Convalescent Plasma for Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized, Single Blinded, Parallel, Controlled Clinical Study

Summary

Convalescent plasma (CP) has been used in recent years as an empirical treatment strategy when there is no vaccine or treatment available for infectious diseases. In the latest viral epidemics, such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, the World Health Organization issued a document outlining a protocol for the use of whole blood or plasma collected from patients who have recovered from the Ebola virus disease by transfusion to empirically treat local infectious outbreaks

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Start

2020-08-08

Primary completion

2020-10-31

Completion

2020-11-15

Publications

• Background Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Fan G, Xu J, Gu X, Cheng Z, Yu T, Xia J, Wei Y, Wu W, Xie X, Yin W, Li H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Gao H, Guo L, Xie J, Wang G, Jiang R, Gao Z, Jin Q, Wang J, Cao B. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):497-506. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5. Epub 2020 Jan 24.
• Background Wang Y, Wang Y, Chen Y, Qin Q. Unique epidemiological and clinical features of the emerging 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) implicate special control measures. J Med Virol. 2020 Jun;92(6):568-576. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25748. Epub 2020 Mar 29.
• Background Young BE, Ong SWX, Kalimuddin S, Low JG, Tan SY, Loh J, Ng OT, Marimuthu K, Ang LW, Mak TM, Lau SK, Anderson DE, Chan KS, Tan TY, Ng TY, Cui L, Said Z, Kurupatham L, Chen MI, Chan M, Vasoo S, Wang LF, Tan BH, Lin RTP, Lee VJM, Leo YS, Lye DC; Singapore 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Research Team. Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore. JAMA. 2020 Apr 21;323(15):1488-1494. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3204.
• Background Infectious, D. & Outbreaks, D. Maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply during the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease ( COVID-19 ). OMS 1-5 (2020)
• Rojas M, Rodriguez Y, Hernandez JC, Diaz-Coronado JC, Vergara JAD, Velez VP, Mancilla JP, Araujo I, Yepes JT, Ricaurte OB, Pardo-Oviedo JM, Monsalve DM, Acosta-Ampudia Y, Ramirez-Santana C, Garcia PG, Landinez LA, Correales LD, Grass JS, Perez CR, Lopez GS, Mateus N, Mancera L, Devia RR, Orjuela JE, Parra-Moreno CR, Buitrago AA, Ordonez IE, Osorio CF, Ballesteros N, Patino LH, Castaneda S, Munoz M, Ramirez JD, Bastard P, Gervais A, Bizien L, Casanova JL, Camacho B, Gallo JE, Gomez O, Rojas-Villarraga A, Perez CE, Manrique R, Mantilla RD, Anaya JM. Safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19: a randomized, single blinded, parallel, controlled clinical study. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 27;22(1):575. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07560-7.

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