Randomized trials - Ivermectin repurposing for COVID-19 treatment of outpatients with mild disease in primary health care centers
Rossana Elena Chahla, Luis Medina Ruiz, Teresa Mena, Yolanda Brepe, Paola Terranova, Eugenia Silvana Ortega, Guillermo Gabriel Barrenechea, Daniel Gustavo Goroso, María De Los Ángeles Peral De Bruno
Research, Society and Development, doi:10.33448/rsd-v11i8.30844
Randomized trials -Ivermectin repurposing for COVID-19 treatment of outpatients with mild disease in primary health care centers Ensaio aleatório -Reutilização de Ivermectina para tratamento COVID-19 de pacientes ambulatórios com doença leve em centros primários de saúde Ensayos aleatorios -Reutilización de la Ivermectina para el tratamiento con COVID-19 de pacientes ambulatorios con enfermedad leve en centros de atención primaria
Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate The people who agreed to participate in the study gave their informed consent before starting the study. The protocol was approved by Independent Ethical Committee / Health Research Directorate, Ministry of Health, Tucumán Government, Argentina, IRB: 054/2020 in accordance with the ReNIS, National Register in Health Research, Argentina /0032.
Consent for publication "Not applicable"
Conflict of Interests The authors did not receive any monetary compensation for this work. They declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Authors' contributions ESO supervised the database. GGB, ESO and DGG contributed with the data processing and contributed to the statistical analysis. ESO, DGG and MPB were responsible for writing the manuscript. TM, YB and PT contributed to data collection. REC and LMR were the institutional managers to carry out the work. MPB supervised the project.
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