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. 2023 Apr 15;13(4):172–180. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.372819

Additional Table 2.

List of exclusion studies

Reason for exclusion Title Author Source
Ozone associated with other therapies A novel approach to treating COVID-19 using nutritional and oxidative therapies David Brownstein; Richard Ng; Robert Rowen; Jennie-Dare Drummond; Taylor Eason; Hailey Brownstein; Jessica Brownstein Science, Public Health Policy, and The Law, 2020, 2:4-22
Ozone associated with other therapies Ozone as adjuvant support in the treatment of COVID-19: A preliminary report of probiozovid trial Araimo, Fabio; Imperiale, Carmela; Tordiglione, Paolo; Ceccarelli, Giancarlo; Borrazzo, Cristian; Alessandri, Francesco; Santinelli, Letizia; Innocenti, Giuseppe Pietro; Pinacchio, Claudia; Mauro, Vera; Recchia, Gregorio Egidio; Zancla, Serena; Calò, Andrea; Poscia, Roberto; Ruberto, Franco; d'Ettorre, Gabriella; Bilotta, Federico; Mastroianni, Claudio; Pugliese, Francesco Journal of medical virology, 2020, 4(93):2210-20
Ozone associated with other therapies Ozone gas applied through nebulization as adjuvant treatment for lung respiratory diseases due to COVID-19 infections: a prospective randomized trial Dengiz, E.; Özcan, Ç.; Güven, Y.İ.; Uçar, S.; Ener, B.K.; Sözen, S.; Yağcı, B.; Güzel, İ.A.; Yiğit, B.; Andaç, A.; Güneş, B.; Bor, E.; Karabudak, U.; Kaya, A. Med Gas Res. 2022 Apr-Jun;12(2):55-59
Ozone associated with other therapies Effectiveness of ozone therapy in addition to conventional treatment on mortality in patients with COVID-19 Çolak, S.; Genç, Y B.; Yavuz, M.; Özçelik, B.; Öner, M.; Özgültekin, A.; Senbayrak, S. Int J Clin Pract; 75(8): e14321, 2021 Aug.
Ozone associated with other therapies CORonavirus-19 mild to moderate pneumonia Management with blood Ozonization in patients with Respiratory failure (CORMOR) multicentric prospective randomized clinical trial Sozio, E.; De Monte, A.; Sermann, G.; Bassi, F.; Sacchet, D.; Sbrana, F.; Ripoli, A.; Curcio, F.; Fabris, M.; Marengo, S.; Italiani, D.; Luciana, Boccalatte-Rosa, D.; Tascini, C. Int Immunopharmacol. 2021 Sep;98:107874.
Ozone associated with other therapies Compassionate Use of Rectal Ozone (O 3) in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: a Case-Control Study Fernández-Cuadros, M.E.; Albaladejo-Florín, M.J.; Álava-Rabasa, S.; Gallego-Galiana, J.; Pérez-Cruz, G.F.; Usandizaga-Elio, I.; Pacios, E.; Torres-García, D.E.; Peña-Lora, D.; Casique-Bocanegra, L.; López-Muñoz, M.J.; Rodríguez-de-Cía, J.; Pérez-Moro, O. S. SN Compr Clin Med. 2021 Mar 22;1-15.
