Active clinical trials for "COVID-19"

This is a randomized, single blind, study. Males and females meeting inclusion criteria who have symptoms of mild COVID-19 and in whom a positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2 is obtained may be enrolled to the study treatment within 72 hours of the positive PCR result. Eligible patients are those considered to be at high risk for COVID-19 disease progression. This includes patients ≥ 65 years of age or with any one or more of certain medical conditions including: cancer, COPD, cardiovascular disease, immunocompromised state resulting from solid organ transplant, obesity, sickle cell disease, history of smoking, and diabetes.

HEAL-COVID is jointly Sponsored by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Cambridge. The acute effects of COVID-19 are now well described. Evidence is emerging of serious longer-term complications occurring in the convalescent phase of the illness in a significant proportion of patients; particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary complications. The ill-defined syndrome, "Long COVID" is likely to include a constellation of different conditions traversing post-ICU syndromes, significant cardiopulmonary complications, post-viral syndromes and exacerbations of underlying conditions. Patients have reported a range of longer-term symptoms associated with Long COVID that have significant impacts on their quality of life. To date, there has been little work evaluating treatments in the convalescent phase of COVID-19. HEAL-COVID aims to evaluate the impact of treatments on longer-term morbidity, mortality, re-hospitalisation, symptom burden and quality of life associated with COVID-19. The first two treatment arms are Apixaban and Atorvastatin, with further treatment arms to be added at the direction of the UK COVID-19 Therapeutic Advisory Panel (UKCTAP).

This study proposes to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy, immunologic effects and normalization of laboratory parameters for patients at high risk for mortality when infected by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) when administered one unit (approximately 200 mL) of convalescent plasma administered over a period of one hour. Following administration of the convalescent plasma, physical exam/clinical assessment information is collected daily and routine lab result data is collected every three days.

Multicenter investigation featuring an open-label lead-in followed by a double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2/3 part to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MultiStem therapy in subjects with moderate to severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to pathogens including COVID-19.

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a new strain of coronavirus found in human in 2019, which causes epidemic worldwide. Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) causes acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with severe COVID-19. Pulmonary edema is the key detrimental feature of ALI/ARDS. Autopsy of patients died from COVID-19 reported that, pulmonary mucus exudation was more severe and obvious than SARS infection. Pulmonary CT scanning and pathological findings also suggest that pulmonary edema caused by inflammatory exudation is a distinguished feature of COVID-19. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), also known as vascular permeability factor (VPF), is known as the most potent factor to increase vascular permeability, with the induction effect 50,000 times stronger than histamine. Bevacizumab is an anti-VEGF recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, which has been used in anti-tumor treatment since 2004, with considerable reliability and clinical safety. This trial will provide high level evidence to answer whether bevacizumab is efficacy and safe medication for patients with severe COVID-19.

COVID-19 remains a widespread global epidemic, increasing morbidity, mortality, healthcare resource consumption, and socio-economic burden on patients worldwide. The onset of COVID-19 ranges from mild, self-limiting respiratory disease to severe progressive pneumonia, mainly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with critically ill patients requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Prone positioning has been shown to improve oxygenation and reduce complications and mortality in patients with severe ARDS. Prone position increases functional residual volume and chest wall elasticity, reduces dorsal segment edema in both lower lungs, facilitates uniform ventilation distribution, improves V/Q ratio, reduces alveolar shunts, and aids secretion drainage. In clinical practice, the prone position is mainly used for patients with diffuse bilateral lung lesions. However, it is less effective in unilateral or predominantly upper lung patients. Moreover, some patients are unable to tolerate prone ventilation. Therefore, we construct an individualized approach to postural oxygen therapy by guiding the patient's position based on the pulmonary imaging information. A study on the optimal ventilation position for patients with severe COVID-19 will be conducted at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan Union Hospital. The investigators enrolled adult patients (without endotracheal intubation) diagnosed with severe COVID-19 requiring oxygen therapy from 2023.01.10 to 2024.01.10. Patients were grouped into control and intervention groups according to current treatment protocol and pulmonary imaging combined with patients' wishes and degree of postural tolerance. Patients in the intervention group were ventilated in different positions according to pulmonary imaging, including prone, left/right lateral, supine, semi-recumbent, and seated. In contrast, patients in the control group were ventilated comfortably according to the treatment principles and their wishes. The primary observation was 28-day mortality. Secondary observations were oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2) before and after a position change, endotracheal intubation rate, duration of respiratory support, length of hospital stay, and comfort in position.

This is a multicenter, randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind phase III trial with four parallel groups studying studying the feasibility of RCT in primary care as well as the effectiveness of treatment with prednisolone and/or vitamin B1/6/12 for PC19S.

This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled, superiority clinical trial, with the test group expected to be superior to the control group in the primary evaluation endpoints (changes in Borg score and PSQI index at 3 months after the start of the treatment). The test group will use the investigational device Hydrogen-Oxygen Generator with Nebulizer (manufactured by Shanghai Asclepius Meditec Co., Ltd.) + basic treatment (supportive treatment determined by the investigator based on the condition of the patients), and the control group will use basic treatment only, to evaluate of effectiveness and safety of the investigational device Hydrogen-Oxygen Generator with Nebulizer for rehabilitation treatment of dysfunctions in discharged patients who are previously hospitalized due to 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19).

In recovered COVID-19 patients, emerging global data have reported the presence of long COVID, that is, at least one symptom that an alternative diagnosis cannot explain has been persistent for four or more weeks after the initial infection. We demonstrated previously that almost 80% of recovered COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong suffer from Long COVID for more than 6 months, affecting multiple body systems. In a recent study, the five most common Long COVID symptoms were fatigue, memory problem, difficulty sleeping, anxiety and hair loss. One promising hypothesis is the involvement of the gut microbiota, a collection of the trillions of gut microorganisms that play important immunomodulatory roles against infections. Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), which is the infusion of processed faeces from healthy donors to the gut of affected subjects, has shown impressive therapeutic effects for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and other emerging indications. Gut microorganisms together with the metabolites in the donated faeces could potentially modulate the gut microbiota of the recipient and treat the dysbiosis associated with pathological health conditions. To date, no study has yet to assess the therapeutic effects of FMT in post-COVID-19 neuropsychiatric conditions.

This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized (3:1), placebo- controlled, parallel-group, double-blind trial. Patients will be randomized into two arms of treatment: Placebo + SoC (N=30) NanoManganese® + SoC (N=90) Patients will be treated and followed-up for 10 days: Arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) will be measured at baseline and at days 3, 5 and 10, Oxygen saturation, vital signs including respiration rate, pulse rate, blood pressure and body temperature, disease severity (7-point ordinal scale and NEWS2 score) will be measured at baseline and daily, Hematology and biochemistry measurements will be done at baseline and at day 3, 5 and 10, Pharmacokinetic (Blood Mn concentration) measurements will be done at baseline and at day 3, 5 and 10, Biomarkers will be measured at baseline and at day 3, 5 and 10. At the end of the 10-day treatment period, a follow-up visit will be planned between day 15 and day 22. The following. assessments/examinations will be performed: oxygen saturation, vital signs including respiration rate and body temperature, disease severity (7-point ordinal scale and NEWS2 score), electrocardiogram (ECG), hematology, biochemistry, concomitant therapies, and adverse events.