Roche provides an update on the Phase III COVACTA trial of Actemra/RoActemra on July 29.

Phase III of the COVACTA trial of Actemra/RoActemra did not meet its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Phase III of the COVACTA trial of Actemra/RoActemra did not meet its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.A late-stage clinical trial of Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra drug to treat patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 related pneumonia had failed.

According to the Basel pharmaceutical company Roche, the COVACTA trial did not meet its primary endpoint, which included the difference in patients mortality at week four, which was not met. The study did not identify any new safety signals for Actemra. Further analysis of the trial results is needed to understand the data fully.

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