Pre-covid study Intravenous ozonized saline therapy as prophylaxis for healthcare workers (HCWs) in a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in India – A retrospective study Sharma, A.; Shah, M.; Sane, H.; Gokulchandran, N.; Paranjape, A.; Khubchandani, P.; Captain, J.; Shirke, S.; Kulkarni, P. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2021; 25 (9): 3632-3639
Pre-covid study Could the minor autohemotherapy be a complementary therapy for healthcare professionals to prevent COVID-19 infection? Orscelik, A.; Karaaslan, B.; Agiragac, B.;Solmaz, I.; Parpucu, M. Annals of Medical of Research, 28(10):1863-1869, 2021
Post-covid study Amelioration of symptoms and oxidative stress in hospitalized convalescent post SARS-COV-2 patients treated with rectal ozonetherapy and nutritional supplementation Lizette Gil-del-Valle; Olga Elena López-Fernández; Joniel Arnoldo Sánchez- Márquez; Zullyt ZamoraRodríguez; Ana Librada Carballo- Reyes; Lidia Asela Fernández-García; Mario Manuel Delgado-Guerra; Faustina Fonseca-Betancourt; Ernesto Miyares-Díaz; Yasmina Piloto, Orraca.; Yusimit, B.A.; Maria Carla Hdez Glez-Abreu; Sarahi Mendoza-Castaño; Yamila Ramona de Armas-Aguila. International Journal of Modern Pharmaceutical Research, 2020, 4(6):94-107
Post-covid study Fatigue in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV2 (PASC) treated with oxygen-ozone autohemotherapy - preliminary results on 100 patients Tirelli, U.; Franzini, M.; Valdenassi, L.; Pisconti, S.; Taibi, R.; Torrisi, C.; Pandolfi, S.; Chirumbolo, S. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2021 Sep;25(18):5871-5875
Editorials Homeopathic use of Ozonum for some post-Covid dyspnea and/or asthenia. Study based on a cases serie Renoux, H. La Revue d'Homéopathie, 2021, 12 (4), 222-227
Editorials Oxygen–ozone treatment and COVID-19: antioxidants targeting endothelia lead the scenery Varesi, A.; Chirumbolo, S.; Ricevuti, G. Intern Emerg Med, 2022, 17(2):593-596
Editorials COVID-19 profilaxis with ozonetherapy Falzoni, W.; Senvaitis, M. I.; Iwasa, S. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research, 2021, 46(1):35-36
Editorials Persistent anosmia after COVID-19 Infection: Treatment options according to BDORT Dotta Barros, F. C.; Iwasa, S. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research, 2021, 46(1):33-34
Editorials Ozone therapy may be an option for COVID-19 patients Şahin, M.; Eryilmaz, F.; Keser Şahin, H.H. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2021; 25 (6): 2470-2472
Editorials Oxygen-ozone autohemotherapy against COVID-19 needs to fit highly experienced, customized, and standardized protocols to succeed Chirumbolo, S.; Franzini, M.; Simonetti, V.; Valdenassi, L.; Ricevuti, G.; Bertossi, D.; Pandolfi, S. J Med Virol, 2021, 93(5):2580-2582
Editorials Estado vegetativo persistente por ozonoterapia contra Covid-19 Zavala Jonguitud, L.F.; Solís, J.G.; Noyola García, M. Salud Publica Mex, 2021, 63:155
Editorials A Plausible "Penny" Costing Effective Treatment for Corona Virus - Ozone Therapy Robert Jay Rowen; Howard Robins Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 2020, 6(2):1-5
Editorials Inactivation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by gaseous ozone treatment. Yano, H.; Nakano, R.; Suzuki, Y; Nakano, A.; Kasahara, K.; Hosoi, H. The Journal of hospital infection, 2020, 4(106)837-8
Editorials Oxygen-ozone immunoceutical therapy in COVID-19 outbreak: facts and figures Giovanni Ricevuti; Marianno Franzini; Luigi Valdenassi Ozone Therapy, 2020, 1(5)
Editorials Oxygen-ozone therapy as adjuvant in the current emergency in SARS-COV-2 infection: a clinical study. Marini, S.; Maggiorotti, M.; Dardes, N.; Bonetti, M.; Martinelli, M.; Re, L.; Carinci, F.; Tavera, C. Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents, 2020, 3(34):757-66
Editorials Ozone Therapy as a Possible Option in COVID-19 Management. Gavazza, Alessandra; Marchegiani, Andrea; Rossi, Giacomo; Franzini, Marianno; Spaterna, Andrea; Mangiaterra, Sara; Cerquetella, Matteo Frontiers in Public Health, 2020, 8:417
