Bevacizumab in Severe or Critical Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-05-02
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The novel identified coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 causes an nationwide outbreak as well as public health crisis in China, and expands globally. Pulmonary edema is one of the most detrimental symptoms and usually presents in severe and critical coronavirus disease (COVID-19), resulting in dyspnea, acute lung injury (ALI) ,acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and even death. Recent evidence revealed higher levels of blood Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in COVID-19 patients compared with healthy controls. VEGF is considered as the most potent vascular permeability inducers. Numerous studies have revealed that VEGF was a key factor and a potential therapeutic target in ALI and ARDS. Bevacizumab, an anti-VEGF drug, approved by the FDA on February 26, 2004 and widely used in clinical oncotherapy, is a promising drug for ALI/ARDS in COVID-19 through suppression of pulmonary edema.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
• Collaborators: Moriggia-Pelascini Gravedona Hospital; Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
• Treatments: Bevacizumab

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 to 80.

2. Confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis(including the clinically confirmed cases in Hubei).

3. Accord with any of the following: respiratory distress, RR ≥ 30 breaths/min; or SpO2 ≤ 93% at rest; or partial arterial oxygen pressure (PaO2) / fraction of inspiration O2 (FiO2) >100mmHg and ≤ 300mmHg (1mmHg = 0.133kPa).

4. Chest imaging confirms lung involvement and has inflammatory exudation or pleural effusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cannot obtain informed consent.

2. Severe hepatic dysfunction (Child Pugh score ≥ C, or AST> 5 times the upper limit); Severe renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤ 30mL / min / 1.73 m2) or receive continuous renal replacement therapy, hemodialysis, or peritoneal dialysis.

3. Unsatisfactory controlled hypertension (seated systolic blood pressure> 160mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure> 100mmHg); previous history of hypertension crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy.

4. Poorly controlled heart diseases, such as NYHA class II and above cardiac insufficiency, unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction within 1 year before enrollment, supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia need treatment or intervention.

5. Hereditary bleeding tendency or coagulopathy; received full-dose anticoagulant or thrombolytic therapy within10 days before enrollment, or have taken non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with platelet suppression within 10 days before enrollment (Except those who use small doses of aspirin ≤325mg / day for preventive use).

6. Thrombosis within 6 months before enrollment. And from those patients, screen who had arterial / venous thromboembolic events, such as, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, etc. within 1 year ahead of enrollment. Severe vascular disease (including aneurysms or arterial thrombosis requiring surgery) within 6 months before enrollment.

7. Unhealed wounds, active gastric ulcers or fractures. Gastrointestinal perforation, gastrointestinal fistula, abdominal abscess, visceral fistula formation within 6 months before enrollment. Major surgery (including preoperative Chest biopsy) or major trauma (such as a fracture) within 28 days before enrollment. May have surgery during the trial.

8. Severe, active bleeding such as hemoptysis, gastrointestinal bleeding, central nervous system bleeding, and nosebleeds within 1 month before enrollment.

9. Malignant tumors within 5 years before enrollment.

10. Allergic to bevacizumab or its components.

11. Untreated active hepatitis or HIV-positive patients.

12. Pregnant and lactating women and those planning to get pregnant.

13. Participated in other clinical trials, not considered suitable for this study by the researchers.