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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2020/04/024706
CTRI/2020/04/024706
Completed
Phase 2

Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Severely Sick COVID-19 Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences0 sites29 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Sponsor
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
Enrollment
29
Status
Completed
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
May 30, 2020
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Severe COVID \-19 infections defined as WHO Interim Guidance and the Guideline of Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID\-19 of National Health Commission of China (version 5\.0\) with confirmation by real\-time RT\-PCR assay with severe disease i.e. meeting any 2 of the following criteria\-
  • 1\.Respiratory distress, RR \>\=30 beats/min
  • 2\.Oxygen saturation level less than 93% in resting state
  • 3\.Partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2\)/oxygen concentration (FiO2\) \<\= 300 mmHg.
  • 4\.Lung infiltrates \> 50% within 24 to 48 hours
  • 5\. Very sick (on ventilator) and patients with co\-morbidities such as patients with known co\-
  • morbid diseases (COPD, CAD, CLD, CKD, cardiopulmonary disease\-structural or valvular heart
  • 6\. Patient presenting with multi organ failure or requiring mechanical ventilation.
  • 7\. Minimum age: 18 yrs to maximum age\- no limit as per recent protocol amendment.
  • Known case of recovered COVID\-19 Infection, and

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients with age less than 18 years.
  • Pregnancy
  • Individual with HIV and Hepatitis
  • Morbid Obesity BMI \>35 kg/m2
  • Extremely moribund patients with an expected life expectancy of less than
  • Failure to give informed consent from the patient or family members.
  • Hemodynamic instability requiring vasopressors.
  • Previous allergic history to plasma.
  • Donors age \< 18 and \>\=60 years old
  • Do not fulfil all criteria of donor eligibility for donor Plasmapheresis under

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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