Homeopathic treatment of post COVID-19 conditio
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/041852
- Lead Sponsor
- D N De Homoeopathic Medical College Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
a)Patients suffering from Post COVID-19 condition [individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. Symptoms may be new onset, following initial recovery from an acute COVID-19 episode, or persist from the initial illness. Symptoms may also fluctuate or relapse over time.] (ICD-10 code-U09)
b)Age 18 to 65 years
c)Patients of either sex or transgender
d)Literate patients; ability to read English, Hindi and/or Bengali
e)Providing with written informed consent
a)Terminally or critically ill patients
b)Patients with pneumonia detectable clinically and/or radiologically
c)Any patient with SpO2 saturation below 95 percent at room air
d)Any abnormality as detected by blood test (liver enzymes, lipid profile, urea, creatinine, fasting blood sugar), chest x-ray and ECG
e)Subjects with hypertension (systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg)or hypotension (systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure less than 60 mmHg), self-reported chronic diseases such as diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease conditions
f)Subjects with active or untreated malignancy or recovered from malignancy
g)Current sufferers of asthma/ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
h)Patients already taking any form of treatment or willing to continue so for Post COVID-19 condition
i)Vulnerable population - unconscious, differently abled, terminally or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people
j)Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure
k)Pregnant and puerperal women, lactating mothers
l)Substance abuse and/or dependence
m)Self-reported immune-compromised state
n)Already undergoing homeopathic treatment for chronic disease within last 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post COVID-19 symptoms checklistTimepoint: At baseline, and every month, up to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measure yourself medical outcome profile version 2 (MYMOP-2)Timepoint: At baseline, and every month, up to 3 months