This trial, conducted in Canada and the USA, assessed the effect of Hydroxychloroquine as a post exposure prophylaxis or a treatment for patients with mild COVID-19 infections.

Primary objectives:  

• Test if hydroxychloroquine can prevent development of COVID-19 disease after known exposure to the SARS-CoV2 virus. 
• Test if early preemptive therapy in non-hospitalized adults with symptomatic COVID-19 disease can prevent disease progression and hospitalization

Type of study: Interventional, RCT, Phase 3  

Treatment tested: Hydroxychloroquine

Countries: Canada, USA

Sample size: 3000 

Study participants:  

• Adult Household contacts or Healthcare workers exposed to persons with COVID-19 disease within 4 days, or 
• Non-hospitalized adults with symptomatic COVID-19 disease within 4 days of onset  

Study status:  Completed

Study documents

• Master Protocol  
• Informed Consent Form

Principal investigator

• David Boulware, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota

More information

• Study ID: NCT04308668
• Trial registry
• Study website
• Publications: 
  • The New England Journal of Medicine, August 2020
  • Annals of Internal Medicine, June 2020
  • Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie, May 2020

Last modified: September 2020

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