Honey and Nigella Sativa in COVID-19 Prophylaxis

Conditions

Covid19

Keywords

Honey, Nigella sativa, Prophylaxis, COVID-19, Prophetic Medicine

Brief summary

Honey and Nigella sativa has established antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory roles. So it is planned to test for its prophylaxis

Ashraf S, Ashraf S, Akmal R, Ashraf M, Kalsoom L, Maqsood A, Imran MA, Farooq I, Ashraf S, Siddiqui UN, Ghufran M, Akram MK, Majeed N, Rafique S, Habib Z, Shahab MS, Akmal A, Shaukat Z, Abdin ZU, Khaqan A, Arshad S, Rehman Virk MA, Gul M, Awais AB, Hassan M, Khalid N, Iqbal QUA, Ahmad T, Akram M, Muhammad A, Khalil M, Aslam A, Umer M, Sherazi SSH, Safdar Z, Ahmad S, Bilal M, Zahid MN, Koshak AE, Hilal A, Malik AA, Iqbal U, Baig AA, Alahmadi YM, Humayun A, Malik A, Ahmad A, Ashraf M, Saboor QA, Izhar M, DOCTORS LOUNGE consortium.

2021-09-1510 citations

10.1186/s13063-021-05510-3

Interventions

DRUGHoney

0.5 gm/Kg/day honey

DRUGNigella sativa seed

40 mg/Kg/day

OTHERPlacebo

empty capsule with sugar water

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Health care professionals Post-exposure COVID-19

Exclusion criteria

* Multi-organ failure active COVID-19

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
SARS-CoV-2 infection rate	14 days	RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Primary ContactSohaib Ashraf, MBBS

sohaib@skzmdc.edu.pk8573167995

Backup ContactAhmad Imran, MBBS

ahmad.imran@skzmdc.edu.pk+923338110708

Outcome results

None listed