COVID-19 Infection in Diabetic Patients

• Conditions: Covid19; Diabete Type 2; Chest CT Scan; Non Diabetic Patients
• Interventions: Other: no intervention as it is an observational study

• Registration Number: NCT04765254
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

It was observed during the last period of COVID-19 pandemic that diabetic patients had a worse prognosis and more deteriorated clinical features than other patients

Detailed Description

Diabetic patients infected with SAR-COV-19 were reported to have worse prognosis and faster deterioration in addition to higher rate for ICU admission when compared to other infected patients. In this study authors aim to investigate the certain cause for their case deterioration to be modified for better prognosis

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-19
• Study Start: 2021-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-21
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-20
• Study Completion: 2021-04-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Patients infected with COVID-19 male or female 30 years old or more inpatients

Exclusion Criteria

• have othe comorbidities other than type 2 diabetes mellitus pregnant women below 30 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
diabetic group	no intervention as it is an observational study	COVID-19 infected patients with diabetes comorbidity and they receive the routine protocol for covid treatment in addition to their hypoglycemic drugs
control group	no intervention as it is an observational study	COVID-19 infected patients with no other comorbidities and they take the routine protocol from the Egyptian ministry of health

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Investigation of bad prognosis cause for covid-19 diabetic patients	30 days	number of diabetic patients with deteriorated case and to find the best hypoglycemic drug used for diabetic patients with covid-19 infection

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University teaching hospitals; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Kasr Al Ainy, Egypt