COVID-19 drug study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT07196306
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if the drug sarilumab could help hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe breathing distress. It planned to compare one or two doses of sarilumab against a placebo. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
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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.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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Oct 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.
- 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: 1. Confirmed COVID-19 via centralized RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV2 infection performed at BayCare Health System Laboratory or associated and accredited laboratory. 2. Subjects must be hospitalized. 3. Document fever of 100.4 F or more during hospitalization and prior to enrollment. 4. Evidence of abnormal chest imaging chest x-ray or CT. 5. Moderate to severe respiratory distress requiring oxygen supplementation as defined by criteria listed below. "Oxygen saturation (Sao2) of 92% or less on room air or a ratio of the partial pressure of oxygen (Pao2) to the fraction of inspired oxygen (Fio2) of less than 200 mm Hg, on ventilator settings that include PEEP ≥5 cm H2O". 6. Subjects may have active co-infection with other respiratory pathogens. 7. Males and non-pregnant females at least 18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The subject or Legally Authorized Representative is unable to provide consent in person or by phone. 2. The subject is participating in any other clinical trial for treatment of COVID 19 or any other treatment related clinical trial for a concurrent disease. No plans for additional COVID trials. 3. The subject does not meet criteria for moderate to severe respiratory distress. 4. The presence of any of the following lab abnormalities. ANC \<2000/mm3, Platelet count \<50,000/mm3, ALT/AST \>6x ULN 5. Prior utilization of any IL-6 inhibitors or receptor antagonists at any time in patient's life, JAK inhibitors, DMARDS(Except Hydroxychloroquine), long term, chronic steroid use (more than 6 months) or mTOR inhibitors. 6. The subject has history of organ or bone marrow transplant. 7. History of active or incompletely treated Tuberculosis (TB).
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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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Morton Plant Hospital
Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States
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St. Anthony's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33614, United States
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