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Efficacy of local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in COVID-19 patients without signs of severity: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials volume 21, Article number: 666 (2020)
Abstract
Objectives
To assess the efficacy of local intranasal treatment with budesonide (nasal irrigation), in addition to olfactory rehabilitation, in the management of loss of smell in COVID-19 patients without signs of severity and with persistent hyposmia 30 days after the onset of symptoms.
To search for an association between the presence of an obstruction on MRI and the severity of olfactory loss, at inclusion and after 30 days of treatment.
Trial design
Two center, open-label, 2-arm (1:1 ratio) parallel group randomized controlled superiority trial.
Participants
Inclusion criteria
- Patient over 18 years of age;
- Patient with a suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether or not confirmed by PCR, or close contact with a PCR-confirmed case, typical chest CT scan (unsystematic frosted glass patches with predominantly sub-pleural appearance, and at a later stage, alveolar condensation without excavation or nodules or masses) or positive serology ;
- Patient with isolated sudden onset hyposmia persisting 30 days after the onset of symptoms of CoV-2 SARS infection;
- Affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme;
- Written consent to participate in the study.
Non-inclusion criteria
- Known hypersensitivity to budesonide or any of the excipients;
- Hemostasis disorder or epistaxis;
- Oral-nasal and ophthalmic herpes virus infection;
- Long-term corticosteroid treatment;
- Treatment with potent CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, clarithromycin, telithromycin, nefazodone and HIV protease inhibitors);
- Severe forms of SARS-CoV-2 with respiratory or other signs;
- Hyposmia persisting for more than 90 days after the onset of symptoms
- Other causes of hyposmia found on interrogation or MRI;
- Patient benefiting from a legal protection measure;
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
The participants will be recruited from: Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild and Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris, France
Intervention and comparator
Intervention:
Experimental group: Nasal irrigation with budesonide and physiological saline (Budesonide 1mg/2mL diluted in 250mL of physiological saline 9°/00): 3 syringes of 20mL in each nasal cavity, morning and evening, for 30 days, in addition to olfactory rehabilitation twice a day.
Control group: Nasal irrigation with physiological saline 9°/00 only: 3 syringes of 20cc in each nasal cavity, morning and evening, for 30 days, in addition to olfactory rehabilitation twice a day.
Main outcomes
Percentage of patients with an improvement of more than 2 points on the ODORATEST score after 30 days of treatment.
Randomisation
Patients will be randomized (1:1) between the experimental and control groups, using the e-CRF. The randomization list will be stratified by centre.
Blinding (masking)
Participants and caregivers are aware of the group assignment. People assessing the outcomes are blinded to the group assignment
Numbers to be randomised (sample size)
120 patients are planned to be randomized into two groups of 60 patients.
Trial Status
MDL_2020_10. Version number 2, May 22, 2020. Recruitment started on May 22, 2020. The trial will finish recruiting by August 2020.
Trial registration
EUDRACT number: 2020-001667-85; date of trial registration: 15 May 2020
Protocol registered on ClinicalTrial.gov, registration number: NCT04361474; date of trial registration: 24 April 2020.
Full protocol
The full protocol is attached as an additional file, accessible from the Trials website (Additional file 1). In the interest in expediting dissemination of this material, the familiar formatting has been eliminated; this Letter serves as a summary of the key elements of the full protocol.
Availability of data and materials
Each investigator will have access to the final trial dataset. Project data sets are housed on the Project Accept Web site (Clinfile), and all data sets are password protected. Project Principal Investigators have direct access to their own site’s data sets. To ensure confidentiality, data dispersed to project team members will be blinded of any identifying participant information data will be available from the author on reasonable request (mdaval@for.paris).
Acknowledgements
We thank Corinne Eloi for useful discussion and Chloé Le Cossec for support.
Funding
The study is funded by the French Department of Health (Innovarc). Funding for this trial covers the run-in costs (clinical and paraclinicals examinations, treatments, data exploitation.
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Authors and Affiliations
Contributions
MD, ChH, AC and DS conceived of the study. MD, ChH, AC, DS, BV, initiated the study design and CP helped with implementation. CP and CJ provided statistical expertise in clinical trial design. GP and ME provided imaging expertise.DS and DS provided the viral expertise. MD, ChH, JH, CaH and WEB carried out the olfactory tests and refined the questionnaires. DA and PH supervised the project. All authors contributed to refinement of the study protocol and approved the final manuscript.
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Ethics declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate
ANSM and CPP approved the study.
MEDAECNAT-2020-04-00075 approval was granted on May 14, 2020 .
CPP SUD EST II (2020-39) approval was granted on April 24, 2020. An amendment was accepted on June 3, 2020 to allow the inclusion of patients with persistent hyposmia up to 90 days after the onset of signs of COVID.
We declare that we certify that this trial has received ethical approval from the appropriate ethical committee described above. Each participant has to read an information note and signed a consent form for participation.
Consent for publication
Not applicable
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Supplementary information
Additional file 1.
Full Study Protocol.
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Daval, M., Corré, A., Palpacuer, C. et al. Efficacy of local budesonide therapy in the management of persistent hyposmia in COVID-19 patients without signs of severity: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 21, 666 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04585-8
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