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Study aim
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evaluation of the effect of treatment regimen contains Intrefron beta-1-b on the Covid 19 patients compared with those patients who received treatment regimen without interfron.
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Design
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Open label, controlled and paralleled non-randomized clinical trial with control group phase 2-3 on 150 patients as two intervention and control groups.
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Settings and conduct
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Sampling for arterial oxygen pressure and other blood sample parameters (LDH, ESR,, CBC, D-dimer, Lymphocyte and neutrophil absolute count) will be measured at the beginning of hospitalization and the end of treatment course. Severity of lung involvement assessed by CT scan of chest.
This study will be held on the patient hospitalized in Shahid Mohammadi hospital, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Positive real time PCR test from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs, Degree of lung involvement by CT-severity scoring, Arterial Po2 pressure less than 93 mmHg, and respiratory rate more than 30 times/min.
Exclusion criteria: Chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disorder, Malignancy and other condition like pregnancy, breastfeeding and corticosteroid therapy.
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Intervention groups
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90 patients will be selected as an intervention group and 50 patients as a control group. The intervention group will be received routine treatment regimen plus Interferon beta-1-b and control group will be received routine regimen only.
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Main outcome variables
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CRP - LDH - ESR - WBC - Neutrophil count-Lymphocyte count- D-dimer - CT severity score- Po2 -