Argentina’s IVERCAR Ivermectin & Carrageenan Study Shows Positive Results

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"Argentina’s IVERCAR Ivermectin & Carrageenan Study Shows Positive Results Targeting COVID-19
Sep 3, 2020"

"Intervention Combination

This study used a combination of ivermectin (Ivercass) and iota Carrageenan. The hypothesis involving iota carrageenan comes out of a recently published study in preprint server bioRxiv found that the compound typically used as a thickening agent in food products successfully inhibited SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures at a concentration as low as 6ug/ml.

Numerous case series in hospitals and health centers around the world have revealed the potential of ivermectin. A few random controlled trials have been completed and published in TrialSite. Medical journals have exhibited little interest in any ivermectin research based on observations thus far."

"The Results

The Argentinian study team reported that the study data revealed that of the participants in the control group (e.g. not taking the study drug combination) 58% of the participants were infected with COVID-19 during the duration of the trial. The study team reported no contagions were recorded in the carrageenan and ivermectin arm, showcasing the compounds’ virucidal effects can potentially protect against COVID-19.

The study’s primary endpoint in a 30 day time period was “Reduction in contagion” for health personnel. The study team established in the protocol that the average desertion worldwide was established at 27%. The study team established that the aim would be to “reduce dramatically” and assuming these claims are factual the results are striking. Out of 788 self-administered from the intervention arm, not one person fell ill to SARS-CoV-2.

The team also reported that “both molecules accumulate in the salivary glands, so they have the potential to prevent viral spread by asymptomatic patients by inactivating the viral particles in the saliva.”"

https://trialsitenews.com/argentinas-ivercar-ivermectin-carrageenan-study-shows-positive-results-targeting-covid-19/

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"Zagazig University Randomized Controlled Ivermectin Study Results Confirms PI Hypothesis: Drug Effective Against COVID-19

Aug 28, 2020"

"A principal investor from Zagazig University, Dr. Waheed Shouman, recently completed a randomized, open label, interventional trial titled “Use of Ivermectin as Prophylactic Option in Asymptomatic Family Close Contact for Patient with COVID-19.” Targeting 340 participants, this study was completed in late August. This included a total of 304 participated, 203 participants in the ivermectin group and 101 in the control group. The goal of this investigation was to determine whether ivermectin could serve as a prophylactic and included a 14 day follow-up period involving a diagnosis for symptoms of COVID-19. The findings reveal that ivermectin demonstrates statistically significant benefits for use as a prophylaxis to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 infection in individuals that have been exposed to close family members diagnosed with COVID-19. This study confirms the author’s hypothesis that ivermectin in fact possesses an antiviral effect and demonstrates efficacy in preventing the development of symptomatic infection for those individuals that have come in close contact to family members diagnosed with COVID-19. Importantly, these findings haven’t been peer reviewed nor published in any medical journals. The study wasn’t’ blinded, the sample size wasn’t that large, etc. Moreover, the study was conducted in Egypt and hence any findings aren’t necessarily relevant for other food and drug jurisdictions, such as those in the United States (FDA), European Union (EMA), and the UK (MHRA) etc. On the other hand, an accumulation of observational, case series and even randomized controlled study data points (completed in Iraq and Bangladesh)  increasingly weigh toward possible benefit for ivermectin as a low cost, highly available consideration inhibiting COVID-19, particularly in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs). The drug has already been in wide use in LMICs for tropical parasites for decades. Regulatory authorities and national research units should at least be open to reviewing the data, rather than exhibiting indifference."

https://trialsitenews.wpengine.com/zagazig-university-randomized-controlled-ivermectin-study-results-confirms-pi-hypothesis-drug-effective-against-covid-19/