Lenzilumab in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 pneumonia (LIVE-AIR): a phase 3, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: In LIVE-AIR, a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, hospitalised adult patients with COVID-19 pneumonia not requiring invasive mechanical ventilation were recruited from 29 sites in the USA and Brazil and were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive three intravenous doses of lenzilumab (600 mg per dose) or placebo delivered 8 h apart. All patients received standard supportive care, including the use of remdesivir and corticosteroids. Patients were stratified at randomisation by age and disease severity. The primary endpoint was survival without invasive mechanical ventilation to day 28 in the modified intention-to-treat population (mITT), comprising all randomised participants who received at least one dose of study drug under the documented supervision of the principal investigator or sub-investigator. Adverse events were assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04351152, and is completed. FINDINGS: Patients were enrolled from May 5, 2020, until Jan 27, 2021. 528 patients were screened, of whom 520 were randomly assigned and included in the intention-to-treat population. 479 of these patients (n=236, lenzilumab; n=243, placebo) were included in the mITT analysis for the primary outcome. Baseline demographics were similar between groups. 311 (65%) participants were males, mean age was 61 (SD 14) years at baseline, and median C-reactive protein concentration was 79 (IQR 41-137) mg/L. Steroids were administered to 449 (94%) patients and remdesivir to 347 (72%) patients; 331 (69%) patients received both treatments. Survival without invasive mechanical ventilation to day 28 was achieved in 198 (84%; 95% CI 79-89) participants in the lenzilumab group and in 190 (78%; 72-83) patients in the placebo group, and the likelihood of survival was greater with lenzilumab than placebo (hazard ratio 1·54; 95% CI 1·02-2·32; p=0·040). 68 (27%) of 255 patients in the lenzilumab group and 84 (33%) of 257 patients in the placebo group experienced at least one adverse event that was at least grade 3 in severity based on CTCAE criteria. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events of grade 3 or higher were related to respiratory disorders (26%) and cardiac disorders (6%) and none led to death. INTERPRETATION: FUNDING: Humanigen.
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Authors | Zelalem Temesgen, Charles D Burger, Jason Baker, Christopher Polk, Claudia R Libertin, Colleen F Kelley, Vincent C Marconi, Robert Orenstein, Victoria M Catterson, William S Aronstein, Cameron Durrant, Dale Chappell, Omar Ahmed, Gabrielle Chappell, Andrew D Badley, LIVE-AIR Study Group |
Journal | The Lancet. Respiratory medicine
(Lancet Respir Med)
Vol. 10
Issue 3
Pg. 237-246
(03 2022)
ISSN: 2213-2619 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 34863332
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase III, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- lenzilumab
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Topics |
- Adult
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
(adverse effects)
- Double-Blind Method
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- SARS-CoV-2
- Treatment Outcome
- COVID-19 Drug Treatment
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