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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01078779
Date of registration: 28/02/2010
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore
Public title: The Chloroquine for Influenza Prevention Trial CHIP
Scientific title: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Chloroquine for the Prevention of Influenza
Date of first enrolment: November 2009
Target sample size: 1516
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01078779
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Singapore
Contacts
Name:     Lawrence Lee, MD PhD
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Affiliation:  National University, Singapore
Name:     Nicholas I Paton, MD FRCP
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Affiliation:  National University, Singapore
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 -65

- Have the ability to provide informed consent

- If a woman of child-bearing potential, willing to use contraception for the period of
the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

- Acute influenza-like illness at screening

- History of psoriasis, porphyria cutanea tarda, epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, myopathy
of any cause, cardiac arrhythmias, or serious hepatic or renal disease

- Pregnancy or breast feeding

- Current use of medication with known serious hepatotoxic effects

- Current use of medication with known serious interaction with CQ: amiodarone,
anticonvulsants, ciclosporin, digoxin, mefloquine, moxifloxacin

- Current severe depression (as indicated by current use of antidepressant medication)

- Known serious retinal disease

- Current or recent (within the past 30 days) participation in any other clinical
intervention trial.

- Known G6PD deficiency

- Vaccination for influenza (seasonal or H1N1 strain) within the 3 months prior to
screening



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Influenza
Intervention(s)
Drug: Chloroquine
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Laboratory-confirmed influenza-like illness [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Serologically-confirmed influenza infection (symptomatic or asymptomatic) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
E/09/482
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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