Review Article

COVID-19 and Neutrophils: The Relationship between Hyperinflammation and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

Table 1

Interventional studies registered at the ClinicalTrials.gov database relating the treatment of COVID-19 with NET inhibitors.

NCT identifierStatusLocationStudy typeCondition or diseaseIntervention and phasePrimary outcomeEstimated completion date

NCT04409925Not yet recruitingCanadaNonrandomized pilot studyCOVID-19Dornase Alfa
Phase: 1
(1) Rate of all adverse eventsJanuary 2021
NCT04359654Not yet recruitingUnited KingdomRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19
Hypoxia
Drug: Dornase Alfa
Phase: 2
(1) Change in inflammation (C-reactive protein)November 2020
NCT04445285RecruitingUnited StatesRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Dornase Alfa
Phase: 2
(1) All-cause mortality
(2) Systemic therapeutic response
February 2021
NCT04432987RecruitingTurkeyRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Dornase Alfa
Phase: 2
(1) Clinical improvement and inflammatory markers in blood
(2) Intubation or extubation
September 2020
NCT04402944Not yet recruitingUnited StatesRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Dornase Alfa
Phase: 2
(1) Ventilator-free daysDecember 2021
NCT04322565RecruitingItalyRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19
Pneumonia
Colchicine
Phase: 2
(1) Clinical improvement
(2) Hospital discharge
December 2020
NCT04326790RecruitingGreeceRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Colchicine
Phase: 2
(1) Time to clinical deterioration
(2) Concentration of cardiac troponin
September 2020
NCT04402970RecruitingUnited StatesNonrandomized clinical trialCOVID-19
ARDS
Dornase Alfa
Phase: 3
(1) Improvement in partial pressure of O2 to fraction of inspired O2 ratioMay 2022
NCT04355364RecruitingFranceRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19
ARDS
Dornase Alfa
Phase: 3
(1) Occurrence of at least one grade improvement (ARDS scale severity)August 2020
NCT04322682RecruitingUnited StatesRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Colchicine
Phase: 3
(1) Number of participants who die or require hospitalizationDecember 2020
NCT04328480RecruitingArgentinaRandomized clinical trialCOVID-19Colchicine
Phase: 3
(1) Number of participants who die (all-cause mortality)August 2020

Retrieved October 30, 2020, from https://www.https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home. Abbreviations: NCT: National Clinical Trial; O2: oxygen; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.