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Conduct Of Clinical Trials In The Era Of Covid-19: Jacc Scientific Expert Panel., Mitchell A. Psotka, William T. Abraham, Mona Fiuzat, Gerasimos Filippatos, Joann Lindenfeld, Tariq Ahmad, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Peter E. Carson, John G.F. Cleland, G. Michael Felker, James L. Januzzi, Dalane W. Kitzman, Eric S. Leifer, Eldrin F. Lewis, John J.V. Mcmurray, Robert J. Mentz, Scott D. Solomon, Norman Stockbridge, John R. Teerlink, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Orly Vardeny, David J. Whellan, Janet Wittes, Stefan D. Anker, Christopher M. O'Connor
Conduct Of Clinical Trials In The Era Of Covid-19: Jacc Scientific Expert Panel., Mitchell A. Psotka, William T. Abraham, Mona Fiuzat, Gerasimos Filippatos, Joann Lindenfeld, Tariq Ahmad, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Peter E. Carson, John G.F. Cleland, G. Michael Felker, James L. Januzzi, Dalane W. Kitzman, Eric S. Leifer, Eldrin F. Lewis, John J.V. Mcmurray, Robert J. Mentz, Scott D. Solomon, Norman Stockbridge, John R. Teerlink, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Orly Vardeny, David J. Whellan, Janet Wittes, Stefan D. Anker, Christopher M. O'Connor
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly changed clinical care and research, including the conduct of clinical trials, and the clinical research ecosystem will need to adapt to this transformed environment. The Heart Failure Academic Research Consortium is a partnership between the Heart Failure Collaboratory and the Academic Research Consortium, composed of academic investigators from the United States and Europe, patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and industry members. A series of meetings were convened to address the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, review options for maintaining or altering best practices, and establish …
Case Report: Tocilizumab For The Treatment Of Sars-Cov-2 Infection In A Patient With Aplastic Anemia, Gina Keiffer, Zach French, Lindsay Wilde, Joanne Filicko-O'Hara, Usama Gergis, Adam Binder
Case Report: Tocilizumab For The Treatment Of Sars-Cov-2 Infection In A Patient With Aplastic Anemia, Gina Keiffer, Zach French, Lindsay Wilde, Joanne Filicko-O'Hara, Usama Gergis, Adam Binder
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
While cytokine storm develops in a minority of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, novel treatment approaches are desperately needed for those in whom it does. Tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 receptor antibody, has been utilized for the treatment of cytokine storm in a number of severe inflammatory conditions, including in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we present the first published case utilizing this therapy in a patient with underlying immunodeficiency. Our patient with aplastic anemia developed cytokine storm due to COVID-19 manifested by fever, severe hypoxia, pulmonary infiltrates, and elevated inflammatory markers. Following treatment …