Efficacy and Safety of Ingavirin®, 90 mg Capsules in Patients With COVID-19

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Written informed consent of the patient to participate in the study.
2. Patients aged 18-75 years inclusive.
3. COVID-19 diagnosis based on laboratory confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 virus, conductedwithin 3 days prior to the first dose of the drug. Determination of SARS-CoV-2 virusby polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or other method regulated by the actual clinicalrecommendations is acceptable.
4. Patients with a mild course of COVID-19 - presence of at least 2 criteria: SpO2 ≥ 95% (mandatory criterion), body temperature ˂ 38°C, respiratory rate (RR) ≤ 22/min.
5. Duration of illness not more than 3 full days from the onset of one or more of thefollowing symptoms until the first dose of study drug: elevated body temperature; drycough or cough with small amount of sputum; shortness of breath; myalgia; fatigue;feeling of stuffiness in the chest; sore throat; nasal congestion/rhinorrhea;headache; feeling of heat or fever; decreased sense of smell and/or taste.
6. Presence of at least two symptoms on the COVID-19 Core Symptom Rating Scale with ascore of 2 or more.
7. Women only: Negative pregnancy test result. The pregnancy test need not be performedon women who are not fertile: women who are menopausal (defined as not menstruatingfor at least two years or more) or who have had surgical sterilization (hysterectomy,bilateral oophorectomy, tubal ligation) or have a clinical diagnosis of infertility.The presence of surgical sterilization and infertility is evaluated on the patient'sword or with a document confirming this condition.
8. Women with preserved reproductive potential and men whose partners have preservedreproductive potential agree to abstain from sexual intercourse for the duration ofthe study.
9. Patients who are able to understand and comply with the treatment and procedures ofthe study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to the active ingredient or any of the excipientsof the study drug.
2. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to standard therapies.
3. Presence of criteria for moderate to severe disease.
4. Need for hospitalization at the time of screening or randomization.
5. Body temperature ˂ 37.5°C.
6. Lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption.
7. Presence of cancer within the past 2 years, or current suspicion of cancer.
8. History or current autoimmune disease.
9. Pregnancy.
10. Breastfeeding period.
11. Presence of serious lung diseases (the list can be expanded at the discretion of theinvestigator): moderate-to-severe bronchial asthma, severe to very severe chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, pulmonaryhypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, lung surgeries, tuberculosis (including suspectedtuberculosis based on CT scan of the lungs at screening).
12. Patients with the presence of type 1 diabetes mellitus and/or decompensated type 2diabetes mellitus.
13. Heart failure, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III-IV.
14. Chronic liver failure stage II (decompensated) and higher.
15. Need for renal replacement therapy at the time of inclusion
16. History of organ transplantation.
17. History of epilepsy or need for anticonvulsant therapy.
18. Major depressive disorder, anxiety, other mental disorders requiring medicationcorrection.
19. Acute cerebral circulation disorder, stroke, or transient ischemic attack within 90days prior to screening.
20. Taking any antiviral and/or immunomodulatory drugs after COVID-19 manifestation.
21. Use of any immunosuppressive therapy (including tocilizumab/sarilumab) within 90 daysprior to randomization, or need for immunosuppressive therapy at the time ofrandomization.
22. Use of anticoagulation plasma for 14 days prior to screening.
23. Use of systemic glucocorticosteroids within 90 days prior to the time ofrandomization, or the need to prescribe systemic glucocorticosteroids at the time ofrandomization.
24. History of COVID-19 vaccination.
25. Use of vaccines against viral infections within 90 days prior to the time ofrandomization.
26. Patients taking or having taken other experimental drugs, drugs not approved in theRussian Federation, or participating or having participated in other clinical trialswithin 30 days prior to screening.
27. Abuse of alcohol or psychotropic drugs and other medications currently or within thelast year.
28. Patients with other serious, unstable or clinically significant medical orpsychological conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere withthe patient's participation in the study. Withdrawal Criteria:
29. Withdrawal of consent;
30. AEs that make it impossible to participate in the study or require emergency medicalcare in an inpatient setting (except in cases of hospitalization related to thepatient's transition to a moderate to severe course of COVID-19);
31. Serious protocol violations and refusal of the participant(s) to comply with studyprotocol or procedures (e.g., use of protocol-prohibited therapy);
32. Pregnancy;
33. Necessity for use of medications forbidden by the protocol.
34. Participant is lost to follow-up;
35. Death of the participant;
36. Decision of the Sponsor or Investigator.