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AstraZeneca Tests Diabetes Drug as COVID-19 Treatment in Phase 3 Trial
April 24, 2020
AstraZeneca has begun a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate its diabetes drug Farxiga (dapagliflozin) as a possible treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
The trial in collaboration with Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute will assess whether the drug can reduce disease progression, clinical complications and death due to COVID-19 in patients who also have cardiovascular, metabolic or kidney risk factors.
Farxiga is approved for treatment of type 2 diabetes as both a monotherapy or in combination with diet and exercise to improve glycemic control.
The DARE-19 trial aims to recruit approximately 900 patients in the U.S. and Europe.