Remdesivir shows promise in severe COVID-19 patients
NCT ID NCT04365725
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at 84 hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 who received the drug remdesivir. Researchers analyzed their recovery over 15 days to see how the drug affected their clinical course. The goal was to understand if remdesivir helps improve outcomes in severe cases.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- remdesivir
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm remdesivir as a treatment to help hospitalized COVID-19 patients recover faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, retrospective study without a control group, so results may not be definitive. Remdesivir has shown mixed results in other trials.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2020
- 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.
Who is studied
Adult hospital patients diagnosed with COVID-19
- Ages
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18 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: * Adult ≥ 18 years old. * SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed. * Hospitalized patients who received at least one administration of remdesivir therapy outside of clinical trials Exclusion Criteria: * Patients included in a clinical trial testing remdesivir as an investigational drug.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Cochin
Paris, 75014, France
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