Editorials Ozonioterapia como adjuvante no tratamento da COVID-19 / Ozone as a complement therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 Jorge Bomfim Fróes de Farias; Antonio Pedro Fróes de Farias; Anelize Gimenez de Souza Revista Brasileira de Fisiologia do Exercicio, 2020, 19(2):5-8
Editorials Potential mechanisms by which the oxygen-ozone (O2-O3) therapy could contribute to the treatment against the coronavirus COVID-19. Valdenassi, L.; Franzini, M.; Ricevuti, G.; Rinaldi, L.; Galoforo, A. C.; Tirelli, U. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 2020, 8(24):4059-61
Editorials Recovery of Four COVID-19 Patients via Ozonated Autohemotherapy. Wu, Junping; Tan, Cherie S.; Yu, Hongzhi; Wang, Youwei; Tian, Yutao; Shao, Wenwei; Zhang, Yifei; Zhang, Kuo; Shao, Hongxia; Ni, Guangjian; Shen, Jun; Galoforo, Antonio Carlo; Wu, Qi; Ming, Dong Innovation (New York, N.Y.), 2020, 3(1)100060
Editorials The need for a correct oxygen-ozone autohemotherapy (O(3)-AHT) in patients with mild to moderate COVID -19 pneumo nia Chirumbolo, Salvatore; Pandolfi, Sergio; Valdenassi, Luigi; Bertossi, Dario; Franzini, Marianno Internal and Emergency Medicine, 2021, P.1-2
Editorials Utilização do gás ozônio e da ozonioterapia no combate à disseminação da COVID-19 submetidas pela Sociedade Brasileira de Ozonioterapia Médica (SOBOM) Brasil. Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Ciencia, Tecnologia, Inovação e Insumos Estratégicos em Saúde. Brasília; Brasil. Ministério da Saúde; abr. 2020.
Literature review Dos terapias conocidas podrían ser efectivas como adyuvantes en el paciente crítico infectado por COVID-19 Hernández, A.; Papadakos, P. J.; Torres, A.; González, D. A.; Vives, M.; Ferrando, C.; Baeza, J. Rev. esp. anestesiol. reanim, 2020, 5(67):245-242
Literature review Implicações sobre o uso do ozônio (O3) no tratamento coadjuvante do COVID-19 Jorge Bomfim Fróes de Farias; Antonio Pedro Fróes de Farias; Anelize Gimenez de Souza Revista Brasileira de Fisiologia do Exercício, 2020, 4(106):5-8
Literature review Ozone (O3) and SARS-CoV-2: Physiological Bases and Their Therapeutic Possibilities According to COVID-19 Evolutionary Stage. Fernández-Cuadros, Marcos Edgar; Albaladejo-Florín, María Jesús; Peña-Lora, Daiana; Álava-Rabasa, Sandra; Pérez-Moro, Olga Susana SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 2020, p.1-9
Literature review Ozone potential to fight against SAR-COV-2 pandemic: facts and research needs. Blanco, Angeles; Ojembarrena, Francisco de Borja; Clavo, Bernardino; Negro, Carlos Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021, p.1-15
Literature review Ozone therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: A scoping review. Izadi, Morteza; Cegolon, Luca; Javanbakht, Mohammad; Sarafzadeh, Ali; Abolghasemi, Hassan; Alishiri, Gholamhossein; Zhao, Shi; Einollahi, Behzad; Kashaki, Mandana; Jonaidi-Jafari, Nematollah; Asadi, Mosa; Jafari, Ramezan; Fathi, Saeid; Nikoueinejad, Hassan; Ebrahimi, Mehrdad; Imanizadeh, Sina; Ghazale, Amir Hosein Int Immunopharmacol, 2021, 92:107307
Literature review Ozone therapy in COVID-19: A narrative review. Francesco Cattel; Susanna Giordano; Cecilia Bertiond; Tommaso Lupia; Silvia Corcione; Matilde Scaldaferri; Lorenzo Angelone; Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa Virus Research, 2021, 291:198207
Literature review Ozone: A Potential Oxidant for COVID-19 Virus (SARS-CoV-2) Chedly Tizaoui Ozone: Science & Engineering, 2020, 42(5):378-85
Literature review Ozonetherapy: a multirole weapon, topical pathway against SARS-COV-2 Giovanni Ranaldi; Emanuele Rocco; VillaniLaura Franza; Giulia Motola Frenxiv, 2020, p.1-11
Literature review Ozonoterapia enteral: una posible opción segura y económica para pacientes con COVID-19 Vivian Borroto Rodríguez; Antonio Jiménez Tapia; María Esther Dragustinovis Ruiz Revista Cubana de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, 2020, 12(3):1-16
Literature review Ozonoterapia para el tratamiento de pacientes adultos con COVID-19 Peru. EsSalud Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación Peru. EsSalud. Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación. s.l; IETSI; 1 jun. 2020.
