5 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
The objective of the study is to estimate the frequency of cardiac arrhythmias and characterize the mode of death in patients with coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19). The study will also evaluate the long term cardiac outcomes in patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19. This is a single-center, retrospective/ prospective registry enrolling all COVID-19 positive patients at Mount Sinai Hospital. Cohort 1: Retrospective chart review: 1. Patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection at Mount Sinai Hospital will be included. 2. A cohort of 1000 influenza patients will also be evaluated for purpose of comparison. Cohort 2: Prospective data collection of 100 patients who: 1. Were hospitalized for COVID-19 and who had an abnormal echocardiogram during hospitalization. 2. A matched cohort (for age, gender, troponin level, and days since hospital discharge) who did not have abnormalities on their echocardiograms (or who did not undergo echocardiogram) to ascertain that in this unusual disease, subjects did not develop echo abnormalities following hospital discharge.
This project will test the efficacy of fluoxetine to prevent serious consequences of COVID-19 infection, especially death. Becoming sick with COVID-19 virus or any other serious respiratory condition is not fun. However, the dramatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human society stem from its significant mortality, not the number of individuals who become sick. This project aims to prevent serious outcomes such as hospitalization, respiratory failure and death during the time it takes to develop vaccinations and other strategies to prevent COVID-19 infectionPoor outcomes with COVID-19 infection such as hospitalization, respiratory failure, organ failure and death are associated with a dysfunctional exaggerated immune response, called a cytokine storm, that is triggered by Interleukin-6 expression (IL-6) and seems to occur around day 5 to 7 of symptoms. Fluoxetine has extraordinarily strong evidence in its action as a blocker of IL-6 and cytokine storms in both animal models of infection and in human illness such as rheumatoid arthritis and others. This action of fluoxetine is an entirely separate pathway than the serotonergic pathway that allows fluoxetine to act as an antidepressant. This pathway has been demonstrated in cell culture, in animal models, in human illness and by novel bioinformatics analyses of protein transcripts to be relatively unique for fluoxetine and appears to be a novel pathway. This project aims to inhibit the increase in IL-6 expression and thereby prevent the cytokine storm that causes poor outcomes. Patients who have tested positive or are presumptively positive for COVID-19 will be entered into the study and given the option to start the medication fluoxetine, which is demonstrated to prevent IL-6 surges in infectious and inflammatory conditions. Participants will be monitored daily for COVID-19 symptoms and weekly for side effects and tolerance of fluoxetine. A subset of patients will have blood drawn weekly and stored to monitor IL-6 and other cytokine levels at a later date. This project aims to reduce the serious outcomes of COVID-19 infection by preventing or inhibiting the cytokine storm associated with organ failure, respiratory failure and death.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (Azithro) to prevent hospitalization or death in symptomatic adult outpatients with COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The Vitamin D for COVID-19 Trial (VIVID) is a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 2024 men and women from across the U.S. and Mongolia to investigate whether taking a daily dietary supplement of vitamin D vs. placebo for 4 weeks reduces the rate of seeking healthcare for symptoms or concerns related to COVID-19 in participants recently diagnosed with COVID-19, and reduces the risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in household contacts of individuals with newly diagnosed COVID-19.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether rivaroxaban reduces the risk of a composite endpoint of major venous and arterial thrombotic events, all-cause hospitalization, and all-cause mortality compared with placebo in outpatients with acute, symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection.