Ivermectin in combination with doxycycline for treating COVID-19 symptoms: a randomized trial

• Published in: Journal of international medical research Vol. 49; no. 5; p. 3000605211013550
• Main Authors: Mahmud, Reaz, Rahman, Md. Mujibur, Alam, Iftikher, Ahmed, Kazi Gias Uddin, Kabir, A.K.M. Humayon, Sayeed, S.K. Jakaria Been, Rassel, Mohammad Aftab, Monayem, Farhana Binte, Islam, Md Shahidul, Islam, Mohammad Monirul, Barshan, Anindita Das, Hoque, Mohammad Mahfuzul, Mallik, MD. Uzzal, Yusuf, Mohammad Abdullah, Hossain, Mohammad Zaid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2021; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Antibiotics; Clinical Research Report; Confidence intervals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Doxycycline - therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Ivermectin - therapeutic use; Male; SARS-CoV-2; Treatment Outcome; COVID-19; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; infection; doxycycline; recovery time; Ivermectin

Objective We evaluated whether ivermectin combined with doxycycline reduced the clinical recovery time in adults with COVID-19 infection. Methods This was a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms randomly assigned to treatment (n = 200) and...