Active clinical trials for "COVID-19"

Since December 2019, the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency of international concern. Although corticosteroid therapy represents a milestone in the management of COVID-19, many questions remain unanswered. The optimal type of corticosteroids, timing of initiation, dose, mode of administration, duration, and dose tapering are still unclear. An approach to resolve these issues is to develop accurate tools to assess or monitor the progression of COVID-19 during the corticosteroid therapy process. Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) analysis may serve as a tool for assessing the severity of COVID-19 and for monitoring its progress. However, the effect of steroids on quantitative chest CT parameters during the treatment process remains unknown. In this retrospectively study, we aimed to assess the association between steroid administration and QCT variables in a longitudinal cohort with COVID-19

Although elderliness and chronic comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, are known risk factors for severe progression of COVID-19, it still remains puzzling on why younger patients without any comorbidity advance to severity and even more rapidly, the underlying mechanisms for severe progression of COVID-19 still needs to be elucidated. Based on current picturing of the COVID-19, similar to SARS, besides direct viral toxicity, immune-mediated attack derived from either the release of pro-inflammatory cytokine perpetual cascade, or secondary pathogen-induced autoimmunity response may also play important roles on disease progression and partly account for the multi-system injuries related with COVID-19. Virus infection has been implicated in the initiation of autoimmunity, which can attack multiple systems. With the knowledge of characteristics of SARS, high level of autoimmune activity was shown to make severe injuries to lungs or other organs, leading to poor outcome including multi-system failure9. COVID-19 may also get autoimmunity involved which is of obviously younger and female population predominance during the pathogenesis, no matter pre-existing or secondary to viral infection. Particularly strong immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection might not be protective, but perhaps, be harmful to the host, contributing to disease severe progression.

This study was conducted in order to inform, the women with chronic disease in rural areas, about hand-washing and nutrition, and to evaluate the efficiency of the training program. A randomized-controlled trial was performed based on CONSORT checklist. 90 women in total were included in the study, 45 for each group. The women in the intervention group were given, by the researcher, the training on the importance of hand-washing and appropriate food choices. The training given to the women in rural areas created significant benefit for them to have the appropriate food choices and hand-washing behaviours.

The current SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has already affected the lives of every person on earth. Most of the information given in the media on a daily basis focuses on the pandemic aspects. Fear of getting sick arises in the population, and once infection occurs, numerous concerns arise over the course of the disease. For some patients, hospitalization and subsequent rehabilitation is needed due to complications from the disease. Besides the aspect of treating patients physically from the disease, the psychological aspects that often accompany patients during and after the disease are not addressed. Depressive and anxiety symptoms can follow patients for many years and can affect their quality of life. Thus, the purpose of this project is to assess the mental status of patients prior to the inpatient rehabilitation program

The principal aim of this interventional, multicentre study is to compare the impact of a follow-up by monthly telephone dietetic consultations, started 3 months after discharge from hospital, for a period of 3 months, on the energy intake in patients elderly people recently hospitalized for Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Coronavirus disease Positive group "Covid (+)", or not, Coronavirus disease Negative group"Covid (-)". The main outcome measure is to compare the total energy intake at 6 months, after 3 months of dietary consultations, between Coronavirus disease Positive group "Covid (+)" and Coronavirus disease negative group "Covid (-)".

The objective was to find out the impact of COVID-19 on stage of breast cancer at presentation and its effects on overall onco-surgical management. The investigator carried out this research to see the presenting stage of breast cancer in the participants in this pandemic and correlate its effect on stage of breast cancer and upstaging of disease

Presence of SaRS-Cov-2 antibodies following exposure to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and/or vaccination is a major indicator of immunization. Few data exit about serology response in nursing homes (NHs), i.e. in the most vulnerable population for developing severe forms of the disease. Residents and health professionals in 9 nursing homes (NHs) with SaRS-Cov-2 antibodies detection after exposure (either COVID-19 or vaccine) All biological tests were performed in the frame of the standard care of residents and health professionals and all participants did not express opposition for using anonymously their data for the purpose of this academic analysis. In addition all Directors and Physicians of these NHs accepted to participate in this study

Cerebral Palsy (CP), is the most common cause of physical disability that begins in childhood and lasts throughout life, affecting 1 in 500 newborns, with an estimated prevalence of 17 million worldwide. Social isolation, economic conditions, interruption of treatments, etc. may cause physical, mental, behavioral and psychosocial changes in children with cerebral palsy. Discontinuing regular physiotherapy can worsen functional skills and cause complications in children with cerebral palsy. Our aim in this study is to investigate the sustainability of the treatments of children with cerebral palsy during the pandemic period, their physical and psychosocial effects, and the relationship between their parents' fear of covid-19.

This research study is studying how healthcare worker recipients react after receiving vaccinations for COVID-19. The objective of the study is to evaluate the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination. The immunity will be evaluated over time by measuring serum semi-quantitative SARS-Co-V2 IgG from blood specimens and analyzing vaccine reaction data. SARS-CoV-2 is the name for the virus responsible for COVID-19 infections. IgG, immunoglobulin G, is an antibody found in the blood that protects against bacterial and viral infections. Study subjects will also be asked to report physical reactions they may have experienced related to vaccinations.

Prospective, non-interventional, multicentric study