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Correlated Drug Terms (13)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
drug382 Blood sample for whole genome sequencing Wiki 0.58
drug1388 Low or upper respiratory tract sample Wiki 0.58
drug1371 Lopinavir/Ritonavir 400 mg/100 mg Wiki 0.58
drug2365 Stool collection or fecal swab Wiki 0.58
drug2947 phone call Wiki 0.58
drug2092 Ribavirin Wiki 0.41
drug1219 Interferon Beta-1A Wiki 0.29
drug1355 Lopinavir / Ritonavir Wiki 0.29
drug377 Blood sample Wiki 0.19
drug1372 Lopinavir/ritonavir Wiki 0.18
drug1978 Questionnaire Wiki 0.12
drug1086 Hydroxychloroquine Wiki 0.11
drug1822 Placebo Wiki 0.03

Correlated MeSH Terms (4)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
D003141 Communicable Diseases NIH 0.10
D007239 Infection NIH 0.10
D045169 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome NIH 0.06
D018352 Coronavirus Infections NIH 0.05

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There are 3 clinical trials

Clinical Trials


1 An Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial on Lopinavir/ Ritonavir, Ribavirin and Interferon Beta 1b Combination Versus Lopinavir/ Ritonavir Alone, as Treatment for 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection

A combination of lopinavir/ ritonavir, ribavirin and interferon beta-1b will expedite the recovery, suppress the viral load, shorten hospitalisation and reduce mortality in patients with 2019-n-CoV infection compared with to lopinavir/ ritonavir

NCT04276688 Novel Coronavirus Infection Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir Drug: Ribavirin Drug: Interferon Beta-1B
MeSH:Infection Coronavirus Infections Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Primary Outcomes

Description: Time to negative NPS 2019-n-CoV RT-PCR

Measure: Time to negative NPS

Time: Up to 1 month

Secondary Outcomes

Description: Time to negative saliva 2019-n-CoV RT-PCR

Measure: Time to negative saliva

Time: Up to 1 month

Description: Time to NEWS of 0

Measure: Time to clinical improvement

Time: Up to 1 month

Description: Length of hospitalisation

Measure: Hospitalisation

Time: Up to 1 month

Description: 30-day mortality

Measure: Mortality

Time: Up to 1 month

Description: Cytokine/ chemokine changes

Measure: Immune reaction

Time: up to 1 month

Description: Adverse events during treatment

Measure: Adverse events

Time: up to 1 month

Description: Time to negative NPS, saliva, urine and stool 2019-n-CoV RT-PCR

Measure: Time to negative all clinical specimens

Time: up to 1 month

2 An Investigation Into Beneficial Effects of Interferon Beta 1a, Compared to Interferon Beta 1b And The Base Therapeutic Regiment in Moderate to Severe COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The present study is a randomized clinical trial, with the approval of the ethics committee will be conducted on patients who have a positive test confirming COVID-19 in Loghman Hakim Medical Education Center in Tehran. Patients will be randomly assigned to the three arms of the study and after completing the course of treatment and collecting and analyzing the necessary information from each patient, the results of the study will be published both on this site and in the form of an article in a reputable international journal.

NCT04343768 COVID-19 Drug: Hydroxychloroquine Drug: Lopinavir / Ritonavir Drug: Interferon Beta-1A Drug: Interferon Beta-1B

Primary Outcomes

Description: Improvement of two points on a seven-category ordinal scale (recommended by the World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) R&D. Geneva: World Health Organization) or discharge from the hospital, whichever came first.

Measure: Time to clinical improvement

Time: From date of randomization until 14 days later.

Secondary Outcomes

Description: If the patient dies, we have reached an outcome.

Measure: Mortality

Time: From date of randomization until 14 days later.

Description: Pulse-oxymetry

Measure: SpO2 Improvement

Time: Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14.

Description: Incidence of new mechanical ventilation use

Measure: Incidence of new mechanical ventilation use

Time: From date of randomization until 14 days later.

Description: Duration of hospitalization (days)

Measure: Duration of hospitalization

Time: From date of randomization until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 14 days.

3 An Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial on Interferon β-1b and Hydroxychloroquine Combination Versus Hydroxychloroquine Alone, as Treatment for COVID-19 Infection

The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), is a single-stranded RNA coronavirus. The virus was first isolated from patients presented with pneumonia in Wuhan in December 2019. Sequences of the Wuhan betacoronavirus show similarities to betacoronaviruses found in bats, sharing a common ancestor with the 2003 SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the bat coronavirus HKU9, a virus found in fruit bats. Similar to SARS-CoV, it is a member of Beta-CoV lineage B. Five genomes of the novel coronavirus have been initially isolated and reported including BetaCoV/Wuhan/IVDC-HB-01/2019, BetaCoV/Wuhan/IVDC-HB-04/2020, BetaCoV/Wuhan/IVDC-HB-05/2019, BetaCoV/Wuhan/WIV04/2019, and BetaCoV/Wuhan/IPBCAMS-WH-01/2019 from the China CDC. The SARS-CoV-2 has since spread from China to the rest of the world. As of 5 April 2020, more than 1.05 million people been confirmed to have infected by SARS-CoV-2, resulting in more than 500,000 deaths. No specific antiviral treatment for the SARS-CoV-2 is currently available, but existing medication could be repurposed. Genetic sequencing demonstrated similarity of the SARS-CoV-2 to the SARS-CoV and MERS CoV.2 We expect patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 will also present similarly with initial upper respiratory tract symptoms including fever, cough, sputum, myalgia and shortness or breath. More severe cases might complicate with pneumonia and required ventilatory or ECMO support. According to our previous studies in 2003 on patients hospitalized for severe SARS-CoV, the viral load peaked between day 7 from symptoms onset and coincided with clinical deterioration of pneumonia and respiratory failure, with majority of the patients required intensive care support. Higher viral load isolated from different human system also correlated with worsened SARS manifestation and complications. Previously, the investigators have demonstrated that interferon-beta 1b, commonly used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and lopinavir/ ritonavir, also demonstrated to improve the outcome of MERS-CoV infection in a non-human primate model of common marmoset. A non-randomized trial has also suggested that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin might be effective in suppressing SARS-CoV-2 viral load in patients, despite in-vitro activity was only found in hydroxychloroquine. Therefore, the investigators propose to conduct an open-label randomized controlled trial on a short course of interferon β-1b and hydroxychloroquine combination treatment for patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection.

NCT04350281 COVID Drug: Interferon Beta-1B Drug: Hydroxychloroquine

Primary Outcomes

Description: Time to negative NPS SARS-CoV-2 viral RT-PCR

Measure: Time to negative NPS viral load

Time: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Description: Time to complete allevation of symptoms as defined by NEWS of 0 maintained for 24 hours

Measure: Time to NEWS 0

Time: 4 weeks

Description: Days of hospital stay

Measure: Length of Hospitalisation

Time: 4 weeks

Description: Time to negative SARS-CoV-2 viral RT-PCR in all clinical samples

Measure: Time to negative viral load in all clinical samples

Time: 4 weeks

Description: Treatment related adverse events

Measure: Adverse events

Time: 4 weeks

Description: 30-day mortality

Measure: Mortality

Time: 30 days

Description: Cytokine/ chemokine

Measure: Inflammatory markers changes

Time: 4 weeks from diagnosis


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