Rapid recovery of peripheral oxygen saturation in hypoxic COVID-19 patients with ivermectin/doxycycline/zinc multidrug therapy
Sabine Hazan, Adriana C Vidal, Eleftherios Gkioulekas, Anoja W Gunaratne, Sibasish Dolai, Robert L Clancy, Peter A Mccullough, Thomas J Borody
Several combination therapies for the early outpatient treatment of COVID-19 were proposed by independent research groups at the onset of the pandemic during 2020 and 2021. In this observational study, we report on the outcomes of an off-label triple combination therapy, consisting of ivermectin, doxycycline, and zinc, with adjunct vitamin C and D3 supplementation, which was used on high-risk COVID-19 patients. These patients refused an initial recommendation to seek inpatient care, despite a high-risk presentation compounded with one or more comorbidities and/or severe hypoxia. Telemedicine was used to administer personalized treatment to patients at home, who did not have access to supplemental oxygen. Descriptive statistics was used to describe patient characteristics and outcomes. Of 26 consecutive patients, 25 presented with baseline SpO 2 ≤ 90% at room air. All 24 of 26 patients accepting the 10-day treatment survived without hospitalization. Within 24 hours on combination therapy, a rapid response of SpO 2 levels at room air was observed with median +6% (IQR 5% to 7%) increase between baseline (day 1) and day 2, with 18 patients stabilized at SpO 2 > 90% by day 2, and with full recovery of SpO 2 levels at room air within 10 days for all 24 patients who completed the 10-day treatment. All other symptoms were resolved within less than 20 days for 23 of 24 patients accepting treatment. All 24 patients fully recovered within 33 days, with no long covid symptoms after recovery. The rapid recovery of SpO 2 levels at room air provides temporality evidence in favor of the combination therapy. Furthermore, it has been replicated in two other studies and is further supported with experimental in-vitro studies and mechanistic evidence.
Ethics This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Ethical & Independent Review Services ( https://www.eandireview.com/ ) with IRB #21006. This study complied with the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association, 2013) and applicable regulatory standards.
Competing interests Peter McCullough is the Founder and President of the McCullough Foundation. He is also the Chief Scientific Officer of the Wellness Company, who had no role in conducting this study. Sabine Hazan is the Chief Executive Officer of ProgenaBiome, LLC and Ventura Clinical Trials and she is the Founder of the Microbiome Research Foundation. She owns patents for the treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19 and patents in the microbiome. She has a pecuniary interest in Topelia Aust Ltd in Australia and Topelia Therapeutics, Inc. in the USA where the development of treatment and prophylaxis options for COVID-19 are being pursued, including the combination therapy reported in this study. Thomas Borody has pecuniary interest in Topelia Aust Ltd in Australia and Topelia Therapeutics, Inc. in the USA. He has filed patents in the field of COVID-19 research and donated them to Topelia Aust Ltd in Australia for no compensation.
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