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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2020/10/028234
CTRI/2020/10/028234
Active, not recruiting
Phase 4

Efficacy of antiviral agents in moderate to severe COVID-19 in pediatrics – a pilot RCT

Dept of Pediatrics Medical College Kolkata0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Sponsor
Dept of Pediatrics Medical College Kolkata
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Dept of Pediatrics Medical College Kolkata

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\) High initial clinical suspicion by physician as SARI based on signs and symptoms (fever, cough, myalgias, fatigue, shortness of breath) followed by positive RT\-PCR/ True NAAT/ Antigen test in Nasopharyngeal/ oropharyngeal swab for confirmation of COVID\-19 diagnosis
  • Referred from other center as COVID\-19 \+ by RT\-PCR/ True NAAT/ Antigen in NPS/OPS
  • 2\) Moderate to severe COVID\-19 symptoms
  • 3\) Willing to give informed written consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • i.Unable to take enteral drug (orally or by NG tube)
  • ii.Known hypersensitivity to HCQs or other 4\-aminoquinoline compounds, or doxycycline
  • iii.Already taking HCQs or chloroquine within 1 month due to any reason
  • iv.Known G6\-PD deficiency
  • v.History of retinopathy
  • vi.History of congenital cardiac diseases
  • vii.QTc \> 440 mS at admission, abnormal cardiac rhythm at screening
  • viii.Suspected or proven scrub typhus
  • ix.Suspected or proven malaria
  • x.Patient terminally moribund and unlikely to survive beyond 24 hrs as per physician’s discretion

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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