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drug359 | Hydrocortisone Wiki | 0.41 |
drug222 | Control group Wiki | 0.41 |
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D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral NIH | 0.12 |
D011014 | Pneumonia NIH | 0.12 |
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There are 2 clinical trials
Infection with the SARS-Cov-2 virus, responsible of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS), is an emerging infectious disease called Covid-19 and declared as pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. This pandemic is responsible of significant mortality. In France, several thousand patients are hospitalized in intensive care units, and their number continues to increase. Mortality during Covid-19 is mainly linked to acute respiratory distress syndrome, which frequency is estimated in France to occur in 6% of infected patients. Comorbidities such as cardiovascular conditions, obesity and diabetes increase susceptibility to severe forms of Covid-19 and associated mortality. Therapeutic management has three components: symptomatic management, including supplementary oxygen therapy and in case of respiratory distress mechanical ventilation; the antiviral approach; and immunomodulation, aiming at reducing inflammation associated with viral infection, which is considered to take part in severe presentations of the disease. During Covid-19 viral pneumonia related to SARS-COv-2, there is a significant release of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the acute phase of viral infection, which could participate in viral pneumonia lesions. In children with less mature immune system than adults, SARS-Cov-2 infection is less severe. The current prevailing assumption is that severe forms of Covid-19 may not only be related to high viral replication, but also to an excessive inflammatory response favoring acute lung injury and stimulating infection. The investigators hypothesize that early control of the excessive inflammatory response may help reducing the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The investigators will evaluate the benefit, safety and tolerability of corticosteroid therapy to reduce the rate of subjects hospitalized for Covid-19 viral pneumonia who experience clinical worsening with a need of high-flow supplemental oxygen supplementation or transfer in intensive care units for respiratory support.
Description: SpO2 <90% stabilized at rest and under not more than 5 L / min of supplemental oxygen using medium concentration mask. measured twice at 5-15 min intervalsThe average value of the two measurements will be calculated.
Measure: Number of patients with a theoretical respiratory indication for transfer to intensive care unit evaluated by a SpO2 <90% stabilized at rest and under not more than 5 L / min of supplemental oxygen using medium concentration mask. Time: 7 daysDescription: level1: not hospitalized no limited activities, level 7: death
Measure: disease severity assessed on a 7-level ordinal scale Time: 7 daysDescription: Reduction of radiological signs on chest imaging
Measure: radiological signs on chest imaging Time: 7 daysDescription: duration on days
Measure: Duration of oxygen therapy Time: 21 daysTo date, there is no efficient therapeutics to prevent or treat COVID-19 related pulmonary failure. Corticosteroids (CS) could be a helpful therapeutic. Retrospective reports suggested survival improvement in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). CT scan for COVID19 hospitalized patients showed sometimes unusual aspects of pneumonia, suggestive of an organizing phase of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD). We hypothesize that, in the context of alveolar aggression induced by COVID-19, CT scan could help to individualize patients with a high probability of pulmonary organizing process who could benefit from CS treatment.
Description: The 7-category ordinal scale is as follow: Not hospitalized with resumption of usual activities Not hospitalized, but unable to resume usual activities Hospitalized, not requiring O2 Hospitalized, requiring O2 from 1 to 5 l/min Hospitalized, requiring O2 >6 l/min, nasal high-flow O2, non-invasive mechanical ventilation, or both Hospitalized, requiring ECMO, invasive mechanical ventilation, or both Death.
Measure: Clinical improvement defined by the improvement of 2 points on a 7-category ordinal scale, at 14 days. Time: 14 days