Literature review Potential Cytoprotective Activity of Ozone Therapy in SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. Martínez-Sánchez, Gregorio; Schwartz, Adriana; Donna, Vincenzo Di Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020, 9(5)1-12
Literature review Potential use of ozone in SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Therapy, International Scientific Committee of Ozone International Scientific Committee of Ozone Therapy. Madrid; s.n; mar. 2020. p.2-15
Literature review Rationale for ozone-therapy as an adjuvant therapy in COVID-19: a narrative review. Ranaldi, Giovanni Tommaso; Villani, Emanuele Rocco; Franza, Laura Medical Gas Research, 2020, 3(10):134-8
Literature review Recent case studies on the use of ozone to combat coronavirus: Problems and perspectives. Manjunath, Soumya Nagashri; Sakar, M.; Katapadi, Manmohan; Geetha Balakrishna, R. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021, 21:101313
Literature review Safety, pitfalls, and misunderstandings about the use of ozone therapy as a regenerative medicine tool. A narrative review. Re, L.; Noci, J. B.; Gadelha Serra, M. E.; Mollica, P.; Bonetti, M.; Travagli, V. Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents, 2020, 4(34):1-3
Literature review SARS-COV-2 and Ozonetherapyin microcirculation: Devils and Angels~lll Giovanni T. Ranaldi; Emanuele Rocco Villani; Laura Franza; Giulia Motola. Frenxiv, 2020
Literature review Therapeutic Effects of Ozone Therapy that Justifies Its Use for the Treatment of COVID-19 Silvia Menendez-Cepero; José Antonio Marques-Magallanes-Regojo; Alberto Hernandez-Martinez; Francisco Javier Hidalgo Tallón; JoséBaeza-Noci Journal of Neurology and Neurocritical Care, 2020, 3(1):1-6
Literature review Two known therapies could be useful as adjuvant therapy in critical patients infected by COVID-19. Hernández, A.; Papadakos, P. J.; Torres, A.; González, D. A.; Vives, M.; Ferrando, C.; Baeza, J. Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion, 2020, 5(67):245-52
Literature review Observancia de reacciones adversas y análisis de cumplimiento de bioseguridad en la aplicación rectal de ozonoterapia en pacientes cubanos con infección aguda o convalecientes de COVID-19. Lizette Gil del Valle, Mario M. Delgado Guerra, Ana L. Carballo- Reyes, Joniel A. Sánchez Márquez, Olga E. López Fernández, Faustina Fonseca Betancourt, Zullyt Zamora-Rodríguez, Lidia A. Fernández García, Rodolfo Suárez Iznaga, Raiza Martinez Casanueva, Lisandra Castro de la Fe, Niorkidis Gonzalez Carvajal, Silvia V. Castellanos Veitia, Yamila R. de Armas-Aguila J Pharm Pharmacogn Res, 2021, 9(4): 465-473
Literature review Promising gas therapies for severe COVID-19 Wang, T.; Xiang, Q.; Bian, Jinjun. Journal of Intensive Medicine; 2021.
