MonkeypoxPhase 3UNITYNCT05597735
Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of Tecovirimat in Patients With Monkeypox Virus Disease
A Phase 3 study testing Tecovirimat in people with Monkeypox and Mpox, run by ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases at 12 sites in 3 countries.
Trial summary
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and older). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 14 years and older
- What is being tested?
- Tecovirimat
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 480 participants
- Where
- 12 sitesin 3 countries
- Study dates
- 3 Mar 2023to 30 Sep 2026
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 14 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Adults and adolescents (14 years old and older) with laboratory-confirmed (PCR if available) or highly suspected monkeypox virus infection of any duration
- At least one visible active skin or mucosal lesion
- Reachable via smartphone (for video calls) for outpatient participants
- Signed informed consent
Who cannot join
- Current or planned use of another investigational drug at any point during study participation.
- Ongoing treatment which cannot be interrupted and for which a major interaction has been described with tecovirimat
- Patients who, in the judgement of the investigator, will be at significantly increased risk as a result of participation in the study (for example: if the investigator judges that an antiviral treatment is indicated in the framework of compassionate therapeutic access in Switzerland).
- Hypersensitivity to tecovirimat
Trial locations and contacts
12 sites in 3 countries.
12 sites in 3 countries
Brazil7 sites
Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte
Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-FIOCRUZ
Rio de Janeiro
Federal Hospital for State Employees
Rio de Janeiro
Nova Iguaçu General Hospital
Rio de Janeiro
University Hospital Prof. Edgard Santos
Salvador
Emílio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases
São Paulo
STD/AIDS Reference and Training Center
São Paulo
Switzerland4 sites
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, 1211
Pr Alexandra Calmy
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, 1211
CHUV
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, 1010
Zürich checkpoint
Zurich, Canton of Zurich
About this study
Official title: A Phase III, Multi-country, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tecovirimat Antiviral Treatment for Patients With Monkeypox Virus Disease
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and older).
The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by time to all visible lesion(s) resolution, of tecovirimat treatment + Standard of Care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for patients with monkeypox.
The secondary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms and virological shedding, and the safety of tecovirimat treatment + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in patients with monkeypox.
Read the detailed description
The study presented here is the Swiss-Brazil co-sponsored adaptation of the UNITY trial based on the WHO core protocol. It has an original governance to better respond to public health priorities, each country being its own sponsor, allowing for an easier scale-up of the trial and local adaptations of the protocol.
Background and rationale:
Monkeypox is an emerging viral zoonosis caused by a virus of the same name that is closely related to smallpox. It is usually endemic in central and West Africa but since May 2022, the virus has rapidly disseminated to Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australia, and has predominantly affected gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) with multiple partners. On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the monkeypox outbreak was an international public health emergency. In particular, the WHO called for the use of antivirals for the treatment of monkeypox cases. This declaration must therefore be translated not only into extraordinary public health measures but also as a call for greater investment in research.
This study proposal is a national adaptation for Switzerland and Brazil based on the 'CORE protocol' developed by the WHO. The research team would like to emphasize that this randomized trial is international in scope. Thus, they are joining forces to achieve a more effective and rapid response to important questions, with a harmonized follow-up and in a time frame that can be useful to the patients the medical staff have been caring for since the very beginning of this epidemic. Candidate antivirals are already available for testing in monkeypox. The first studied treatment in this adaptative trial is the antiviral tecovirimat. Tecovirimat (TPOXX®, SIGA Technologies Inc.) is a treatment for smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox. Tecovirimat is approved by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) for this indication for adults and children weighing at least 13 kg, as well as by the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) under expanded access investigational new drug protocol, but it is not yet approved in Switzerland and Brazil.
Objectives:
This study aims to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and over).
The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of tecovirimat treatment + standard of care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for patients with monkeypox as assessed by time to visible lesion(s) resolution. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of tecovirimat treatment + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in patients with monkeypox as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms and virological shedding.
Methods:
This study will include adult and adolescent patients aged ≥14 years with a confirmed or highly suspected monkeypox virus infection and with at least one visible active skin or mucosal lesion. Individuals with a known hypersensitivity to tecovirimat, who are taking medications which cannot be interrupted and for which a major interaction has been described or who, in the judgement of the investigator, will be at significantly increased risk as a result of participation in the study will not be included. Randomization will be in a ratio of 1:1 to either tecovirimat treatment combined with SOC or to placebo combined with SOC. All participants will be followed-up until day 29 and additionally at day 60 for those who accept this last optional follow-up visit.
