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Withdrawn Early Phase 1 Interventional

Fluoxetine to Reduce Hospitalization From COVID-19 Infection (FloR COVID-19)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04570449

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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Withdrawn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

Interventions

Drug

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
Oct 31, 2020
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2021
Completion
Nov 30, 2021
Last update posted
Dec 23, 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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