Literature review The possibilities of using the effects of ozone therapy in neurology Masan, J.; Sramka, M.; Rabarova, D. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2021 Mar;42(1):13-21.
Literature review COVID-19 and ozone Yilmaz, N.; Eren, E.; Oz, C. Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020, 5(4):365-372
Literature review Ozonum—The Global Impact Gajdos, P. S. Homoeopathic Links, 2020, 33(4):283-296
Literature review Potential therapeutic effect of oxygen-ozone in controlling of COVID-19 disease. Yousefi, B.; Banihashemian, S.Z.; Feyzabadi, Z.K.; Hasanpour, S.; Kokhaei, P.; Abdolshahi, A.; Emadi, A.; Eslami, M. Med Gas Res, 2022, 12(2):33-40
Literature review Insights on the mechanisms of action of ozone in the medical therapy against COVID-19 Chirumbolo, S.; Valdenassi, L.; Simonetti, V; Bertossi, D.; Ricevuti, G.; Franzini, M.; Pandolfi, S. Int Immunopharmacol, 2021, 96:107777
Literature review Using Ozone Therapy as an Option for Treatment of COVID-19 Patients: A Scoping Review Radvar, S.; Karkon-Shayan, S.; Motamed-Sanaye, A.; Majidi, M.; Hajebrahimi, S.; Taleschian-Tabrizi, N.; Pashazadeh, F.; Sahebkar, A. Adv Exp Med Biol, 2021, 1327:151-160
Literature review Drug Repurposing in the COVID-19 Era: Insights from Case Studies Showing Pharmaceutical Peculiarities Gatti, M.; De Ponti, F. Pharmaceutics, 2021, 25;13(3):302
Literature review Alternative therapies for Covid-19 Sundararajan, G.; Isaac, PJ.; Andal, V.; Lakshmipathy, R. Mater Today Proc, 2021, 5;55:327-9
Literature review Ozonoterapia: una propuesta terapéutica para la prevención y el tratamiento de la infección por coronavirus SARS-COV-2 "COVID 19 Longas Vélez, B.; Muñoz Mejía, C. A.; Ramírez Amaya, C. A.; Gaviria Morales, C.; Sarasti Vanegas, D. A.; Ramírez Zuluaga, E.; Trujillo Escobar, G.; Ríos Arenas, J. A.; Gaitán Sánchez, J. F.; Londoño Murillo, M. C.; Martínez Cadavid, M. M.; Soto Velásquez, M. L.; Álvarez Upegui, N.; Pérez Garcíí, C. L.; Mejía Alfaro, J. H. Medellin – Colombia 2020
Clinical trials registers Ozone Plasma on Lung Function and Inflammatory Parameters in Pulmonary Sequelae Associated With Coronavirus 19 Infection Fernando Grover Paez, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Mexico https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT05089305
Clinical trials registers Rectal ozone therapy in high-risk symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 positive patients National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) https://rpcec.sld.cu/en/trials/RPCEC00000383-En
Clinical trials registers Evaluation of Post-covid 19 Patients Who Receive Ozonetheraphy With Thorax CT Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04789395
Clinical trials registers Study on ozonated blood in COVID-19 severe pneumonia Políclinica Nuestra Señora del Rosario https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2020-005020-11
Full paper in Russian Ozone Therapy In Patients With The New Coronavirus Infection Covid-19 Hammad, E.V.; Nikitin, I.G.; Fedorova, K.V Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020, 5 (99): 94-100
Full paper in Russian Ozone therapy as a component of a comprehensive rehabilitation program for patients after polysegmental pneumonia associated with SARS-CoV2 infection Baranova, I. V; Gumeniuk, A. F.; Semenenko, A. I.; Iliuk, I. A.; Osypenko, I. P. Zaporozhye Medical Journal, 2021, 23(6):752-758