Outcome:
The primary outcome is the time for all visible lesions (skin, mucosal) to heal with a new fresh layer of skin re-epithelialization (i.e. resurfacing of a wound with a new epithelium layer).
Expected results:
The hypothesis is that prompt oral treatment with tecovirimat will result in a reduction of the duration of illness in patients with monkeypox that may correlate with the duration of contagiousness. It is expected that tecovirimat will be well tolerated and acceptable for these patients.
- Being tested
- Tecovirimat, Placebo
- Keywords
- Tecovirimat, Antiviral agent
- Medical subject headings
- Mpox, Monkeypox
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
TecovirimatDrug
The experimental intervention is tecovirimat, available as immediate-release capsules containing tecovirimat monohydrate, equivalent to 200 mg of tecovirimat. The route of administration of tecovirimat is oral. Tecovirimat treatment will be initiated as soon as possible after diagnosis.
The international recommended doses will be followed:
- 25 kg to less than 40 kg: 400 mg (two tecovirimat 200 mg capsules) every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days.
- 40 kg and above: 600 mg (three tecovirimat 200 mg capsules) every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days.
PlaceboDrug
The control intervention is a placebo and its route of administration will be identical to the experimental intervention administration to allow treatment arm blinding.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Tecovirimat | Experimental | Not described Receives: Drug: Tecovirimat |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Not described Receives: Drug: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Time to all visible lesion(s) resolution
Time for all visible lesions (skin, mucosal) to heal with a new fresh layer of skin re-epithelialization (i.e resurfacing of a wound with a new epithelium layer). For skin lesions, typically this means the lesion has scabbed, desquamated and new layer of skin has been formed. For mucosal lesions, the phase of scabbing and desquamation is absent, and healing with new layer of skin ensues.
Measured: 28 days
Secondary outcomes (6)
All-cause mortality within the first 28 days (applied to all patients)
All-cause mortality is more reliably measured than monkeypox-specific mortality. It is easy to measure and is reliable.
Measured: 28 days
All-cause unplanned admission to hospital within first 28 days (applies to outpatients)
Most patients will be managed at home or in community and this outcome is an important patient-centered and health system outcome. All-cause is easier to measure than monkeypox specific and will ease data burden.
Measured: 28 days
Occurrence of patients with a complication within first 28 days (applies to all patients who did not already have a complication at baseline)
Complications include secondary bacterial skin infection (cellulitis, abscess, necrotizing fasciitis, need for antibiotics), severe pain, ocular impairment (e.g. keratitis), neurologic impairment (e.g. encephalitis) or mental health disturbance, confusion, cardiac impairment (e.g. cardiomyopathy, myocarditis), severe dehydration, and genitourinary complications as urinary retention. Progression to complications is an important patient-centered outcome and an important health system outcome to prepare and anticipate clinical services for monkeypox cases. It is easy to measure, as long as definitions are clear, and the relevant staff is trained. Complications will be differentiated based on drug-related complications and disease-related complications.
Measured: 28 days
Time to resolution of symptoms and signs within first 28 days (applies to all patients)
Symptoms include fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, anorexia, cough, dysphagia, odynophagia, fever, headache, oral pain, pain with urination, rectal/anal pain. Signs include lymphadenopathy, ocular lesions, pharyngitis, urethritis, and proctitis. Collection of symptoms and signs can be useful to understand the clinical characterization.
Measured: 28 days
Viral clearance up to 28 days after randomization
Occurrence of negative oropharyngeal , rectal swab, and skin swab PCR results, respectively, 7, 14, 21 days and 28 days after randomization. Viral clearance assessment is important to evaluate whether treatment is also a route for reducing transmission.
Measured: 28 days
Frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) for specific therapeutics (applies to all patients)
The collection of standardized data of adverse events is of importance in order to increase the understanding of safety and tolerability of the treatment.
