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Register: CTRI
Last refreshed on: 24 November 2021
Main ID:  CTRI/2020/05/025068
Date of registration: 07-05-2020
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Christian Medical College Vellore
Public title: Can a medicine help in curing viral infection
Scientific title: A Phase IIB open label randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ivermectin in reducing viral loads in patients with hematological disorders who are admitted with COVID 19 infection - Not applicable
Date of first enrolment: 27-05-2020
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Not Yet Recruiting
URL:  http://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=43449
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial
Method of generating randomization sequence:Computer generated randomization Method of allocation concealment:Not Applicable Blinding and masking:Open Label
 
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name: Biju George   
Address:  Department of Haematology, First Floor, Room no-3, Christian Medical College Department of Haematology, First Floor, Room no-3, Christian Medical College 632004 Khordha, TAMIL NADU India
Telephone: 04162282352
Email: biju@cmcvellore.ac.in
Affiliation:  Christian Medical College Vellore
Name: Biju George   
Address:  Department of Haematology, First Floor, Room no-3, Christian Medical College Department of Haematology, First Floor, Room no-3, Christian Medical College 632004 Khordha, TAMIL NADU India
Telephone: 04162282352
Email: biju@cmcvellore.ac.in
Affiliation:  Christian Medical College Vellore
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Confirmed diagnosis of COVID19 infection based on +ve RTPCR




Exclusion criteria: Patients with other viral infections

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Health Condition 1: B338- Other specified viral diseases
Intervention(s)
Intervention1: Ivermectin: The doses are as follows (based on body weight)
15 - 24 kg: 3 mg PO once
25 - 35 kg: 6 mg PO once
36 - 50 kg: 9 mg PO once
51 - 65 kg: 12 mg PO once
66 - 79 kg: 15 mg PO once
80 kg and 15 kg: 200 ug/kg PO once
Control Intervention1: patients will receive the standard protocol for management of COVID 19 infection.: patients will receive the standard protocol for management of COVID 19 infection.
Primary Outcome(s)
To study if Ivermectin can reduce the viral load in patients with hematological illnesses who are admitted with COVD19 infectionTimepoint: Day 7

Secondary Outcome(s)
To study the factors that affect viral load reduction

To study if the reduction in viral load correlates with improvement in inflammatory parameters

To study the incidence of serious adverse events and safety of this drug when used in hematological illnessesTimepoint: Day 7

Day 20
Secondary ID(s)
Not applicable
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, 632004, Tamil Nadu
Secondary Sponsor(s)
cience and Engineering Research Board SERB
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 15/04/2020
Contact:
Ethics Committee - Institution Review Board
Results
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