E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and treatment with a vasoactive drug within 96 hours of ICU admission will be screened. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and treatment with a vasoactive drug within 96 hours of ICU admission will be screened. |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To demonstrate that daily administration of testosterone gel, 101.25 mg in men and 20.25 mg in women, during the acute phase of critical illness, is more effective than placebo in improving physical performance 3 months after ICU admission. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To demonstrate that daily administration of testosterone gel 101.25 mg in men and 20.25 in women, during the acute phase of critical illness is more effective than placebo in:
• Improving physical performance
• Increasing muscle strength
• Improving functional status
• Improving oxygen muscular consumption
• Decreasing hospitalization rate
• Decreasing duration of hospital admissions
To evaluate the impact of testosterone gel on:
• Duration of invasive mechanical ventilation
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia rate
• Bloodstream infection rate
• Length of stay in the ICU
• Length of stay in hospital
• Mortality rate at 28 days after ICU admission
• Mortality rate at 90 days after ICU admission
• Hospital mortality rate
• ICU mortality rate
To assess the safety of testosterone gel in critically ill patients
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Males and females aged over 18 years
• COVID-19 or not
• Invasive mechanical ventilation expected to be required for more than 48 hours
• Written informed consent obtained from the patient or the legal representative |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• History of prostate cancer
• History of breast cancer
• PSA ≥ 4 ng/ml
• ICU length of stay > 120 h before enrollment
• Moribund
• Pre-existing illness with a life expectancy of <6 months
• Recent intracranial or spinal cord injury (< 1 month)
• Recent hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke( < 1 month)
• Neuromuscular disease
• Cardiac arrest in non-shockable rhythm
• Pre-existing cognitive impairment or language barrier
• Inability to walk without assistance prior to acute ICU illness (use of a cane or walkers not excluded)
• Documented allergy to testosterone
• Age > 80 years
• Pregnancy
• Breast feeding
• Patients under legal guardianship
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
• Physical performance 3 months after ICU admission assessed by the 6-minute-walk distance test (6MWD) in metres. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
3 months after ICU admission |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
• Physical performance 3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission
6 MWD at 6 months and 1 year
6 MWD in metres at 6 months and 1 year
Percentage of patients with increase of 30 m between 2 assessments
Percentage of patients with 6 MWD at 6 months > 60% the distance walked in an age-matched and sex-matched control population (14,78)
Percentage of patients with 6 MWD at 1 year > 65% the distance walked in an age-matched and sex-matched control population (14,78)
Percentage of patients with Short Physical Performance Battery < 10 at 3, 6 months and 1 year
Physical component of SF 36 (Medical Outcomes Study 36 Item Short Form Health Survey) at 3, 6 months and 1 year (appendix 3)
• Muscle strength on ICU discharge at 3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission
Handgrip: Kg and percentage of the predicted force
MRC (appendix 4)
• Muscle mass at 3, 6 and 1 year after ICU admission
MAMC
• Functional status at 3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission
Composite score of 11 items of ADL and IADL (appendices 5 and 6)
• Oxygen muscular consumption at ICU discharge and at 3 months after ICU admission
• Hospitalization rate at 3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission
• Duration of new hospitalisation at 3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission
• Ventilation free days at day 28
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia rate
• Nosocomial infections rate
• Length of stay in the ICU
• Length of stay in hospital
• Mortality rate at day 28
• Mortality rate at day 90
• ICU mortality rate
• Hospital mortality rate
• Safety of testosterone gel
Hypertension
Cardiovascular ischemic events (Appendix 8) (64)
Obstructive sleep apnea
Increase in hemoglobin, hematocrit and red blood cells counts
Alopecia, urticaria, acne, erythema
Vertigo, paresthesia
Depression, anxiety
Gynaecomastia
Oedema, weight gain
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
3, 6 months and 1 year after ICU admission |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 20 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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Period of inclusion: 2 years
Provisional end of study: one year after inclusion of the last patient
End of study : Last Visit Last Patient |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |