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Adjuvant Treatment With a mTOR Inhibitor, Rapamune Improves Outcomes of Severe H1N1 Pneumonia With Acute Respiratory Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov · COMPLETED, 2011

38 participants

Abstract

Severe H1N1 pneumonia with acute respiratory failure shows hyperactive immune cells infiltration of lung. Rapamune, a mTOR inhibitor, modulates the immune response by blocking activation of T- and B-cells. To investigate the clinical efficiency of rapamune in severe H1N1 pneumonia with respiratory failure, this study was conducted.

Conditions: H1N1 Pneumonia, Hypoxemia.

Primary outcome: liberation of ventilator.

Enrollment: 38 participants.

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Evidence Hub reads this as a clinical trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 3 of 5 (Moderate · trial / cohort / secondary analysis). Trials without a large randomized design, cohorts and secondary analyses give moderate evidence. Reported size: 38 participants or records.

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