Fluoxetine to Reduce Hospitalization From COVID-19 Infection (FloR COVID-19)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04570449. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Brief summary
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The current research is a pilot study to determine the feasibility of recruiting and retaining 40 participants diagnosed with COVID-19. The purpose is to observe the early use of fluoxetine (commonly known as Prozac) to reduce the severity of the COVID-19 illness. Fluoxetine is a drug that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1987 for various mental health disorders.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04570449
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 2020 (Estimated)
- Primary completion
- Nov 2021 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Dec 2021 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Dec 24, 2020
2020 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Clinical Research Center | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Dec 24, 2020 · Synced Nov 9, 2026
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