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. 2020 Jul 10;2020(7):CD013600. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013600.pub2

NCT04343261.

Study name Convalescent plasma in the treatment of COVID 19
Methods
  • Trial design: single‐arm intervention study 

  • Sample size: 15

  • Setting: hospital 

  • Country: USA

  • Language: English

  • Number of centres: 1

Participants
  • Inclusion criteria

    • All genders

    • Age > 18 years and < 90 years

    • Must have laboratory‐confirmed COVID‐19

    • Must provide informed consent

    • Must have severe or immediately life‐threatening COVID‐19

  • Exclusion criteria

    • No gender exclusion

    • Age < 18 years and > 90 years

    • COVID‐19‐negative

Interventions
  • CP therapy or hyperimmune immunoglobulin therapy: CP 

  • Details of CP:

    • type of plasma: NR

    • volume: 2 units (mL NR)

    • number of doses: NR

    • antibody‐titre: NR

    • pathogen inactivated or not: NR

  • Treatment details, including time of plasma therapy (e.g. early stage of disease): severe or life‐threatening 

  • For studies including a control group: comparator (type): none (single‐arm)

  • Concomitant therapy: NR

  • Treatment cross‐overs: not applicable

Outcomes
  • Primary study outcome: mortality within 28 days, viral load, serum antibody titers 

  • Primary review outcomes

    • All‐cause mortality at hospital discharge: yes (within 28 days)

    • Time to death: yes (within 28 days)

  • Secondary review outcomes

    • Number of participants with grade 3 and grade 4 AEs, including potential relationship between intervention and adverse reaction (e.g. TRALI, transfusion‐transmitted infection, TACO, TAD, acute transfusion reactions): NR

    • Number of participants with SAEs: NR

    • Improvement of clinical symptoms, assessed through need for respiratory support at up to 7 days; 8‐15 days; 16‐30 days: NR

    • 30‐day and 90‐day mortality: NR (within 28 days only)

    • Admission on the ICU: NR

    • Length of stay on the ICU: NR

    • Time to discharge from hospital: NR

    • QoL: NR

  • Additional outcomes: 

    • Reduction of viral load

    • Change in serum antibody titres

Starting date 10 April 2020
Contact information Contact: Latha Dulipsingh, MD860‐714‐4402; Latha.Dulipsingh@trinityhealthofne.org
Notes
  • Recruitment status: not yet recruiting 

  • Prospective completion date: 1 April 2021

  • Sponsor/funding: Saint Francis Care