JAKARTA – Indonesian Ministry of Health (Litbangkes) fitness and progression company has begun large-scale clinical trials of convalescent blood plasma treatment in patients with Covid-19.
He added that 20 more hospitals would be arriving soon.
He said 364 patients with Covid-19 would be recruited for clinical trials, which are expected to be completed within 3 months, adding that convalescent plasma has been shown to be effective in small studies on the remedy of certain infectious diseases. and Sars, and convalescent plasma can only be administered to patients with Covid-19 under emergency conditions or for study purposes.
Research on its effectiveness and protection is ongoing, some early effects are encouraging.
Slamet said randomized controlled trials would be needed to determine the effectiveness of treatment.
“The main objective of researchers is the protection and efficacy of treatment. To this end, Litbangkes supports the efforts of all physicians to carry out convalescence treatment in patients with Covid-19,” he said.
Treatment will use blood plasma taken from cured patients.
The plasma will be injected into critically ill Covid-19 patients in hopes of boosting their immune systems. David H Muldjono, a researcher at the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, said that convalescent plasma treatment can be performed in Covid-19 patients who have severe symptoms with pneumonia and hypoxia.
Test subjects should be at least 18 years of age and lately have moderate to severe symptoms of Covid-19 Subjects will receive an injection of two hundred ml of blood plasma twice daily for 3 days and will be monitored intensively for 28 days. Clinical trials are conducted through Litbangkes in partnership with the Eijkman Institute, the Ministry of Research and Technology, the National Research and Innovation Agency (Brin), the Indonesia Red Cross (PMI), the Food and Drug Surveillance Agency (BPOM). and several hospitals.
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