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. 2020 Aug 20;15(8):e0237903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237903

Table 4. Characteristics of specific interventions reported in seven or more trial registry entries.

A
Trial intervention Trial registry entries Recruitment ongoing Recruitment completed Disease specification Continents Multicenter
Prevention Diagnosed/suspected COVID Mild/moderate symptoms Hospitalized/severe/ ICU Asia Europe North America South America Africa
n n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Chloroquine 113 62 (55%) 7 (6%) 60 (53%) 21 (19%) 15 (13%) 17 (15%) 42 (37%) 24 (21%) 32 (28%) 6 (5%) 4 (4%) 36 (32%)
Convalescent Plasma 64 38 (59%) 5 (8%) 1 (2%) 5 (8%) 5 (8%) 53 (83%) 23 (36%) 11 (17%) 19 (30%) 9 (14%) 2 (3%) 22 (34%)
Stem cells 51 24 (47%) 3 (6%) 1 (2%) 7 (14%) 2 (4%) 41 (80%) 25 (49%) 10 (20%) 10 (20%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%) 9 (18%)
Chloroquine + other 30 17 (57%) 4 (13%) 4 (13%) 5 (17%) 4 (13%) 17 (57%) 12 (40%) 14 (47%) 2 (7%) 0 0 17 (57%)
Chloroquine / Azithromycin 22 9 (41%) 0 2 (9%) 2 (9%) 5 (23%) 13 (59%) 4 (18%) 6 (27%) 8 (36%) 3 (14%) 1 (5%) 7 (32%)
Tocilizumab 19 15 (79%) 0 0 1 (5%) 3 (16%) 15 (79%) 3 (16%) 9 (47%) 4 (21%) 1 (5%) 0 11 (58%)
Favipiravir 19 10 (53%) 2 (11%) 0 2 (11%) 10 (53%) 7 (37%) 13 (68%) 2 (11%) 2 (11%) 0 2 (11%) 7 (37%)
BCG vaccine 17 12 (71%) 0 17 (100%) 0 0 0 3 (18%) 8 (47%) 1 (6%) 2 (12%) 2 (12%) 14 (82%)
Ivermectin 17 9 (53%) 2 (12%) 2 (12%) 2 (12%) 7 (41%) 6 (35%) 7 (41%) 4 (24%) 0 4 (24%) 2 (12%) 5 (29%)
Prone position 16 13 (81%) 0 0 0 3 (19%) 13 (81%) 1 (6%) 6 (38%) 9 (56%) 0 0 7 (44%)
Colchicine 16 15 (94%) 1 (6%) 0 5 (31%) 4 (25%) 7 (44%) 4 (25%) 7 (44%) 4 (25%) 0 0 7 (44%)
Azithromycin 15 8 (53%) 2 (13%) 0 5 (33%) 3 (20%) 7 (47%) 4 (27%) 7 (47%) 2 (13%) 1 (7%) 1 (7%) 6 (40%)
Enoxaparin 11 7 (64%) 0 0 0 4 (36%) 7 (64%) 2 (18%) 4 (36%) 3 (27%) 2 (18%) 0 5 (45%)
Vitamin C 10 2 (20%) 4 (40%) 0 1 (10%) 1 (10%) 8 (80%) 6 (60%) 0 3 (30%) 0 0 1 (10%)
Nitric Oxide 10 5 (50%) 0 1 (10%) 1 (10%) 3 (30%) 5 (50%) 0 0 10 (100%) 0 0 2 (20%)
Ozone autohemotherapy 9 4 (44%) 2 (22%) 0 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 6 (67%) 4 (44%) 4 (44%) 1 (11%) 0 0 2 (22%)
INF-Beta 9 5 (56%) 2 (22%) 0 4 (44%) 1 (11%) 4 (44%) 8 (89%) 1 (11%) 0 0 0 2 (22%)
Glucocorticoid 9 5 (56%) 1 (11%) 0 1 (11%) 1 (11%) 7 (78%) 5 (56%) 2 (22%) 0 2 (22%) 0 3 (33%)
Vitamin D 8 5 (63%) 0 0 2 (25%) 2 (25%) 4 (50%) 1 (13%) 5 (63%) 1 (13%) 1 (13%) 0 3 (38%)
Sarilumab 8 6 (75%) 0 0 1 (13%) 2 (25%) 5 (63%) 0 6 (75%) 2 (25%) 0 0 2 (25%)
Vitamin A 7 2 (29%) 2 (29%) 0 2 (29%) 1 (14%) 4 (57%) 6 (86%) 0 0 0 1 (14%) 1 (14%)
Heparin 7 5 (71%) 0 0 0 0 7 (100%) 0 1 (14%) 5 (71%) 0 0 4 (57%)
B
