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Study aim
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Clinical study to investigate the effectiveness of curcumin-containing nanomaterials and its effects on immune cell balance as a therapeutic supplement in the treatment of COVID-19
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Design
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Clinical trial with control groups using placebo with parallel group, double-blind, randomized trials will be performed on 40 COVID-19 patients which will be randomized using encoded sealed wax boxes.
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Settings and conduct
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Patients are selected from the COVID-19 ward of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital in Bandar Abbas. Patients who enter the study receive standard treatment with nanocurcumin or placebo within two weeks. the study is blinded by the therapist, patient, data collector, and analyzer through randomly encoded boxes. on days 1, 7, and 14 of the study, clinical history and blood samples are taken from patients.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
Laboratory-approved COVID-19 tests
Both gender
Age between 18 and 75 years
Signing a written consent
Lack of participation in other clinical trials
;Exclusion criteria
Pregnancy and lactation
Allergy to turmeric or curcumin
Smoking
Patient connected to the ventilator
SaO2 less than 90% or PaO2 less than 8 kPa
Having comorbidities (such as severe renal failure Glomerular filtration rate less than 30 ml / min, liver failure ,Congestive heart failure, or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
History of gallstones
History of gastritis or active gastrointestinal ulcer
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Intervention groups
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In addition to the usual treatments, in the intervention group, 40mg nanocurcumin capsules 4 mg per day (after breakfast, lunch and dinner, one before bedtime) for 2 weeks, and in the placebo group, capsules with the same appearance are prescribed
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Main outcome variables
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Effectiveness of nano micelles containing curcumin as a complementary treatment in improving symptoms of patients with COVID-19 and examining changes in the immune cell balance