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SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC), the sponsor of the I-SPY COVID Trial, today announced that cenicriviroc (CVC) has been dropped from the trial due to futility, based on the low likelihood of success. CVC was chosen for testing because it is a CCR2/5 inhibitor, which has been hypothesized to potentially prevent fibrosis linked to the inflammation that accompanies critical illness associated with COVID-19.
The I-SPY COVID Trial is a phase II, open label, adaptive platform trial being conducted in critically ill COVID-19 patients who are receiving high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation. The trial was designed to rapidly screen agents to find those with the best chance of reducing time to recovery (defined as reduction in oxygen demand) by approximately 50% and reducing risk of death. The I-SPY COVID Trial identified the initial agents for the study through a unique partnership with the COVID R&D Alliance, and CVC was the first oral agent identified and approved to go forward through this mechanism. The I-SPY COVID Trial included 18 sites at the time of evaluation, and there are now 26 participating sites.