Trial intervention Trial registry entries No. of blinded parties Sample size Total participants Mortality outcome
None (open label) 1 2 3 4 < 50 50–199 200–999 ≥1000 Primary Secondary Participants assessed for mortality
n n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n n (%) n (%) n (%)
Chloroquine 113 41 (36%) 9 (8%) 23 (20%) 9 (8%) 24 (21%) 5 (4%) 25 (22%) 52 (46%) 31 (27%) 199,841 16 (14%) 39 (35%) 51,829 (26%)
Convalescent Plasma 64 37 (58%) 3 (5%) 12 (19%) 7 (11%) 4 (6%) 12 (19%) 33 (52%) 17 (27%) 2 (3%) 11,840 27 (42%) 25 (39%) 10,331 (87%)
Stem cells 51 17 (33%) 4 (8%) 10 (20%) 5 (10%) 10 (20%) 28 (55%) 20 (39%) 3 (6%) 0 3,370 16 (31%) 14 (27%) 2,124 (63%)
Chloroquine + other 30 21 (70%) 0 3 (10%) 2 (7%) 3 (10%) 0 9 (30%) 8 (27%) 13 (43%) 46,944 11 (37%) 12 (40%) 39,314 (84%)
Chloroquine / Azithromycin 22 13 (59%) 1 (5%) 2 (9%) 2 (9%) 4 (18%) 2 (9%) 5 (23%) 11 (50%) 4 (18%) 12,186 5 (23%) 8 (36%) 9,960 (82%)
Tocilizumab 19 10 (53%) 0 7 (37%) 0 1 (5%) 1 (5%) 9 (47%) 9 (47%) 0 4,139 7 (37%) 12 (63%) 4,139 (100%)
Favipiravir 19 14 (74%) 0 4 (21%) 0 0 2 (11%) 12 (63%) 4 (21%) 1 (5%) 3,210 0 8 (42%) 1,232 (38%)
BCG vaccine 17 2 (12%) 4 (24v 3 (18%) 0 8 (47%) 0 0 4 (24%) 13 (76%) 27,262 1 (6%) 10 (59%) 15,616 (57%)
Ivermectin 17 5 (29%) 1 (6%) 7 (41%) 1 (6%) 3 (18%) 3 (18%) 12 (71%) 2 (12%) 0 1,752 1 (6%) 1 (6%) 326 (19%)
Prone position 16 12 (75%) 3 (19%) 1 (6%) 0 0 0 5 (31%) 11 (69%) 0 4,228 8 (50%) 5 (31%) 3,612 (85%)
Colchicine 16 9 (56%) 2 (13%) 3 (19%) 1 (6%) 1 (6%) 1 (6%) 8 (50%) 3 (19%) 4 (25%) 12,268 4 (25%) 6 (38%) 11,624 (95%)
Azithromycin 15 10 (67%) 1 (7%) 1 (7%) 1 (7%) 2 (13%) 1 (7%) 6 (40%) 7 (47%) 1 (7%) 5,591 3 (20%) 8 (53%) 4,893 (88%)
Enoxaparin 11 10 (91%) 1 (9%) 0 0 0 1 (9%) 4 (36%) 3 (27%) 3 (27%) 6,134 5 (45%) 4 (36%) 6,014 (98%)
Vitamin C 10 2 (20%) 1 (10%) 3 (30%) 1 (10%) 3 (30%) 2 (20%) 5 (50%) 3 (30%) 0 1,706 1 (10%) 6 (60%) 1,490 (87%)
Nitric Oxide 10 5 (50%) 1 (10%) 1 (10%) 1 (10%) 2 (20%) 4 (40%) 0 6 (60%) 0 2,082 0 7 (70%) 1,292 (62%)
Ozone autohemotherapy 9 3 (33%) 4 (44%) 1 (11%) 0 0 2 (22%) 6 (67%) 1 (11%) 0 872 1 (11%) 3 (33%) 470 (54%)
INF-Beta 9 4 (44%) 0 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 1 (11%) 3 (33%) 3 (33%) 3 (33%) 0 1,348 1 (11%) 4 (44%) 630 (47%)
Glucocorticoid 9 5 (56%) 1 (11%) 0 0 1 (11%) 1 (11%) 4 (44%) 4 (44%) 0 1,542 3 (33%) 4 (44%) 1,342 (87%)
Vitamin D 8 3 (38%) 0 2 (25%) 0 3 (38%) 0 3 (38%) 2 (25%) 3 (38%) 4,487 4 (50%) 3 (38%) 4,423 (99%)
Sarilumab 8 6 (75%) 0 0 0 2 (25%) 1 (13%) 2 (25%) 5 (63%) 0 1,726 2 (25%) 5 (63%) 1,486 (86%)
Vitamin A 7 5 (71%) 0 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 0 2 (29%) 3 (43%) 2 (29%) 0 1,089 0 2 (29%) 405 (37%)
Heparin 7 2 (29%) 2 (29%) 0 1 (14%) 2 (29%) 0 3 (43%) 3 (43%) 1 (14%) 4,454 3 (43%) 3 (43%) 4,354 (98%)