ACTIV-6: COVID-19 Study of Repurposed Medications - Arm G (Metformin)

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of repurposed medications (study drug(s) in reducing symptoms of non-hospitalized participants with mild to moderate COVID-19. Participants will receive either study drug or placebo. Participants will self-report any new or worsening symptoms or medical events experienced while taking study drug or placebo. This study is intended to be all remote with no in person visits, unless the study team feels it is in the best interest of a participant to be seen in person.

Prior and current drug arms are listed on clinicaltrials.gov and will be updated with the activation of any new drug arms. Each study arm will also have its own clinicaltrials.gov entry and will include "Pro00107921" in the Unique Protocol ID.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Susanna Naggie, MD
• Collaborators: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS); Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Treatments: Metformin

Criteria

Eligibility for overall study are listed below. There may be additional appendix-specific criteria.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Completed Informed Consent

• Age ≥ 30 years old

• Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by any authorized or approved polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen test collected within 10 days of screening

• Two or more current symptoms of acute infection for ≤7 days. Symptoms include the following: fatigue, dyspnea, fever, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, body aches, chills, headache, sore throat, nasal symptoms, new loss of sense of taste or smell

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or recent (within 10 days of screening) hospitalization for COVID-19 infection

• Current or planned participation in another interventional trial to treat COVID-19, at the discretion of the study principal investigator (PI)

• Current or recent use (within the last 14 days) of study drug or study drug/device combination

• Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of the study drug or placebo

• Known contraindication(s) to study drug including prohibited concomitant medications

• Previous or current enrollment in the ACTIV-6 trial