Around the world, researchers are working extremely hard to develop new treatments and interventions for COVID-19 with new clinical trials opening nearly every day. This directory provides you with information, including enrollment detail, about these trials. In some cases, researchers are able to offer expanded access (sometimes called compassionate use) to an investigational drug when a patient cannot participate in a clinical trial.
The information provided here is drawn from ClinicalTrials.gov. If you do not find a satisfactory expanded access program here, please search in our COVID Company Directory. Some companies consider expanded access requests for single patients, even if they do not show an active expanded access listing in this database. Please contact the company directly to explore the possibility of expanded access.
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To learn how to apply for expanded access, please visit our Guides designed to walk healthcare providers, patients and/or caregivers through the process of applying for expanded access. Please note that given the situation with COVID-19 and the need to move as fast as possible, many physicians are requesting expanded access for emergency use. In these cases, FDA will authorize treatment by telephone and treatment can start immediately. For more details, consult FDA guidance. Emergency IND is the common route that patients are receiving convalescent plasma.
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Electronic medical record review of de-identified patients who tested positive for COVID-19 (using a PCR test) at Methodist Dallas Medical Center (MDMC) from June 2020 until the date of IRB approval. Data will be collected on de-identified patients that test positive for COVID-19 (using a PCR test) at MDMC from the date of IRB approval until December 2022. Disclaimer: Any cost associated with the procedures stated herein will be billed directly to you or to your insurance (as applicable)
Derek Yellon
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 and has since been diagnosed in over a million persons worldwide. As this virus progresses, it causes an extreme and uncontrolled response from the patient's immune system accompanied by reduced oxygen flow to major organs, and subsequent ischaemic injury. The current treatment of COVID-19 is largely supportive without any cure or vaccine available at this time. Developing new methods to reduce this heightened inflammatory response is essential to halting progression of COVID-19 in patients and reducing the severity of damage. The cellular mechanisms seen in COVID-19 are similar to those seen in patients with sepsis. A process known as Remote Ischemic Conditioning (RIC) is an intervention which has been shown to prevent cellular injury including those associated with sepsis. Based on the evidence from studies looking at sepsis, it is anticipated the same benefit would be seen in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. RIC is a simple, non-invasive procedure where a blood pressure cuff is applied to the arm for repeated cycles of inflating and deflating (typically 3-5 cycles of 5 minutes each). This process activates pro-survival mechanisms in the body to protect vital organs and improve the immune system. Therefore, we believe it represents an exciting strategy to protect organs against reduced blood flow and extreme immune response, as seen in COVID-19 infections. This study has already been fully approved
Institut Català de la Salut
Recently, a new clinical presentation called "long covid" has been reported, for patients with symptoms lasting for more than 4 weeks from the onset of the disease. Typically, the symptoms comprise dyspnea, cough, headache, arthralgia, fever, abdominal pain, asthenia and skin manifestations This project aims to evaluate the efficacy of Montelukast in improving the quality of life associated with respiratory symptoms in patients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms. The main objective is to compare the efficacy of low-dose Montelukast versus placebo to improve respiratory symptoms in patients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms.
Heidelberg University
The spectrum of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome ("ARDS") and patient death. Severely affected patients may develop a cytokine storm-like clinical syndrome with high mortality. Laboratory tests in these patients show an excessive and uncontrolled immune response with consecutive multi-organ failure. In addition, there is evidence for the development of prothrombotic autoantibodies as an epiphenomenon of "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2" (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Therapeutic plasma exchange ("TPE") is being discussed as a therapeutic alternative in patients with severe, refractory COVID-19. The idea is that plasma exchange eliminates both endogenous and exogenous inducers of an exuberant inflammatory response as well as prothrombotic factors, thus breaking the secondary vicious circle of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In general, TPE is a safe procedure with known efficacy in other severe viral diseases as well as in cytokine storm-like diseases and ARDS of other geneses. Moreover, initial data, mostly derived from case studies, demonstrate promising therapeutic efficacy of TPE in severe COVID-19 courses with previously lacking treatment options. To further evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of TPE in severe COVID-19, a prospective randomized controlled trial of TPE in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection is being conducted at our center. Patients will be randomized to a control group (standard therapy according to center standards) and a therapy/intervention group (standard therapy + TPE).
Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
The aim in this study is to evaluate pain, fatigue and quality of life in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia in long-term follow-up and to investigate their relationship with pneumonia severity, age, presence of comorbidity and depression level.
Abant Izzet Baysal University
This study, which has a randomized controlled experimental design, was planned to determine the effect of music therapy on the anxiety level of family health personnel working in primary health care centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will be carried out between 4 August and 31 December with nurses, midwives and other family health personnel working in family health centers. Participants will be randomized into two groups, a control and an intervention group. Individuals in the intervention group will receive 15 minutes of music therapy once a day for 5 days. No intervention will be made in the control group. Data Descriptive Question and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory online design; It will be collected on the Google Forms platform.. Data analysis will be done using SPSS 20 program.
Tiziana Life Sciences LTD
This is a Phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, proof-of-concept study of intranasal foralumab in hospitalized subjects with severe COVID-19 and pulmonary inflammation. Foralumab is a fully human second generation anti-CD3 mAb with a modified Fc unit (two amino acid substitutions) composed of 2 heavy chains with an immunoglobulin (Ig) G1constant region and 2 light chains with a kappa constant region. In a separate Phase 2 randomized, controlled, pilot trial conducted to assess safety, tolerability, and efficacy in 39 patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in Brazil, showed that intranasal foralumab may be of benefit in modulating immune reactivity and in reducing pulmonary inflammation. Importantly, intranasal administration of foralumab was well tolerated with no clinically significant changes in blood cell counts (including blood lymphocytes), no evidence of hypersensitivity, and no serious adverse events (SAEs) were reported in the study.
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
This is a prospective study in which a process of identifying and improving a reduction of functional capacity in COVID-19 survivors >50 years old. The overall goal of this study to identify the feasibility and value of risk-guided medical therapy and exercise intervention in COVID-19 survivors.
Jesús R. Requena
The main objectives of ECCO-2 are: 1) Efficacy: to study whether EQUINACEA ARKOPHARMA, hard caplets containing cryogenized root of the plant Echinacea purpurea, show an improvement of the clinical manifestations and disease course in ambulatory patients with covid-19 with a respiratory presentation and not requiring hospitalization (i.e., mild covid-19). The drug being evaluated will be added as a supplement of the standard treatment, with its current recommended dose for treatment of the common cold. 2) Safety: to determine that the incidence of adverse events is not higher than that seen with the standard treatment applied in each case.
University of Geneva, Switzerland
The XPHI-COVID-2 randomized study aims to investigate the moral choices in a context of scarce resources. The participants are asked to complete the questionnaire of the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale and are exposed to medical triage dilemmas. Participants are randomized between a group with reading of ethical guidelines and a group without reading of ethical guidelines, before they are asked to complete the questionnaire and being exposed to triage dilemmas.