Impact of vitamins A, B, C, D, and E supplementation on improvement and mortality rate in ICU patients with coronavirus-19: a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study will evaluate the main hypothesis that supplementation with vitamins A, B, C, D, and E significantly improves the severity and mortality rate in ICU patients with COVID-19.

Trial design

This study is a randomized, single-blinded, two-arm (1:1 ratio) parallel group clinical trial.

Participants

We are conducting this study in patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units at the Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex in Tehran, Iran. The inclusion criteria are as follows: (1) aged between 20 and 60 years, (2) both male and female patients with COVID-19, (3) clinical or definitive diagnosis (using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test), (4) patients have not participated in other clinical trials, and (5) no renal or hepatic abnormalities. The exclus

SUBMITTER: Beigmohammadi MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336105 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature