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Anticoagulant treatment and risk of adverse outcomes among hospitalized COVID-19 patients [Funder: MI4]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)

  • Principal Investigator

    Filion, Kristian

  • Research Location

    Canada, South Korea

  • Lead Research Institution

    McGill University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Therapeutics research, development and implementation

  • Research Subcategory

    Pre-clinical studies

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Blood thinning drugs may be an important treatment for COVID-19. New evidence shows that those with severe cases of COVID-19 develop abnormal blood clotting that can endanger their lives. Dr. Kristian Filion and his team, which includes several collaborators from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, are combing through a Korean health care database to determine whether administering anti-coagulant (blood thinning) drugs to COVID-19 patients eases their symptoms and increases chances of survival. If the research team determines that anti-coagulation drugs are effective, they could be a new tool to treat severe cases of COVID-19.