Measured: 60 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Oct 2022
- Study start3 Mar 2023
- Primary completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (9)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for MonkeypoxStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by ANRS, Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded Trial
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 480 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Collaborators
- University Hospital, Geneva, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fundacion Huesped, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Yazdan Yazdapanah, Pr., Study director, ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05597735
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2022-01579
- Acronym
- UNITY
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 27 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 26 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, Rockstroh J, Antinori A, Harrison LB, Palich R, Nori A, Reeves I, Habibi MS, Apea V, Boesecke C, Vandekerckhove L, Yakubovsky M, Sendagorta E, Blanco JL, Florence E, Moschese D, Maltez FM, Goorhuis A, Pourcher V, Migaud P, Noe S, Pintado C, Maggi F, Hansen AE, Hoffmann C, Lezama JI, Mussini C, Cattelan A, Makofane K, Tan D, Nozza S, Nemeth J, Klein MB, Orkin CM; SHARE-net Clinical Group. Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries - April-June 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 Aug 25;387(8):679-691. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. Epub 2022 Jul 21.
PubMed 35866746Girometti N, Byrne R, Bracchi M, Heskin J, McOwan A, Tittle V, Gedela K, Scott C, Patel S, Gohil J, Nugent D, Suchak T, Dickinson M, Feeney M, Mora-Peris B, Stegmann K, Plaha K, Davies G, Moore LSP, Mughal N, Asboe D, Boffito M, Jones R, Whitlock G. Demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in individuals attending a sexual health centre in London, UK: an observational analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Sep;22(9):1321-1328. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00411-X. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
PubMed 35785793Siegrist EA, Sassine J. Antivirals With Activity Against Mpox: A Clinically Oriented Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 6;76(1):155-164. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac622.
PubMed 35904001Smith SK, Self J, Weiss S, Carroll D, Braden Z, Regnery RL, Davidson W, Jordan R, Hruby DE, Damon IK. Effective antiviral treatment of systemic orthopoxvirus disease: ST-246 treatment of prairie dogs infected with monkeypox virus. J Virol. 2011 Sep;85(17):9176-87. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02173-10. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
PubMed 21697474O'Laughlin K, Tobolowsky FA, Elmor R, Overton R, O'Connor SM, Damon IK, Petersen BW, Rao AK, Chatham-Stephens K, Yu P, Yu Y; CDC Monkeypox Tecovirimat Data Abstraction Team. Clinical Use of Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) for Treatment of Monkeypox Under an Investigational New Drug Protocol - United States, May-August 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Sep 16;71(37):1190-1195. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7137e1.
PubMed 36107794Desai AN, Thompson GR 3rd, Neumeister SM, Arutyunova AM, Trigg K, Cohen SH. Compassionate Use of Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Monkeypox Infection. JAMA. 2022 Oct 4;328(13):1348-1350. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.15336.
PubMed 35994281Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network. Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. Epub 2022 May 24.
PubMed 35623380Carvalho T. The unknown efficacy of tecovirimat against monkeypox. Nat Med. 2022 Nov;28(11):2224-2225. doi: 10.1038/d41591-022-00094-0. No abstract available.
PubMed 36100750Merchlinsky M, Albright A, Olson V, Schiltz H, Merkeley T, Hughes C, Petersen B, Challberg M. The development and approval of tecoviromat (TPOXX(R)), the first antiviral against smallpox. Antiviral Res. 2019 Aug;168:168-174. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.06.005. Epub 2019 Jun 7.
PubMed 31181284
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase III, Multi-country, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tecovirimat Antiviral Treatment for Patients With Monkeypox Virus Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05597735
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UNITY / 2022-01579
- Keywords
- Tecovirimat, Antiviral agent
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 480 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious DiseasesOther government
- Collaborators
- University Hospital, Geneva, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fundacion Huesped, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Study start
- 3 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 28 Oct 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and older).
The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by time to all visible lesion(s) resolution, of tecovirimat treatment + Standard of Care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for patients with monkeypox.
The secondary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms and virological shedding, and the safety of tecovirimat treatment + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in patients with monkeypox.
Detailed description
The study presented here is the Swiss-Brazil co-sponsored adaptation of the UNITY trial based on the WHO core protocol. It has an original governance to better respond to public health priorities, each country being its own sponsor, allowing for an easier scale-up of the trial and local adaptations of the protocol.
Background and rationale:
Monkeypox is an emerging viral zoonosis caused by a virus of the same name that is closely related to smallpox. It is usually endemic in central and West Africa but since May 2022, the virus has rapidly disseminated to Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australia, and has predominantly affected gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) with multiple partners. On 23 July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the monkeypox outbreak was an international public health emergency. In particular, the WHO called for the use of antivirals for the treatment of monkeypox cases. This declaration must therefore be translated not only into extraordinary public health measures but also as a call for greater investment in research.
