Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for COVID-19-associated Hyperviscosity

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

20

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 17, 2020

Primary Completion Date

March 18, 2021

Study Completion Date

March 18, 2021

Conditions
COVID-19
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)

Participants will receive two treatments of TPE with frozen plasma (FP) replacement on two sequential days (Day 2 and Day 3). All procedures will be performed by the apheresis staff at the hospital sites, following institutional standard operating procedures. FP will be obtained from American Red Cross or LifeSouth Community Blood centers.

OTHER

Standard of care

Participants will continue to receive standard of care and be closely monitored by ICU team for any change in clinical status, and any adverse events directly related to study intervention will be reported to the study investigator.

Trial Locations (3)

30308

Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta

Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta

30322

Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Emory University

OTHER

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