Baricitinib
Baricitinib 4mg once daily for up to 14 days, or until discharge from hospital, in combination with standard of care.
Placebo
Matched placebo once daily for up to 14 days in combination with standard of care.
All participants received standard of care in keeping with local clinical practice for COVID-19 management, which could include concomitant medications such as corticosteroids, antivirals, and other treatments, including vasopressors.
COVID-19 severe or critically
Double-blind.
18 hospitals in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the USA.
As the cohort reported here was an addition to the parent trial study design, all endpointsare considered exploratory.
Exploratory trial which followed the study design of COV-BARRIER in a critically ill cohort not included in the main phase 3 trial.