This study proposal is a national adaptation for Switzerland and Brazil based on the 'CORE protocol' developed by the WHO. The research team would like to emphasize that this randomized trial is international in scope. Thus, they are joining forces to achieve a more effective and rapid response to important questions, with a harmonized follow-up and in a time frame that can be useful to the patients the medical staff have been caring for since the very beginning of this epidemic. Candidate antivirals are already available for testing in monkeypox. The first studied treatment in this adaptative trial is the antiviral tecovirimat. Tecovirimat (TPOXX®, SIGA Technologies Inc.) is a treatment for smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox. Tecovirimat is approved by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) for this indication for adults and children weighing at least 13 kg, as well as by the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) under expanded access investigational new drug protocol, but it is not yet approved in Switzerland and Brazil.
Objectives:
This study aims to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and over).
The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of tecovirimat treatment + standard of care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for patients with monkeypox as assessed by time to visible lesion(s) resolution. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of tecovirimat treatment + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in patients with monkeypox as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms and virological shedding.
Methods:
This study will include adult and adolescent patients aged ≥14 years with a confirmed or highly suspected monkeypox virus infection and with at least one visible active skin or mucosal lesion. Individuals with a known hypersensitivity to tecovirimat, who are taking medications which cannot be interrupted and for which a major interaction has been described or who, in the judgement of the investigator, will be at significantly increased risk as a result of participation in the study will not be included. Randomization will be in a ratio of 1:1 to either tecovirimat treatment combined with SOC or to placebo combined with SOC. All participants will be followed-up until day 29 and additionally at day 60 for those who accept this last optional follow-up visit.
Outcome:
The primary outcome is the time for all visible lesions (skin, mucosal) to heal with a new fresh layer of skin re-epithelialization (i.e. resurfacing of a wound with a new epithelium layer).
Expected results:
The hypothesis is that prompt oral treatment with tecovirimat will result in a reduction of the duration of illness in patients with monkeypox that may correlate with the duration of contagiousness. It is expected that tecovirimat will be well tolerated and acceptable for these patients.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, care provider, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded Trial
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Tecovirimat | Experimental | Drug: Tecovirimat |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Drug: Placebo |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 14 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Adults and adolescents (14 years old and older) with laboratory-confirmed (PCR if available) or highly suspected monkeypox virus infection of any duration
- At least one visible active skin or mucosal lesion
- Reachable via smartphone (for video calls) for outpatient participants
- Signed informed consent
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Current or planned use of another investigational drug at any point during study participation.
- Ongoing treatment which cannot be interrupted and for which a major interaction has been described with tecovirimat
- Patients who, in the judgement of the investigator, will be at significantly increased risk as a result of participation in the study (for example: if the investigator judges that an antiviral treatment is indicated in the framework of compassionate therapeutic access in Switzerland).
- Hypersensitivity to tecovirimat
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| TecovirimatThe experimental intervention is tecovirimat, available as immediate-release capsules containing tecovirimat monohydrate, equivalent to 200 mg of tecovirimat. The route of administration of tecovirimat is oral. Tecovirimat treatment will be initiated as soon as possible after diagnosis. The international recommended doses will be followed: * 25 kg to less than 40 kg: 400 mg (two tecovirimat 200 mg capsules) every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days. * 40 kg and above: 600 mg (three tecovirimat 200 mg capsules) every 12 hours for 14 consecutive days. | Drug | Tecovirimat |
| PlaceboThe control intervention is a placebo and its route of administration will be identical to the experimental intervention administration to allow treatment arm blinding. | Drug | Placebo |
Primary outcome
Time to all visible lesion(s) resolution
Time frame: 28 days
Time for all visible lesions (skin, mucosal) to heal with a new fresh layer of skin re-epithelialization (i.e resurfacing of a wound with a new epithelium layer). For skin lesions, typically this means the lesion has scabbed, desquamated and new layer of skin has been formed. For mucosal lesions, the phase of scabbing and desquamation is absent, and healing with new layer of skin ensues.
