Many reports argued about the possible beneficial effects of Hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 patients and this study was designed to investigate this claim
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
400mg BD first day then 200 mg BD for 5 days
SNH
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
RECRUITINGtime to viral clearance
PCR will be done every 72 h day till 2 consecutive negative PCR tests(24h apart) which is the viral clearance.The time between randomization and viral clearance is the viral clearance time
Time frame: 21 days after patients randomization
% of mortality
total number of deaths divided by total number of the group
Time frame: 60 days after randomization
Length of stay
time from patients randomization till discharge
Time frame: 60 days after randomization
time to be afebrile
time from randomization till day of fever subsiding
Time frame: 60 days after randomization
need for mechanical ventilation
%of deteriorated patients necessitates mechanical ventilation
Time frame: 60 days after randomization
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