Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Not yet recruiting
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05092555 |
| Other study ID # |
Soh-Med-21-10-24 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Not yet recruiting |
| Phase |
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
November 1, 2021 |
| Est. completion date |
July 1, 2022 |
Study information
| Verified date |
October 2021 |
| Source |
Sohag University |
| Contact |
Ghada M Bahy |
| Phone |
+201063551135 |
| Email |
ghadabahy567[@]gmail.com |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
This study aims at determining clinical presentations and outcomes of patients with covid-19
pneumonia and also follow up of patients for up to 6 months to detect possibility of post
covid fibrosis
Description:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the emergence of viral diseases represents
a serious public health risk. In the past two decades, several epidemics caused by viruses
such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) from 2002 to 2003, and
H1N1 influenza in 2009, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in
2012 have been described which have had a significant impact on global health. Since being
declared a global pandemic by the WHO, SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 has
spread to 223 countries with more than 178 million confirmed cases, and more than 3.8 million
deaths reported worldwide. The U.S. experienced the highest number of SARS-CoV-2 infections
and COVID-19 related deaths followed by Brazil and India.
In fact, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020 after heart
disease and cancer, with approximately 375,000 death reported . As of 22 June 2021, the
Alpha(B.1.1.7) variant has spread to 170 countries, the Beta (B.1.351) variant has been
reported in 119 countries, the Gamma (P.1) variant has been detected in 71 countries and the
Delta variant(B.1.617.2) has spread to 85 countries around the world based on the weekly
epidemiological update by the WHO . The WHO's current estimate of the global case fatality
rate for COVID-19 is 2.2%. However, the case fatality rate is affected by factors that
include age, underlying preexisting conditions, and severity of illness and significantly
varies between countries.
The common clinical features of COVID-19 pneumonia in adults include fever, dry cough, sore
throat, headache, fatigue, myalgia and breathlessness . The disease manifestations in the
infected patients range from mild pneumonia (81%) to moderate pneumonia (hypoxia requiring
hospitalization, 14%), and critical illness (leading to invasive mechanical ventilation,
multiorgan dysfunction and possibly death, 5%). The risk of death depends on age, underlying
comorbidities and severity of the disease, increasing up to 49% in critically ill patients.