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NCT04535700
Clinical Trial of Pioglitazone Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Covid-19
Phase 4 trial testing Pioglitazone 30 mg in Type 2 Diabetes in 8 participants. Completed in 10 January 2022.
19 November 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 8 |
| Start date | 18 September 2020 |
| Primary completion | 19 November 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 10 January 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Spain |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Pioglitazone 30 mg — full drug profile →
- standard of care
Conditions studied
- Type 2 Diabetes — all drugs for Type 2 Diabetes →
Sponsor
Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Type 2 Diabetes. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The treatment with pioglitazone added to the standard treatment of patients with DM2 hospitalized for COVID-19 may produce a decrease in the number of patients who progress to a second phase of severe systemic inflammation.
Publications & conference data
7 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment.
Drożdżal S, Rosik J, Lechowicz K, Machaj F, et al · · 2021 · cited 186× · PMID 34991982 · DOI 10.1016/j.drup.2021.100794 -
The mechanism underlying extrapulmonary complications of the coronavirus disease 2019 and its therapeutic implication.
Ning Q, Wu D, Wang X, Xi D, et al · · 2022 · cited 64× · PMID 35197452 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-022-00907-1 -
Cell deaths: Involvement in the pathogenesis and intervention therapy of COVID-19.
Li X, Zhang Z, Wang Z, Gutiérrez-Castrellón P, et al · · 2022 · cited 58× · PMID 35697684 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-022-01043-6 -
COVID-19 metabolism: Mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
Wang T, Cao Y, Zhang H, Wang Z, et al · · 2022 · cited 33× · PMID 35958432 · DOI 10.1002/mco2.157 -
COVID-19 and renin angiotensin aldosterone system: Pathogenesis and therapy.
Babajani F, Kakavand A, Mohammadi H, Sharifi A, et al · · 2021 · cited 16× · PMID 34869917 · DOI 10.1002/hsr2.440 -
The role of reactive oxygen species in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection-induced cell death.
Xie J, Yuan C, Yang S, Ma Z, et al · · 2024 · cited 14× · PMID 39516736 · DOI 10.1186/s11658-024-00659-6 -
The COVID-19-diabetes mellitus molecular tetrahedron.
Mahmudpour M, Vahdat K, Keshavarz M, Nabipour I. · · 2022 · cited 9× · PMID 35067816 · DOI 10.1007/s11033-021-07109-y
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04535700 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
- Last refreshed: 31 May 2023
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