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Sponsor: Apsen Farmaceutica S.A.
Conditions: Coronavirus Infections, SARS-CoV 2, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Pulmonary Disease
Interventions: Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate + Azythromycin
Countries: Brazil
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) has been identified in Wuhan, China, which causes severe pulmonary complications and flu syndrome, which has spread rapidly to all continents. Approximately 25% of hospitalized patients require treatment in intensive care units and 10% require mechanical ventilation. The diagnosis is made by the molecular polymerase chain reaction test. However, diagnostic tests are limited. The clinical care of the patient with COVID-19 is similar to that of patients with severe infectious respiratory complications, consisting of support and oxygen supplementation. Several medications have been tested as remdesivir, a pro-drug nucleoside, which acts by inhibiting viral RNA transcription, although a recently published study has shown no benefit. China recently approved the use of favipiravir, an antiviral used for influenza, as an experimental therapy for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine is a drug with great potential treatment, as it can inhibit the pH-dependent steps of replication of various viruses, with a potent effect on SARS-CoV infection and spread. In this way, the present study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the hydroxychloroquine in patients with symptomatic SARS-Cov2.
Sex: ALL
Age: 18 Years to —
Healthy volunteers: No
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: * Males and females aged \> 18 years; * Patients with flu syndrome (fever greater than 37.8C or feverish feeling referred by the patient associated with at least 1 respiratory symptom: cough, difficulty breathing, sputum production, nasal or conjunctival congestion, difficulty swallowing, sore throat, runny nose, signs cyanosis, flapping of the nose and dyspnoea); * Diagnosis confirmed by real-time PCR or suspected COVID-19; * Hospitalized patients with: * Moderate disease: hypoxemia with O2 saturation \<93% in room air and / or respiratory rate greater than or equal to 24 incursions per minute and / or radiological evidence of pneumonia with pulmonary impairment less than 50%; or * Serious illness: Hospitalized patients with hypoxemia with O2 saturation \<93% in room air and / or respiratory rate greater than or equal to 24 incursions per minute with radiological evidence of pneumonia with pulmonary involvement above 50% and / or the presence of sepsis ( organ failure) or need for invasive mechanical ventilation. Exclusion Criteria: * Mild cases of flu-like syndrome that do not require hospitalization or O2 saturation greater than or equal to 93% and without radiological evidence of pneumonia; * Liver failure or elevation of transaminases greater than 5 times; * Cardiac patients with electrocardiogram with extended QT interval; * Pregnant women; * Use in the last 30 days of hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin; * Allergy to hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin.
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil