Novel Regimens in COVID-19 Treatment
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Nitazoxanide.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: COVID, Corona Virus Infection. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Nitazoxanide in Treatment of COVID-19
Overview
Nitazoxanide has been shown to have a clinical efficacy against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ivermectin has also demonstrated a remarkable experimental efficacy with a potential to be used for Coronavirus disease 2019.
Detailed description
Nitazoxanide has been shown to have a clinical efficacy against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; ivermectin has also demonstrated a remarkable experimental efficacy with a potential to be used for Coronavirus disease 2019. Some studies demonstrated the efficacy of combined regimen of nitazoxanide and azithromycin or ivermectin and chloroquine.
Interventions
- Drug Nitazoxanide
Nitazoxanide
Primary outcome measures
- Number of patients with virological cure [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients with COVID-19 infection
Exclusion criteria
- Allergy or contraindication to the drugs.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 2 centers
- Tanta University, Assiut University — Tanta
- Sherief Abd-Elsalam — Tanta
Publications
- Kelleni MT. Nitazoxanide/azithromycin combination for COVID-19: A suggested new protocol for early management. Pharmacol Res. 2020 Jul;157:104874. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104874. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID 32360581
- Choudhary R, Sharma AK. Potential use of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and azithromycin drugs in fighting COVID-19: trends, scope and relevance. New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Apr 22;35:100684. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100684. eCollection 2020 May. PMID 32322397
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04382846 · tanta covid treatment