Treatment of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome with a combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and interferon-β1b (MIRACLE trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background It had been more than 5 years since the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) was recorded, but no specific treatment has been investigated in randomized clinical trials. Results from in vitro and animal studies suggest that a combination...

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Main Authors: Yaseen M. Arabi, Adel Alothman, Hanan H. Balkhy, Abdulaziz Al-Dawood, Sameera AlJohani, Shmeylan Al Harbi, Suleiman Kojan, Majed Al Jeraisy, Ahmad M. Deeb, Abdullah M. Assiri, Fahad Al-Hameed, Asim AlSaedi, Yasser Mandourah, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Nisreen Murad Sherbeeni, Fatehi Elnour Elzein, Javed Memon, Yusri Taha, Abdullah Almotairi, Khalid A. Maghrabi, Ismael Qushmaq, Ali Al Bshabshe, Ayman Kharaba, Sarah Shalhoub, Jesna Jose, Robert A. Fowler, Frederick G. Hayden, Mohamed A. Hussein, And the MIRACLE trial group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2427-0