Anakinra for COVID-19 Respiratory Symptoms (ANACONDA)
COVID-19 Infection, ANAKINRA Treatment, Optimized Standard of Care (oSOC)
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for COVID-19 Infection
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Male or female≥ 18 years of age
- Written informed consent of the patient or a proxy
- Ability for participant to comply with the requirements of the study
Hospitalized patient with COVID-19 defined as
- Positive SARS-CoV2 RT-PCR
- Or typical COVID-19 Radiographic infiltrates on the CT scan (peripheral ground glass without lung cavitation, lymphadenopathy, or pulmonary nodules) other non COVID-19 diagnosis ruled out.
Patient with respiratory symptoms and requirement of oxygen therapy as defined:
- Oxygen therapy >= 4L/min to maintain Sp02>92% and respiratory rate >=24/min.
- Or patients under oxygen >= 1L/min and presenting worsening of oxygen requirement defined by an increase of oxygen therapy >= 2L/min to maintain Sp02>92%.
- Inflammatory component C-Reactive Protein ≥ 50mg/L.
- Patients within the first 20 days from the onset of the first COVID-19 symptoms
- Probabilistic antibiotics therapy according to local practice
Non-inclusion criteria:
- Respiratory failure related to other cause than COVID-19
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation at inclusion or requiring oxygen therapy equal or more than 11 liters per min to maintain Sp02>92%
- Infectious diseases such as severe bacterial infections, aspergillosis, HIV, active HCV, active HBV, active tuberculosis
Contra indication to anti-IL1 receptor
- Known hypersensitivity to Anakinra
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)< 1500/mm3
- Liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh Score C
- Live or attenuated vaccine in the past 8 weeks
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Patients with either legally protected status or who have been deprived of their freedom
- Patient included in other interventional therapeutic research (e.g. = concurrent participation in French CoVID-19 is accepted)
- Patients who have received previous treatment by anti-IL6R, anti-IL-6, anti-IL1R, anti-IL1 or anti-TNFα within 21 days preceding inclusion
- Absence of Health Insurance
- Existence of any life-threatening co-morbidity or any other medical condition which,in the opinion of the investigator, makes the patient unsuitable for inclusion.
Sites / Locations
- CHRU de TOURS
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Optimized Standard of Care (oSOC)
Anakinra plus Optimized Standard of Care (oSOC)
The control group will receive optimized standard of care alone, including all treatments authorized for COVID-19 by the French Health Ministry and/or the center COVID-19 therapeutic committees at inclusion and during the follow-up.
The experimental group will receive Anakinra plus optimized Standard of Care. The patients will receive Intravenous injection (IV) of Anakinra 400mg/day (100mg IV every 6 hours) at Day 1, 2 and 3. From Day 4 to Day 10, the patient will receive IV injection of Anakinra 200mg/day (100mg every 12 hours). The total duration of Anakinra is 10 Days