079, France
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Hotel Dieu Hospital
RECRUITINGNantes, Nantes, 44093, France
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La Colombière Hospital
RECRUITINGMontpellier, Montpellier, 34295, France
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Laribosière Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75010, France
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Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo
RECRUITINGOslo, 0372, Norway
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Pellegrin Hospital
RECRUITINGBordeaux, Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75013, France
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Purpan Hospital
RECRUITINGToulouse, Toulouse, 31059, France
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Robert Debré Hospital
RECRUITINGReims, Reims, 51092, France
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Saint Antoine Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75012, France
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Saint Louis Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75474, France
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Saint-André Hospital
RECRUITINGBordeaux, Bordeaux, 33075, France
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Tourcoing Hospital
RECRUITINGTourcoing, Tourcoing, 59208, France
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Vestfold Hospital Trust
RECRUITINGTønsberg, 3103, Norway
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