Vit D3 for Early Symptoms of COVID-19

Launched by AYUB TEACHING HOSPITAL · Aug 13, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

There is currently no specific early-stage therapeutic treatment available for COVID-19.

Vitamin D3 is a strong antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory agent.

The present study is aimed to investigate the treatment benefits of vitamin D3 as add-on therapy to the routine care for early mild symptoms of COVID-19 infection in outpatients setting.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients must be 18 years of age or older, of either gender
• • Patients must be tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR
• • Patients must exhibit typical symptoms of COVID-19 disease at screening such as fever, fatigue, a dry and contagious cough, loss of appetite, body aches, shortness of breath, mucus or phlegm, sore throat, headache, chills, sometimes withshaking, loss of smell or taste, congestion or runny nose, nausea, or vomiting, diarrhea, muscular pain etc.
• • Patients must be in the early stage of COVID-19 disease who do not require hospitalization at the time of screening
• • Patients must be under the care of a Physician for diagnosis of COVID-19
• • Patients who have signed informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with proven hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to quercetin or curcumin
• • Patients with known chronic kidney disease with estimated creatinine clearance \< 50 mL/minute or need for dialysis
• • Patients who are severely hypotensive defined as needing hemodynamic pressors to maintain blood pressure
• • Patients taking anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs such as Coumarine, Heparine, Aspirin, Clopidrogel, dalteparin, enoxaparin, ticlopidine and warparin.
• • Patients with gallstone obstruction
• • Hypothyroid suppering patients
• • Patients with moderate or severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<100 ×10⁹/L);
• • Pregnant patients