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Rationale and Design of ORCHID: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19.
- Source :
- Annals of the American Thoracic Society; Sep2020, Vol. 17 Issue 9, p1144-1153, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The ORCHID (Outcomes Related to COVID-19 treated with Hydroxychloroquine among In-patients with symptomatic Disease) trial is a multicenter, blinded, randomized trial of hydroxychloroquine versus placebo for the treatment of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This document provides the rationale and background for the trial and highlights key design features. We discuss five novel challenges to the design and conduct of a large, multicenter, randomized trial during a pandemic, including 1) widespread, off-label use of the study drug before the availability of safety and efficacy data; 2) the need to adapt traditional procedures for documentation of informed consent during an infectious pandemic; 3) developing a flexible and robust Bayesian analysis incorporating significant uncertainty about the disease, outcomes, and treatment; 4) obtaining indistinguishable drug and placebo without delaying enrollment; and 5) rapidly obtaining administrative and regulatory approvals. Our goals in describing how the ORCHID trial progressed from study conception to enrollment of the first patient in 15 days are to inform the development of other high-quality, multicenter trials targeting COVID-19. We describe lessons learned to improve the efficiency of future clinical trials, particularly in the setting of pandemics. The ORCHID trial will provide high-quality, clinically relevant data on the safety and efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 among hospitalized adults.Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04332991). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
COVID-19 pandemic
MEDICATION safety
DRUG efficacy
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
VIRAL pneumonia
RESEARCH
RESEARCH methodology
COVID-19
EVALUATION research
MEDICAL cooperation
TREATMENT effectiveness
COMPARATIVE studies
EPIDEMICS
BLIND experiment
HOSPITAL care
DOSE-effect relationship in pharmacology
RESEARCH funding
ANTIMALARIALS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23296933
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145466556
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-478SD