Efficacy of Iodine Complex Against COVID-19 Patients

Summary

The objective of this study is to measure the effect of Iodine complex in treating the COVID-19 patients to clear viral load of SARS-CoV-2 along with reduction in severity of symptoms and length of hospitalization of patients with COVID-19.

Timeline

Start

2020-07-14

Primary completion

2021-08-15

Completion

2021-10-15

Publications

• Ashraf S, Ashraf S, Ashraf M, Farooq I, Akmal R, Imran MA, Kalsoom L, Ashraf S, Rafique S, Ghufran M, Akram MK, Sohaib-Ur-Rehman, Nadeem MF, Matti N, Siddiqui UN, Humayun A, Saboor QA, Ahmad A, Ashraf M, Izhar M; DOCTORS LOUNGE consortium. Clinical efficacy of iodine complex in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients with mild to moderate symptoms: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022 Jan 19;23(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05848-8.
• Ashraf S, Ashraf S, Ashraf M, Imran MA, Kalsoom L, Siddiqui UN, Farooq I, Ghufran M, Khokhar RA, Akram MK, Shahid I, Sohaib Ur Rehman M, Akmal R, Tahir A, Zahid A, Ashraf S, Rafique S, Matti N, Nadeem MF, Humayun A, Malik A, Saboor QA, Ahmad A, Ashraf M, Izhar M. A quadruple blinded placebo controlled randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an Iodine complex for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Pakistan (I-COVID-PK): A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05081-3.

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