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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

A randomized, open-label trial of combined nitazoxanide and atazanavir/ritonavir for mild to moderate COVID-19.

Adeola Fowotade, Folasade Bamidele, Boluwatife Egbetola, Adeniyi F Fagbamigbe, Babatunde A Adeagbo, Bolanle O Adefuye, Ajibola Olagunoye, Temitope O Ojo, Akindele O Adebiyi, Omobolanle I Olagunju and 8 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04459286 (A Randomized, Open Label Trial to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Nitazoxanide Plus Atazanavir/Ritonavir for the Treatment of COVID-19), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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NCT04459286 phase2terminatednot on this map

A Randomized, Open Label Trial to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Nitazoxanide Plus Atazanavir/Ritonavir for the Treatment of COVID-19: a Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorObafemi Awolowo UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled57ConditionsCovid-19ArmsNitazoxanide and atazanavir/ritonavir, Standard of Care
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18 authors.

Adeola FowotadeDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Folasade BamideleDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Boluwatife EgbetolaOlabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
Adeniyi F FagbamigbeDepartment of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Babatunde A AdeagboDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Bolanle O AdefuyeOlabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
Ajibola OlagunoyeState Specialist Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Temitope O OjoDepartment of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Akindele O AdebiyiDepartment of Community Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Omobolanle I OlagunjuDepartment of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
Olabode T LadipoOyo State Ministry of Health, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abdulafeez AkinloyeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Adedeji OnayadeDepartment of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Oluseye O BolajiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Steve RannardDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Christian HappiAfrican Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria.
Andrew OwenDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Adeniyi OlagunjuDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Background: The nitazoxanide plus atazanavir/ritonavir for COVID-19 (NACOVID) trial investigated the efficacy and safety of repurposed nitazoxanide combined with atazanavir/ritonavir for COVID-19. Methods: This is a pilot, randomized, open-label multicenter trial conducted in Nigeria. Mild to moderate COVID-19 patients were randomly assigned to receive standard of care (SoC) or SoC plus a 14-day course of nitazoxanide (1,000 mg b.i.d.) and atazanavir/ritonavir (300/100 mg od) and followed through day 28. Study endpoints included time to clinical improvement, SARS-CoV-2 viral load change, and time to complete symptom resolution. Safety and pharmacokinetics were also evaluated (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04459286). Results: There was no difference in time to clinical improvement between the SoC ( Conclusion: Nitazoxanide co-administered with atazanavir/ritonavir was safe but not better than standard of care in treating COVID-19. These findings should be interpreted in the context of incomplete enrollment (64%) and the limited number of patients with detectable SARS-CoV-2 in saliva at baseline in this trial. Clinical trial registration: [https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04459286], identifier [NCT04459286].

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atazanavir/ritonavirCOVID-19nitazoxanide (NTZ)pharmacokineticsSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC9493023

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