Hydroxychloroquine Post Exposure Prophylaxis for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that post-exposure prophylaxis with hydroxychloroquine will reduce the symptomatic secondary attack rate among household contacts of known or suspected COVID-19 patients.

Timeline

Start

2020-03-29

Primary completion

2021-03-31

Completion

2021-03-31

Publications

• Akhtar S, Das JK, Ismail T, Wahid M, Saeed W, Bhutta ZA. Nutritional perspectives for the prevention and mitigation of COVID-19. Nutr Rev. 2021 Feb 11;79(3):289-300. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaa063.

Drugs

Indications