Active clinical trials for "COVID-19"

This is a single center, open-label, parallel controlled, and randomized Phase II clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of two types of Recombinant Novel Corona Virus Vaccine (Adenovirus type 5 vector) in population aged 6-17 years who have been previously immunized with 2 doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine. This is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of different heterologous prime-boost regimen in this population.

Rationale: In the treatment, care and isolation of COVID-19 patients, one of the most important issues is determining the duration of infectiousness. The current Dutch guideline advises at least 14 days of isolation for seriously ill patients, which is the case for most admitted patients, and at least 21 days for intubated patients. It is believed that in most cases this isolation duration is too long, which is highly undesirable for patients staying in closed single-occupancy rooms. This is known to result in limited contact with healthcare workers (HCW) and to be associated with a higher level of depression among patients. The longer the isolation, the higher the workload for HCW and the higher the costs (e.g. with about 0.5 million admission days in the Netherlands, these work out at about €14 million on personal protective equipment [PPE] and cleaning alone). Additionally, isolation demands a larger healthcare workforce, yielding less capacity to provide other care to non-COVID-19 patients, with numerous other consequences. On the other hand, it is possible that some patients were discontinued from isolation too early, leading to a risk of transmission to other patients and to HCW. In conclusion, duration of isolation should be as short as possible for proper patient flow and to avoid unnecessary burden to patients and HCW, and thus to healthcare in general. Therefore, there is an urgent need to define the period of infectiousness of COVID-19. We will develop a safe and effective algorithm for decision on timely discontinuation of isolation of COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Objective: The ultimate goal of this project is to produce new evidence-based criteria for the termination of isolation of hospitalized COVID-19 patients that are safe (very low subsequent risk of transmission to other patients or healthcare workers) while reducing the number of unnecessary days in isolation (thereby improving quality of life of patients, reducing hospital costs, and making optimal use of the scarce number of isolation beds). Multiple sources of data and evidence will be integrated to arrive at these new criteria.

This study is a multi-center, randomized, national, observer-blinded, active-controlled phase IIB clinical trial to determine the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of two-doses of inactive COVID-19 vaccine (TURKOVAC) vaccine versus the two-doses CoronaVac (Sinovac) vaccine in healthy adolescents aged 12-18 years.

Objectives and aim: To evaluate the long-term spill-over (indirect) effect of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on health outcomes and healthcare utilization among people with non-communicable diseases and without COVID-19. Design: A population-based cohort study using electronic health records of the Hospital Authority (HA) clinical management system, economic modeling, and serial cross-sectional surveys on healthcare service utilization. Setting: HA public hospitals and outpatient clinics in Hong Kong Participants: People aged ≥ 18 years with a documented diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and chronic kidney disease; without COVID-19; attending HA services between 2010 and 2024. Main outcome measures: All-cause mortality, disease-specific outcomes, healthcare service utilization, and costs. Methods: The annual incidence of each outcome in each year between 2010 and 2024 will be calculated. An interrupted time-series analysis to assess the changes in outcomes between pre-and-post-COVID-19 outbreak periods. Long term health economic impact of healthcare disruptions during the COVID-19 outbreak will be modeled using microsimulation. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression and Poisson/negative binomial regression to evaluate the effect of different modes of care on the risk of the outcomes. Implications: Findings will inform policies and practices on contingency care plans to avoid excessive morbidity and mortality and to assure the quality of care for patients with NCD as part of the territorial response to the health crisis.

The global coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has led to an increased need to wear protective equipment such as wearing face masks and practicing hygiene measures such as more frequent use of antiseptics. These measures can lead to changes in the skin, the development of new inflammatory skin diseases or exacerbation of existing ones, with health professionals especially under the risk of developing these changes. Changes in facial skin due to wearing masks have been observed in a number of studies, however, part of the study was based solely on subjects' self-assessment or clinical assessment, and only a small part on objective measurements of skin parameters. Also, the impact of prolonged masks' use have not been investigated. The aim of these study was to investigate the effects of constant, long-term use of protective masks on facial skin.

The current study will be a pilot study for a randomized controlled trial conducted on patients recruited from the outpatient clinic of the Otorhinolaryngology Department, Menoufia Faculty of Medicine To evaluate the effect of vitamin D nasal drops in the treatment of post COVID 19 parosmia

The management of the sequelae of COVID-19 is described as the next great challenge of global public health. Multiple symptoms may compose the clinical picture of these patients (eg, fatigue, dyspnea, cognitive dysfunction, myalgia and others), persisting for more than a year and frequently causing clinically important functional impairment. Thus, a clinical trial will be conducted to investigate the effects of a remotely supervised home-based exercise program on functional sequelae of patients diagnosed with the post-COVID-19 condition (also known as Long COVID).

This is a non-randomized, open-label, externally controlled study to evaluate the safety and immnunogenicity of the Omicron COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated in population aged 18 years old and above with no vaccination history of the COVID-19 vaccine. 200 health subjects will be recruited in this study, including 150 aged 18-59 years old and 50 aged 60 years old and above. All subjects will be received 2 doses of Omicron COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated according to the immunization schedule of 0, 21-28 days. The change in neutralizing antibody level at 28 days after the second dose was used to determine whether to receive a further booster dose for ≥3 months. The occurrence of adverse events within 28 days and serious adverse events within 6 months after vaccination will be observed. In addition, blood samples will be collected on Day 0 before vaccination,Day 14 after dose 1, before dose 2 and on day 14, 28 and month 3, 6, 9, 12 after dose 2. Serum antibody levels, cellular immune responses will be analyzed.

Three complementary activities will be implemented:1) Baseline and repeat census of the catchment population; described in a separate protocol (IVI-ECOVA-03-WS1); 2) Enhanced surveillance for COVID-19 disease, and 3) AEFI-enhanced surveillance. The mass vaccination campaign will be conducted by the Government and is not part of this protocol.

The objectives of this project are to (1) assemble a crowdsourced, de-identified radiographic repository; and (2) train and validate existing COVID-NET deep learning diagnostic models.