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<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_summary (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT health_condition_keyword (hc_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_code (i_code+)>
<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT i_keyword (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
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<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT source_support (source_name+)>
<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20200611047735N2</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2021-02-13</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Bandare-abbas University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The effect of Plasmapheresis in the treatment of patients with COVID-19</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Study of the therapeutic role of plasmapheresis in patients with COVID-19 and its effect on serum levels of inflammatory factors</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2020-10-22</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>45</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/52426</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Single, Purpose: Treatment.</study_design>
      <phase>2</phase>
      <hc_freetext>COVID-19.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention group: Plasmapheresis will be performed in 3 sessions at intervals of 24 to 36 hours based on the daily evaluation of the patient in the dialysis ward of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital in Bandar Abbas. Plasmapheresis will be performed by MSC + device is one of the types of apheresis devices of blood components including platelets, WBC, RBC, stem cells with high efficiency of plasmapheresis, with minimal platelet loss. Disposable single-needle sets will also used during plasmapheresis..</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is There is no further information</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Mehdi Hassani Azad</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Jomhouri Eslami Blvd</address>
        <city>Bandar Abbas</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>7919915519</zip>
        <telephone>+98 76 3333 7192</telephone>
        <email>mehdi.hassaniazad@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Bandare-abbas University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Mehdi Hassani Azad</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Jomhouri Eslami Blvd</address>
        <city>Bandar Abbas</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>7919915519</zip>
        <telephone>+98 76 3333 7192</telephone>
        <email>mehdi.hassaniazad@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Bandare-abbas University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>COVID-19 patients with positive Realtime PCR test for COVID-19
tachypnea&gt; Respiratory Rate 30 per minute and dyspnea,  Oxygen saturation lower than 88% and  fraction of inspired oxygen/ PaO2 ratio lower to equal 300, and increased lung involvement by more than 50% on CT scan.
Patient with symptoms of respiratory failure, patient in need or under mechanical ventilation, patient with multiple organ failure and patient with shock symptoms
Presence of two positive inflammatory markers including: Ferritin greater than 1000 or CRP above 50 mg/dl  or ′ ′ +++ ′ ′ or Lactate dehydrogenase greater than 1000
Lack of proper response to antiviral and corticosteroid therapy and hypoxia during hospitalization</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>no limit</agemin>
      <agemax>no limit</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Low blood pressure lower than normal range, which causes a further decrease in blood pressure during plasmapheresis.
Coagulation disorders that cause bleeding during plasmapheresis.
Decreased blood platelets below the normal range, which may increase bleeding during plasmapheresis.</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>U07.1</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>COVID-19</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Devices</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: Plasmapheresis will be performed in 3 sessions at intervals of 24 to 36 hours based on the daily evaluation of the patient in the dialysis ward of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital in Bandar Abbas. Plasmapheresis will be performed by MSC + device is one of the types of apheresis devices of blood components including platelets, WBC, RBC, stem cells with high efficiency of plasmapheresis, with minimal platelet loss. Disposable single-needle sets will also used during plasmapheresis.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Serum IL-6 levels. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: ELISA technique.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Serum IL-1β levels. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: ELISA technique.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Serum TNF-α levels. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: ELISA technique.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Serum IFN-γ levels. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: ELISA technique.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Clinical manifestation. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: Clinical examination and completion of a questionnaire.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Inflammatory factors of peripheral blood. Timepoint: Before plasmapheresis and after the last stage of plasmapheresis. Method of measurement: Peripheral blood test.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Bandare-abbas University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2020-09-26</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics committee of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Jomhouri Eslami Blvd Bandar Abbas Hormozgan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
