“Early transfusion of convalescent plasma in older patients with COVID-19 to prevent disease progression: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial”

Abstract Objectives The primary objective is to demonstrate that COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) prevents progression to severe pneumonia in elderly COVID-19 pneumonia patients with chronic comorbidities. Secondary objectives are to demonstrate that CCP decreases the viral load in nasopharyngeal...

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Main Authors: Luciana Teofili, Raffaele Landolfi, Antonella Cingolani, Andrea Antinori, Jacopo Vecchiet, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Antonio Gasbarrini, Tina Pasciuto, Nicoletta Orlando, Silvia Lamonica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04821-1