6 secondary outcomes
All-cause mortality within the first 28 days (applied to all patients)
Time frame: 28 days
All-cause unplanned admission to hospital within first 28 days (applies to outpatients)
Time frame: 28 days
Occurrence of patients with a complication within first 28 days (applies to all patients who did not already have a complication at baseline)
Time frame: 28 days
Time to resolution of symptoms and signs within first 28 days (applies to all patients)
Time frame: 28 days
Viral clearance up to 28 days after randomization
Time frame: 28 days
Frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) for specific therapeutics (applies to all patients)
Time frame: 60 days
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 May 2026.
- Background: PubMed 35866746Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, Rockstroh J, Antinori A, Harrison LB, Palich R, Nori A, Reeves I, Habibi MS, Apea V, Boesecke C, Vandekerckhove L, Yakubovsky M, Sendagorta E, Blanco JL, Florence E, Moschese D, Maltez FM, Goorhuis A, Pourcher V, Migaud P, Noe S, Pintado C, Maggi F, Hansen AE, Hoffmann C, Lezama JI, Mussini C, Cattelan A, Makofane K, Tan D, Nozza S, Nemeth J, Klein MB, Orkin CM; SHARE-net Clinical Group. Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries - April-June 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 Aug 25;387(8):679-691. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2207323. Epub 2022 Jul 21.
- Background: PubMed 35785793Girometti N, Byrne R, Bracchi M, Heskin J, McOwan A, Tittle V, Gedela K, Scott C, Patel S, Gohil J, Nugent D, Suchak T, Dickinson M, Feeney M, Mora-Peris B, Stegmann K, Plaha K, Davies G, Moore LSP, Mughal N, Asboe D, Boffito M, Jones R, Whitlock G. Demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in individuals attending a sexual health centre in London, UK: an observational analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Sep;22(9):1321-1328. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00411-X. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
- Background: PubMed 35904001Siegrist EA, Sassine J. Antivirals With Activity Against Mpox: A Clinically Oriented Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 6;76(1):155-164. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac622.
- Background: PubMed 21697474Smith SK, Self J, Weiss S, Carroll D, Braden Z, Regnery RL, Davidson W, Jordan R, Hruby DE, Damon IK. Effective antiviral treatment of systemic orthopoxvirus disease: ST-246 treatment of prairie dogs infected with monkeypox virus. J Virol. 2011 Sep;85(17):9176-87. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02173-10. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
- Background: PubMed 36107794O'Laughlin K, Tobolowsky FA, Elmor R, Overton R, O'Connor SM, Damon IK, Petersen BW, Rao AK, Chatham-Stephens K, Yu P, Yu Y; CDC Monkeypox Tecovirimat Data Abstraction Team. Clinical Use of Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) for Treatment of Monkeypox Under an Investigational New Drug Protocol - United States, May-August 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Sep 16;71(37):1190-1195. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7137e1.
- Background: PubMed 35994281Desai AN, Thompson GR 3rd, Neumeister SM, Arutyunova AM, Trigg K, Cohen SH. Compassionate Use of Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Monkeypox Infection. JAMA. 2022 Oct 4;328(13):1348-1350. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.15336.
- Background: PubMed 35623380Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, Snell LB, Wong W, Houlihan CF, Osborne JC, Rampling T, Beadsworth MB, Duncan CJ, Dunning J, Fletcher TE, Hunter ER, Jacobs M, Khoo SH, Newsholme W, Porter D, Porter RJ, Ratcliffe L, Schmid ML, Semple MG, Tunbridge AJ, Wingfield T, Price NM; NHS England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network. Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00228-6. Epub 2022 May 24.
- Background: PubMed 36100750Carvalho T. The unknown efficacy of tecovirimat against monkeypox. Nat Med. 2022 Nov;28(11):2224-2225. doi: 10.1038/d41591-022-00094-0. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 31181284Merchlinsky M, Albright A, Olson V, Schiltz H, Merkeley T, Hughes C, Petersen B, Challberg M. The development and approval of tecoviromat (TPOXX(R)), the first antiviral against smallpox. Antiviral Res. 2019 Aug;168:168-174. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.06.005. Epub 2019 Jun 7.
- Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypoxLink provided by the sponsor.
- CORE PROTOCOL - An international adaptive multi-country randomized,placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for patients with monkeypox virus diseaseLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Yazdan Yazdapanah, Pr. study director
ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
12 sites in 3 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing Tecovirimat in people with Monkeypox and Mpox, run by ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases at 12 sites in 3 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 12 sites in Brazil, Switzerland, Argentina. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Time to all visible lesion(s) resolution (time frame: 28 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05597735, which also lists 9 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 May 2026.