Covid-19, Hospitalized, PatIents, Nasafytol

50 patients (25 per arm) infected with COVID-19 and hospitalized (depending on the progress of the pandemic and therefore the presence of COVID-19 patients, this number could reach 100 (50 per arm)). The first ten sentinel patients will be monitored at the safety level before enrolling the rest of the participants.

The effect and safety of NASAFYTOL® will be evaluated using the following outcome measures:

• Improvement of clinical condition of the patient defined by the COVID-19 WHO ordinal Outcomes score. This scale reflects a range from uninfected to dead, where 0 is "no clinical or virological evidence of infection", 1 is "no limitation of activities", 2 is "limitation of activities", 3 is "hospitalized, no oxygen therapy", 4 is "oxygen by mask or nasal prongs", 5 is "non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen", 6 is "intubation and mechanical ventilation", 7 is "ventilation + additional organ support - pressors, RRT (renal replacement therapy), ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)", and 8 is "death".

• Time to a 1-point decrease
• Score at 14 days (or at hospital leave if <14 days) post randomization
• Duration (days) of hospitalization
• In-hospital mortality
• Temperature (fever):

• Time to resolution of fever for at least 48 hours without antipyretics for 48 hours - Defined as ≤36.6°C (axilla), ≤37.2°C (oral) or ≤37.8°C (rectal or tympanic)
• Proportion of participants with normalization at day 14 (or at hospital leave if <14 days)
• Need of oxygen therapy
• Tolerance as defined by the Incidence of Adverse Events (AE) and Serious Adverse Events (SAE)
• Compliance using the pill count
• Blood test:

• C-reactive proteins : Time to halving of (or achieve normal ) CRP levels compared to peak value during trial
• Hematological values (included Lymphocyte Count) and others routine laboratory parameters (LDH, albumin, etc.): Time to normalization
• Vitamin D serum concentration: comparison of concentration between inclusion and end of trial and between the 2 arms.

Optional outcome measures will be perform if data is available from routine practice:

• Blood tests between inclusion and end of trial
• Radiological response - Thoracic CT scan or Chest XR
• Oxygenation PaO2 (partial pressure of oxygen) / FiO2 (fraction of inspired oxygen, FiO2) ratio (or P/F ratio) :

• Time to improvement (TBD) in oxygenation for at least 48 hours
• Proportion of participants with normalization at day 14 (or at hospital leave if <14 days)
• Time until negative RT-PCR

Inclusion criteria

• Adult ≥ 18 years of age at the time of inclusion in the study;
• Recently hospitalized patients in whom SARS CoV-2 infection has been laboratory confirmed by RT-PCR or other commercial or public health test on any sample.
• Severity of 3-4-5 according to the WHO 7-point ordinal scale (3: hospitalized, no oxygen therapy; 4: hospitalized, oxygen by mask or nasal prongs; 5:non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen);
• Subject (or authorized legal representative) who can provide oral or written informed consent before beginning any study procedure;
• Understand and agree to abide by the study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

• Contra-indication to NASAFYTOL® or constituents (incl. Vit D): hypersensitivity or allergy to product components;
• Swallowing disorder or inability to take oral caps;
• Presence of comorbidities that imply a poor prognosis (according to clinical judgment);
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding women; If patient is a female of childbearing potential, patient must use an effective means of birth control (oral, intravaginal or transdermal oestrogen-progestogen combined hormonal contraceptives or intrauterine devices or sexual abstinence);
• Serious or active bacterial infections or documented sepsis by pathogens other than SARS-CoV-2;
• Patients participating in clinical trials of other products; Patients presenting acute impairment of renal function or nephrolithiasis; ALT/AST> 5 times the normal limit, or Neutropenia (Absolute neutrophil count < 500/uL), or Thrombocytopenia (Platelets < 50,000/uL).