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. 2023 Jan 7;31(1):21–35. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-01129-1

Table 1.

Clinical trials investigated the anti-COVID-19 effects of ivermectin

Number of patients Country of study Ivermectin dose Description/outcome References
Positive responded studies 280 United States 200 mg/kg/day

1) Reduced mortality in both general and severe lung disease patients compared to the control

2) No significant difference in length of hospitalization relative to the control

Rajter et al. (2021)
69 Iran 0.2 mg/kg/day Significantly reduced mean dyspnea, persistent cough, hospitalization, and incidence of lymphopenia Shahbaznejad et al. (2021a)
72 Bangladesh 12 mg The safety and effectiveness of Ivermectin were confirmed as well as the effect of Ivermectin on the virus clearance rate and improvement of clinical symptoms Ahmed et al. (2021)
66 Turkey 200 µg/kg/day Improved clinical recovery, improve prognostic test indicators, and reduce mortality Okumuş et al. (2021)
Negative responded studies 125 India 12 and 24 mg/day Increased negative RT-PCR tests or decreased viral loads in patients receiving Covid19, but no statistically significant difference compared with the placebo group Mohan et al. (2021)
490 Malaysia 0.4 mg/kg/day No significant difference compared to the control, so treatment with Ivermectin in the early stages of COVID-19 could not prevent the disease from progressing to more serious stages Lim et al. (2022b)
501 Argentina 12 and 18 mg/day No significant difference compared to the control Vallejos et al. (2021)
476 Colombia 300 g/kg/day No significant improved symptom remission of COVID-19 López-Medina et al. (2021)
100 Lebanon 9 mg, 12 mg, and 150 µg/kg

1) Significantly elevated Ct values compared with the control group

2) Fewer symptoms, lower viral loads, and fewer hospitalizations compared with the control group

Samaha et al. (2021)