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NCT Number: NCT04762628

Trial Efficacy of Saisei Pharma Dietary Supplements MAF Capsules, 148 mg and M Capsules, 148 mg in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

The SaiseiCovUKR clinical study is a multicentric, randomized trial study targeting patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who do not require mechanical ventilation. This study aims to provide preliminary data on the activity and safety of MAF capsules and M capsules in the target population after 14 days of dosing. MAF capsules and M capsules are dietary supplements targeting the gut's mucosal immunity to control local and systemic inflammation, limiting epithelial damage and preventing the accumulation of pathological macrophage populations at sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Central Hospital of Rubizhne, Infection Disease Department, Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

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About this study

Saisei Pharma is developing biologics using an enzymatic modification of Vitamin D binding protein and other glycoproteins in biological substrates, which have been shown to increase macrophage phagocytic and antigen processing activity without promoting the proinflammatory profile of macrophages. Bovine colostrum is the substrate for MAF capsules and bovine whey for M capsules. The enteric capsules formulation of the investigational dietary supplements is targeting the gut mucosa and its associated natural anti-inflammatory macrophages profile. The SaiseiCovUKR clinical study is multicentric, randomized, open-label in hospitalized patients with moderate and severe COVID-19 to provide data on the activity and safety of MAF capsules and M capsules in the target population after 14 days of dosing. The trial will use an adaptive design based on a pre-specified criteria, using an independent external Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) to monitor safety, efficacy, and review data at appropriate intervals. The general objectives of the study are to obtain a preliminary indication of activity of MAF capsules and M capsules on shortened time to recovery and decreased mortality in the target population (600 patients, age ≥ 18 years). The study results can provide a background for further investigation of the studied dietary supplements as new drugs in COVID-19.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients found to have positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 in any specimen on 4 days prior to randomization, those who are hospitalized with evidence of respiratory disease during clinical assessment or imaging
  • Male or non-pregnant female adult ≥18 years of age subject (or legally authorized representative) provides informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures
  • Subject (or legally authorized representative) understands and agrees to comply with planned study procedures
  • Has illness of not more than 7 days duration
  • At the time of enrolment does not require immediate resuscitation or mechanical ventilation
  • Respiration rate ≤ 29 per minute
  • SpO2 ≤ 95% on room air
  • Agrees to not participate in another clinical trial through Day 29

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Known allergy to dairy products
  • On corticosteroids for COVID-19 therapy at the time of screening
  • Subjects who are taking corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs for other medical conditions
  • Concurrent malignancy requiring chemotherapy
  • Known renal insufficiency with glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 ml/min (including patients receiving hemodialysis or hemofiltration).
  • ALT or AST > 5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Subjects receiving other immune-based therapy for COVID-19, such as convalescent plasma, immunoglobulin products, interferons

Treatment and study plan

MAF capsules 148 mg

Dietary Supplement

enteric capsules based on enzymatically treated bovine colostrum

M capsules 148 mg

Dietary Supplement

enteric capsules based on enzymatically treated bovine whey

Standard of care

Other

Standard of care

Primary outcomes

  1. The time to basic clinical improvement and to recovery defined as the following

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    • Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen, requires ongoing medical care
    • Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - no longer requires ongoing medical care
    • Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen
    • Not hospitalized, no limitations on activities
  2. 14-day Participant Mortality

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 14

    The mortality rate will be determined as the proportion of participants who died by study Day 14

  3. 29-day Participant Mortality

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    The mortality rate will be determined as the proportion of participants who died by study Day 29

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants in Each Clinical Status Category as Assessed by a 9-Point Ordinal Scale on Day 14

    Time frame: Day 14

    Clinical status derives from death, hospital discharge, and 9-Point Ordinal Scale as follows: score of "8" use for all days on or after the date of death; score of "0" use for all days on or after discharged alive date; last available assessment for missing value. The scale is as follows: 8. Death; 7. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation with vasopressor or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; 6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation; 5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen; 3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requires ongoing medical care (coronavirus (COVID-19) related or otherwise; 2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen; 1. Not hospitalized, no limitation on activities; 0. No clinical or virological evidence of infection

  2. Time to an improvement of one category from admission on 9-Point Ordinal Scale

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Time to reach an improvement of one category from admission on 9-Point Ordinal Scale. The scale is as follows: 8. Death; 7. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation with vasopressor or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; 6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation; 5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen; 3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requires ongoing medical care (coronavirus (COVID-19) related or otherwise; 2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen; 1. Not hospitalized, no limitation on activities; 0. No clinical or virological evidence of infection

  3. Time to an improvement of two categories from admission on 9-Point Ordinal Scale

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Time to reach an improvement of two categories from admission on 9-Point Ordinal Scale. The scale is as follows: 8. Death; 7. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation with vasopressor or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; 6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation; 5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen; 3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requires ongoing medical care (coronavirus (COVID-19) related or otherwise; 2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen; 1. Not hospitalized, no limitation on activities; 0. No clinical or virological evidence of infection

  4. Percentage of Participants in Each Clinical Status Category as Assessed by a 9-Point Ordinal Scale on Day at days 3, 5, 8, 11,14 and 29

    Time frame: Days 3, 5, 8, 11,14 and 29

    The ordinal scale is an assessment of the clinical status at the first assessment of a given study day. The scale is as follows: 8. Death; 7. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation with vasopressor or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; 6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation; 5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen; 3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requires ongoing medical care (coronavirus (COVID-19) related or otherwise; 2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen; 1. Not hospitalized, no limitation on activities; 0. No clinical or virological evidence of infection

