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Vermont Business Magazine In large clinical trial conducted worldwide, full dose anti-coagulation (blood thinner) treatments given to moderately ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19 reduced the requirement of vital organ support such as the need for ventilation. A trend in possible reduction of mortality was also observed and is being further studied. With large numbers of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, these outcomes could also help reduce the overload on intensive care units around the world. Dr Mary Cushman, at the University of Vermont s Larner College of Medicine, is a lead investigator on one aspect of the trial. The trial does not include any Vermont patients.
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NIH Pauses Anticoagulant Trial For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Therapeutic anticoagulation trials is looking at which blood thinners are best to use to treat COVID-caused venous thrombosis embolism (VTE)
Thrombus formation in the aortic arch in a 46-year-old COVID patients in the ICU. Three trials are underway to find which anticoagulant strategy is best to treat moderate and critically ill patients where COVID-causes venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is a major cause of complications. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al.
December 23, 2020 Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients. Among critically ill COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) support, therapeutic anticoagulation drugs did not reduce the need for organ support. Enrollment continues for moderately ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the trials.
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Researchers test effects of full doses of anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients
Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients.
Among critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) support, full-dose anticoagulation drugs did not improve outcomes. Enrollment continues for moderately ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the trials.
As is normal for clinical trials, these trials are overseen by independent boards that routinely review the data and are composed of experts in ethics, biostatistics, clinical trials, and blood clotting disorders. Informed by the deliberations of these oversight boards, all of the trial sites have paused enrollment of the most critically ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19.