UVA Light Device to Treat COVID-19

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronavirus

Treatments: Device: UV Light Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04572399

883

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study will assess the safety and effectiveness of UV light treatment in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Full description

This is a single center, open label, pilot study. 5 adult patients, aged over 18, who are confirmed positive with SARS-CoV-2 and are newly intubed, will receive UV light treatment to reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed positive test result for SARS-CoV-2
• Mechanically ventilated
• Endotracheal tube inner diameter of at least 7.5 mm

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent (or surrogate)
• Enrolled in a therapeutic clinical trial for same condition that does not allow recruitment in other trials
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Endotracheal UV Light

Experimental group

Description:

Mechanically ventilated patients who will receive UV Light therapy

Treatment:

Device: UV Light Treatment