RECOVER-AUTONOMIC: Platform Protocol, Appendix A (IVIG)
United States200 participantsStarted 2024-03-11
Plain-language summary
This study is a platform protocol designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a wide range of settings within health care systems and in community settings where it can be integrated into COVID-19 programs and subsequent treatment plans.
This protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized, controlled platform trial evaluating various interventions for use in the treatment of autonomic dysfunction symptoms, including cardiovascular complications and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) participants. The interventions tested will include non-pharmacologic care and pharmacologic therapies with study drugs.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
ā. Abnormal active standing test defined as presence of orthostatic tachycardia (an increase of 30 beats per minute (bpm) or more in HR within 10 minutes upon standing without orthostatic hypotension) and experiencing orthostatic symptoms
ā. COMPASS-31 Score \> 40
Exclusion criteria
ā. Current or previous IVIG treatment
ā. Contraindication to intravenous immunoglobulin.
ā. Known allergic reactions to blood products including IVIG and/or subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG), such as history of clinically relevant hemolysis after IVIG infusion, aseptic meningitis, recurrent severe headache, hypersensitivity, severe generalized or severe local skin reactions
ā. Selective IgA deficiency
ā. Current and recent (within 5 half-lives) use of high-dose corticosteroids (for example for prior solid organ transplant), omalizumab, anti-TNF-alpha inhibitors
ā. Use of immunosuppressants such as Plaquenil, or low-dose steroid (prednisone, no more than 10mg a day) will be excluded unless the participant is on stable (\>4 weeks) dose