  5. Mean change in the ranking on 9-Point Ordinal Scale from baseline to days 3, 5, 8, 11, 14 and 29

    Time frame: Days 3, 5, 8, 11, 14 and 29

    The ordinal scale is an assessment of the clinical status at the first assessment of a given study day. The scale is as follows: 8. Death; 7. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation with vasopressor or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; 6. Hospitalized, on invasive mechanical ventilation; 5. Hospitalized, on non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen devices; 4. Hospitalized, requiring low flow supplemental oxygen; 3. Hospitalized, not requiring supplemental oxygen - requires ongoing medical care (coronavirus (COVID-19) related or otherwise; 2. Not hospitalized, limitation on activities and/or requiring home oxygen; 1. Not hospitalized, no limitation on activities; 0. No clinical or virological evidence of infection

  6. Duration of conventional oxygen therapy Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Duration of conventional oxygen therapy use measured in days among participants who were on conventional oxygen therapy use at baseline

  7. Duration of new conventional oxygen therapy use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Duration of new conventional oxygen therapy use measured in days among participants who were not on conventional oxygen therapy use at baseline

  8. Duration of Non-invasive Ventilation or High Flow Oxygen Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Duration of non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen use measured in days among participants who were on non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen use at baseline

  9. Duration of New Non-invasive Ventilation or High Flow Oxygen Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Duration of new non-invasive ventilation or high flow oxygen use measured in days among participants who were not on non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen use at baseline

  10. Duration of Mechanical Ventilator or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Duration of Mechanical Ventilator or ECMO Use in days among all participants to whom it will be administrated

  11. Percentage of Participants Requiring New Oxygen Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    The percentage of participants requiring new oxygen determined as the percentage of participants not requiring oxygen at baseline

  12. Percentage of Participants Requiring New Non-invasive Ventilation or High-flow Oxygen Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    New non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen use determined as the percentage of subjects not on non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen at baseline.

  13. Percentage of Participants Requiring Ventilator or ECMO Use

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    The percentage of participants requiring Ventilator or ECMO Use

  14. Incidents of post-COVID-19 related symptoms at Day 29

    Time frame: Day 29

    Incidents of all post-COVID-19 symptoms, which will be reported in the post-COVID-19 questionnaire form

  15. Incidents of post-COVID-19 related symptoms at Day 60

    Time frame: Day 60

    Incidents of all post-COVID-19 symptoms, which will be reported in the post-COVID-19 questionnaire form

  16. Percentage of participants with post-COVID-19 related symptoms at Day 29

    Time frame: Day 29

    Percentage of participants with presents post-COVID-19 related symptoms

  17. Percentage of participants with post-COVID-19 related symptoms at Day 60

    Time frame: Day 60

    Percentage of participants with presents post-COVID-19 related symptoms

  18. Percentage of Participants Reporting Grade 3 and 4 Clinical and/or Laboratory Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    Grade 3 AEs are defined as events interrupting daily living activities, or significantly affecting clinical status, or requiring intensive therapeutic intervention. Severe events are usually incapacitating. Grade 4 AEs are defined as potentially life threatening.

  19. Percentage of Participants Reporting Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 29

    An SAE is defined as an AE or a suspected adverse reaction is considered serious if, in the view of either the investigator or the sponsor, it results in death, a life-threatening AE, inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, a persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions.

  20. Percentage of Participants Discontinued or Temporarily Suspended From Investigational dietary supplements

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 14

    Participants may have discontinued from investigational dietary supplements due to product intolerability, applied mechanical ventilation, swallowing impairment, or death. The discontinuation or temporary suspension intake of studied supplements for any reason will be collected.

  21. Change From Baseline in Alanine Transaminase (ALT)

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate ALT, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  22. Change From Baseline in Aspartate Transaminase (AST)

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate AST, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  23. Change From Baseline in Total Bilirubin

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate Total Bilirubin, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  24. Change From Baseline in Creatinine

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate serum Creatinine, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  25. Change From Baseline in Glucose

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate serum Glucose, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  26. Change From Baseline in Hemoglobin

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate Hemoglobin, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  27. Change From Baseline in Platelets

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate Platelets, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  28. Change From Baseline in White Blood Cell Count (WBC)

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate WBC, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

  29. Change From Baseline in Lymphocytes

    Time frame: Days 1, 7, 14 and 29

    To evaluate Lymphocytes, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7, and 14 while participants are inpatient, and at Day 29, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge.

Other outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in C-Reactive Protein

    Time frame: Days 1, 7 and 14

    To evaluate C-Reactive Protein, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7 and 14 while participants are inpatient, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge

  2. Change From Baseline in D-Dimer

    Time frame: Days 1, 7 and 14

    To evaluate D-Dimer, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7 and 14 while participants are inpatient, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge

  3. Change From Baseline in Lactate Dehydrogenase

    Time frame: Days 1, 7 and 14

    To evaluate Lactate Dehydrogenase, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7 and 14 while participants are inpatient, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge

  4. Change From Baseline in Ferritin

    Time frame: Days 1, 7 and 14

    To evaluate Ferritin, blood will be collected at Days 1, 7 and 14 while participants are inpatient, with the Day 1 assessment serving as the baseline. Participants who will be discharged will have blood collected if infection control measures allow in-person visits after discharge

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Saisei Pharma

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Randomized Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Dietary Supplements MAF Capsules, 148 mg and M Capsules, 148 mg in Addition to the Standard of Care (SOC) Compared SOC in the Treatment of Hospitalized With COVID-19 Patients Who Not Requiring the Mechanical Ventilation

Acronym: SaiseiCovUKR

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Feb 21, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 27, 2023

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