This study is aimed to investigate the treatment vitamin D3 as complementary therapy with routine care for early mild symptoms of COVID-19 in outpatients setting.
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.
Drug: Standard of care
Standard of care treatment as per the hospital guidelines
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D3
A daily dose of 5000 IU vitamin D3 for 7 days.
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
Ayub Teaching Hospital
Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Investigator: Dr. Zeeshan Haroon, MBBS
Contact: + 92 317 5564317
zeeshanharoon@yahoo.com
Dr. Zeeshan Haroon, MBBS
+ 92 317 5564317
zeeshanharoon@yahoo.com