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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2020/06/025854
CTRI/2020/06/025854Active, not recruiting未知

Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of BCG vaccine in Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly individuals in COVID-19 Hotspots in India - BCG for COVID-19

Indian Council of Medical Research0 sites0 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
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Status
Active, not recruiting

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1)Elderly individuals 60 years â?? 95 years of age with general good health, as confirmed by history and physical examination.
  • 2) No known history of HIV or on immunosuppressive drugs for malignancy or transplant
  • 3) Provide a signed and dated informed consent form
  • Elderly individuals with or without co-morbid conditions like Diabetes mellitus, or Hypertension or Hyperlipidemia will be considered for this study, if they are on regular treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1) Positive for SARS-Cov2 infection, by either antibody (serology) or PCR test
  • 2) Known HIV or malignancy or Transplant recipient or on Dialysis
  • 3) Individuals on immune-suppressive therapies or treatments for malignancy or transplant / dialysis / anti-retroviral treatment
  • 4) Recently (in the last 6-months) diagnosed with TB or currently on anti-TB treatment or anti-psychiatric medications
  • 5) Has any BCG vaccine contraindication like allergy or hypersensitivity to BCG, individuals with HIV infection, leukaemia, malignant lymphoma, chronic granulomatous disease,
  • 6) H/o of previous administration of experimental MTB vaccines within the past 6 months.
  • 7) Sick and moribund individuals with Karnofsky score <50

Investigators

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