Overview
Double blind, placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of ivermectin in preventing progression of disease in adult patients with early stages of COVID-19
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age
- Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR in a Colombian NIH-approved laboratory
- Beginning of symptoms in the past 5 days
- Mild disease
- Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Preexisting liver disease
- Hypersensitivity to ivermectin
- Participants in other clinical trials for therapies against COVID-19
- Severe pneumonia
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Concomitant use of warfarin, erdafitinib or quinidine
- Use of ivermectin in the 48 hours prior to randomization
- Inability to obtain a blood sample needed to assess liver transaminases
- Elevation of transaminases >1.25 times the normal level