Sagent Pharmaceuticals, a Nichi-Iko Group Company, has launched its Phase 2 CAMELOT trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Camostat Mesilate (Camostat) for the treatment of COVID-19 in high-risk outpatients and has begun enrolling patients.

"We thank the FDA for expediting our new Investigational New Drug (IND) application and approving this clinical trial to evaluate Camostat as a treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19," said Dr. Peter Kaemmerer, Chief Executive Officer of Sagent. "With the start of this key clinical US trial, Sagent is pleased to be playing our part in helping to address this critical global public health crisis."

Enrollment has begun in Sagent"s CAMostat Efficacy vs. pLacebo for Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 (CAMELOT Trial), a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II trial of the clinical efficacy of Camostat in ambulatory subjects with confirmed COVID–19 and at least one risk factor for severe illness.