Can paxlovid hold the line against severe COVID-19 outside the lab?
NCT ID NCT05890612
First seen Aug 12, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study watches how Paxlovid performs in real life, not in a controlled trial. It follows about 3,000 people in Korea with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of getting very sick. Researchers track side effects, hospitalizations, and deaths over 28 days after the last dose to see if the antiviral works as expected in routine care.
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), an antiviral medication
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that Paxlovid works well and is safe in everyday use for people at high risk of severe COVID-19, supporting its wider use.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by other factors. Side effects are still possible, and the findings may not apply to all populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who received, are currently receiving, or are going to receive PAXLOVID according to locally approved label.
- Ages
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19 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: * Patients who received, are currently receiving, or are going to receive PAXLOVID according to locally approved label. * Patients (or a legally acceptable representative) who are willing to provide written informed consent/assent prior to study enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with contraindication according to locally approved label of PAXLOVID. * Patients who are going to receive any investigational medicine during the observation period.
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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
1 site. 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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Pfizer Korea
RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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