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Filter by:The number of COVID-19 cases has been growing exponentially, so that the industrialized economies are facing a significant shortage in the number of ventilators available to meet the demands imposed by the disease. Noninvasive ventilatory support can be valuable for certain patients, avoiding tracheal intubation and its complications. However, non-invasive techniques have a high potential to generate aerosols during their implementation, especially when masks are used in which it is virtually impossible to completely prevent air leakage and the dispersion of aerosols with viral particles. In this context, a helmet-like interface system with complete sealing and respiratory isolation of the patient's head can allow the application of ventilatory support without intubation and with safety and comfort for healthcare professionals and patients. This type of device is not accessible in Brazil, nor is it available for immediate import, requiring the development of a national product. Meanwhile, a task force under the coordination of the School of Public Health (ESP) and Fundação Cearense de Apoio à Pesquisa (FUNCAP), with support from SENAI / FIEC and the Federal Universities of Ceará (UFC) and the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) advanced in the development of a prototype and accessory system capable of providing airway pressurization through a helmet-type interface, which was called the Elmo System.
The objectives of this study are (1) to determine the ex vivo neutralizing capacity and the longevity of SARS-CoV-2-specific Ab responses and (2) to measure the memory B-cell responses in a cohort of health care workers (HCW) recovering from severe, mild or asymptomatic infection. By focusing on HCW, a population that is at risk for re-infection during a second epidemic wave, the correlation between nAb levels and protection is investigated.
COVID-19 is causing a serious viral pandemic in terms of health and social impact. To date, no treatment has yet demonstrated Strong efficacy in treating the infectious disease (COVID-19). Pulmonary administration of Interferon (IFN) type I is a therapeutic strategy with high potential,due to higher local concentrations and minimal adverse effects. Type I interferons (including IFN-α and IFN-β) are antiviral defence cytokines and also have the potential to negatively modulate IFN Type II and IL-6 dependent cytokine storm, the latter being induced in the late forms of COVID-19. In vitro, IFN-β were more effective on COVID-19 than IFN-α. In existing preliminary studies, only patients receiving IFN type I modulators have a decrease in viral carriage and a rapid reversal. The purpose of this project is to assess in hospitalized patients with oxygen for COVID 19, the clinical efficacy on oxygen requirements of the addition of inhaled Interferon type I compared to the control arm .
Tofacitinib suppresses pro-inflammatory signaling that may be important pathogenetically to progression to more severe lung disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with COVID-19. The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of tofacitinib plus standard pharmacologic and supportive measures in treating hospitalized participants with COVID-19 pneumonia.
To assess the safety and efficacy of CK0802 in treatment of patients with COVID-19 induced moderate-to-severe PNA-ARDS.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SAB Biotherapeutics has developed SAB-185, an Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Human Immunoglobulin Intravenous (transchromosomic [Tc] bovine-derived), as a potential therapeutic to treat COVID-19. This study will evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, and pharmacokinetics of SAB-185 in healthy participants.
Mortality rates caused by SARS CoV-2 differ between countries and this difference might be explained by several reasons. Childhood vaccination rate is thought to be one of them. Therefore present study aimed to examine the possible relationship between DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) and measles vaccination rates of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and case fatality rate (CFR) caused by SARS CoV-2.
All patients with heart disease should have the opportunity to participate in research into their condition, to advance knowledge and treatment. The HeartHive COVID-19 study is an international online pilot observational cohort study evaluating the impact and clinical outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjects enrolled in the HeartHive. Cardiomyopathies are progressive diseases, and there is a need to better understand what factors affect the chances of developing cardiomyopathy, and how the condition progresses. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with cardiomyopathy has not been explored and represents a critical unmet need. Insights into exposure, healthcare outcomes, behavioural changes and the psychosocial ramifications of the pandemic are required to better understand the health needs of this population during these unprecedented circumstances and to adapt clinical services to meet these. The study will entail completing serial online surveys during the pandemic. This study uses The Heart Hive - an international, online registry of patients with self-reported clinically diagnosed cardiomyopathy, and people without heart disease. Participants enrol and upload their own data through the website. It is the second research study that will be offered to registry participants and delivered through The Heart Hive platform.
A key strategy in the treatment of COVID-19 would be to find an effective antiviral agent that would decrease the peak viral load and, consequently, the associated degree of immunopathological damage that follows this phase. The clinically approved substances considered for this study are used for treatment of other virus diseases, like HIV (atazanavir) and HCV (sofosbuvir and daclatasvir). Severe progression of COVID-19 among patients under treatment for these aforementioned viruses is empirical less common. Besides, the clinical rationale, there are pre-clinical evidence pointing out that patients with COVID-19 could benefit from treatments with atazanavir, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir.
The new coronavirus pandemic responsible for the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV2 requires, in its severe forms, the use of invasive ventilation in intensive care. The first patients seen in intensive care presented with neurological symptoms and usually not seen in non-viral ARDS or due to other viral causes. These were mainly restless awakenings, attempts at self-extubation and confusional syndromes. Although the data in the literature do not seem to reveal the presence of SARS-CoV2 in the CSF of these patients, certain elements seem to show parenchymal brain damage with the description of hypometabolism of the frontal regions. In addition, most of these patients present a memory complaint after going into intensive care (personal data not published). We do not know to date what is the cognitive and psychic profile of these patients, nor what will be their future evolution. Some patients may require specific neuro-cognitive rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to assess the cognitive profile of patients infected with COVID-19 who have used invasive ventilation in the intensive care unit of Paris Saint-Joseph hospital since April 2020, in order to be able to compare them between them and follow their evolution in the medium term. This work could make it possible to describe the specific cognitive impairment of SARS-CoV2, by trying to evade other causes of cognitive disorders in patients hospitalized in intensive care for respiratory distress (hypoxia, treatments, metabolic disorders, etc.). The main objective is to follow the medium-term evolution between 3 and 6 months of the cognitive profile of patients with severe form of SARS-CoV2 with the use of ventilatory resuscitation.