Collaborative H1N1 Adjuvant Treatment Pilot Trial (CHAT)
Critically Ill, H1N1/Influenza Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Critically Ill focused on measuring critical care, H1N1/influenza infection, respiration, ventilation, artificial, critically ill patients, invasive mechanical ventilation, H1N1/influenza infection (suspected, probable or confirmed)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Critically ill adult patients > or equal to 16 years of age admitted to an adult ICU for any reason with suspected, probable or confirmed influenza infection
- Requiring mechanical ventilation (invasive or non-invasive)
- Receiving antiviral therapy (any medication at any dose and for any intended duration) for < or equal to 72 hours
- Attending physician or intensivist must have a 'moderate' to 'high' index of suspicion for influenza
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 16 years
- Do not resuscitate or re-intubate order documented on chart or anticipated withdrawal of life support
- Weight < 40 kg
- Unable to receive or unlikely to absorb enteral study drug (e.g. incomplete or complete bowel obstruction, intestinal ischemia, infarction, short bowel syndrome)
Rosuvastatin specific exclusions:
- Already receiving a statin (Atorvastatin, Lovastatin, Simvastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin)
- Allergy or intolerance to statins
- Receiving niacin, fenofibrate, cyclosporine, gemfibrozil, lopinavir, ritonavir or planned use of oral contraceptives or estrogen therapy during the ICU stay
- CK exceeds 10 times ULN or ALT exceeds 8 times the ULN
- Severe chronic liver disease (Child-Pugh Score 11-15)
- Previous enrollment in this trial
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- At the time of enrollment, patients must not have received >72 hours of antiviral therapy
Sites / Locations
- Vancouver General Hospital
- St. Paul's Hospital
- Health Sciences Centre
- St. Joseph's Healthcare
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- St. Michael's Hospital
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Hopital Laval
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Drug (Rosuvastatin) Crestor
Placebo
The first dose of encapsulated study drug or placebo (day 1) will be administered within 4 hours of randomization as a loading dose of 40 mg. The placebo will be identical in appearance to Rosuvastatin. Thereafter, doses of 20 mg will be administered daily starting on the next calendar day at 10 pm daily (+/- 4 hours) as a maintenance dose from days 2 to 14. If the patient is of Asian descent, is <18 years, or serum creatinine is greater than or equal to 248 μmol/L (2.8 mg/dL) dose adjustments will be made according to a dose adjustment algorithm.
An identical appearing placebo will be administered to patients in the second study arm.