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ArticleInfectious diseases and therapy2024

Effect of Bamlanivimab as Monotherapy or in Combination with Etesevimab or Sotrovimab on Persistently High Viral Load in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized, Phase 2 BLAZE-4 Trial.

Russell M Nichols, Lisa Macpherson, Dipak R Patel, Wendy W Yeh, Amanda Peppercorn

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Article in Infectious diseases and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04634409 (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Mono and Combination Therapy With Monoclonal Antibodies in Participants With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Illness), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04634409 phase2completednot on this map

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Mono and Combination Therapy With Monoclonal Antibodies in Participants With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Illness (BLAZE-4)

TypeinterventionalSponsorEli Lilly and CompanyRan2020 to 2021Enrolled1,755ConditionsCOVID-19ArmsBamlanivimab, Etesevimab, Placebo, VIR-7831, Bebtelovimab
3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Russell M NicholsEli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA. rnichols@lilly.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-7366
Lisa MacphersonEli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Dipak R PatelEli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Wendy W YehVir Biotechnology, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.
Amanda PeppercornGSK, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Eli Lilly (United States) · USVIR Biotechnology (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTreatment with monoclonal antibodies provides rapid, passive immunity and may stop COVID-19 disease progression. The study evaluated the effect of bamlanivimab (BAM) or BAM + etesevimab (ETE)/sotrovimab compared to placebo on SARS-CoV-2 viral load in patients with COVID-19.

methodsThe phase 2, randomized, single-dose study included patients aged between ≥ 18 and < 65 years, not hospitalized at the time of randomization, and had ≥ 1 mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms. Study included arms 1-6 (placebo, BAM 175 mg + ETE 350 mg, BAM 700 mg + ETE 1400 mg, BAM 2800 mg + ETE 2800 mg, BAM 700 mg alone, and BAM 350 mg + ETE 700 mg, respectively), BAM 700 mg + ETE 700 mg unintentional dosing; and arms 7 and 8 (BAM 700 mg + sotrovimab 500 mg and placebo, respectively). The primary endpoint was proportion of patients with SARS-CoV-2 log viral load > 5.27 on day 7 (persistently high viral load [PHVL]) who received BAM or BAM + (ETE or sotrovimab).

resultsA total of 725 patients, mean age 39.6 years (range 18-75 years), 50.2% male were randomized and infused with study drug in arms 1-6; and a total 202 patients, mean age 38 years (range 18-63 years), 53.5% female were randomized and infused with study drug in arms 7 and 8. A significantly lower proportion of patients in arms 2-6 and arm 7 experienced PHVL on day 7 compared to placebo. On day 7, patients in arms 2, 3, and 6 consistently experienced significantly greater reduction in viral load than placebo. Significant improvement was observed in time to viral load clearance and time to symptom improvement by day 29 in some arms compared to placebo. No new safety concerns were observed with drug combinations.

conclusionThe study demonstrated that a significantly lower proportion of patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 treated with BAM or BAM + (ETE or sotrovimab) experienced a PHVL at day 7.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT04634409.

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BamlanivimabEtesevimabmAbSARS-CoV-2SotrovimabViral load

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