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Noble metals such as gold and silver have been appreciated for millennia not only for their beauty but also for their ability to fight diseases.
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been employed as chemical drugs thanks to their unique physiochemical and chemical properties as well as biological features, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenesis, antiplatelet, antifungal, anti-cancer and antibacterial activities I
Noble metals such as gold and silver have been appreciated for millennia not only for their beauty but also for their ability to fight diseases.
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been employed as chemical drugs thanks to their unique physiochemical and chemical properties as well as biological features, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenesis, antiplatelet, antifungal, anti-cancer and antibacterial activities Infectious diseases account for more than 20% of global mortality and viruses are responsible for about one-third of these deaths. Highly infectious viral diseases such as severe acute respiratory (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are emerging more frequently and their worldwide spread poses a serious threat to human health and the global economy.
The current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) .
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Silver Group | Experimental |
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| Placebo Group | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Colloidal Silver | Drug | Orally: colloidal silver 1 dose of 30ml, 3 times a day for 5 days (use a plastic measuring cup and not a measuring cup or a metal spoon) and By inhalation: nebulization of 5ml of colloidal silver solution once, 3 times a day for 5 days. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Chage of clinical status | the distribution of clinical status assessed on the 7-point ordinal scale on day 10 of the study | 10 DAYS |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Adverse events | adverse events throughout the study period | ON 1 month |
| the duration of hospitalization | number of days of hospitalization |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Boukef Riadh, professor | Contact | 00 216 98 676 745 | riadboukef@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Boukef Riadh, professor | HU Sahloul | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| HU Sahloul, sousse, Tunisia | Recruiting | Sousse | Itinéraire Ceinture Cité Sahloul | 4054 | Tunisia |
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| ID | Term |
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| D045169 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| D000086382 | COVID-19 |
| ID | Term |
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| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D018352 | Coronavirus Infections |
| D003333 | Coronaviridae Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| C586932 | colloidal silver |
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| Placebo | Drug | Orally: EPPI 1 dose of 30 ml, 3 times a day for 5 days By inhalation: nebulization of 5ml of EPPI solution once a day, 3 times a day for 5 days. |
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| ON 11 days |
| the duration of the different respiratory assistance modes | the duration of the different respiratory assistance modes | ON 11 days |
| all-cause mortality | the cause and the date of Death | ON 1 month |
| D030341 | Nidovirales Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |