NCT04631380

Brief Summary

PATIENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED TO HOSPITALIZATION IN HCOR AND WHO HAVE THE CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF CORONA VIRUS, WILL BE ASKED TO CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY THAT INTENDS TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REMOTE INTERCESSION PRAYER IN COMBATING THIS DISEASE.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
200

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable covid19

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2020

Typical duration for not_applicable covid19

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2020

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 4, 2020

Completed
4 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

November 17, 2020

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2021

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 1, 2022

Completed
Last Updated

March 17, 2022

Status Verified

March 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

10 months

First QC Date

August 4, 2020

Last Update Submit

March 16, 2022

Conditions

Covid19

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • DEATH OR RECOVERY

    WE WILL EVALUATE DEATHS OR HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

    60 DAYS

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • NEED FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION

    60 DAYS

  • TIME OF REMAINED INTUBATED

    60 DAYS

  • LENGTH OF STAY IN ICU

    60 DAYS

  • TIME OF STAY HOSPITALIZED

    60 DAYS

  • Occurrence of clinical complications.

    60 DAYS

Study Arms (2)

CONTROL

NO INTERVENTION

THIS GROUP WILL RECEIVE THE PROTCOLL TREATMENT GIVEN TO PATIENTS COVID -POSITIVE TESTED.

PRAYER

EXPERIMENTAL

THIS GROUP WILL RECEIVE THE SAME TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE CONTROL GROUP, PLUS PRAYERS BY THEOLOGIANS WHOSE PRAYERS INTERCEDE IN FAVOR OF THEIR PROMPT RECOVERY

Other: PRAYER

Interventions

PRAYEROTHER

THE PRAYER GROUP WILL RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY THE SAME CARE AS THE CONTROL GROUP PLUS PRAYERS

Also known as: INTERCESSORY PRAYER
PRAYER

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients hospitalized in comun hospital rooms and intensive care units with confirmed COVID-19.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients admitted to the HCor emergency room, diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, however, without indication for hospitalization
  • Patients admitted to the HCor emergency room, diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, however, without indication for hospitalization.
  • Patients 18 years of age or older
  • Patients with indication of palliative care and definition of terminality at hospital admission
  • Patients who voluntarily choose not to participate in the study at the time of the • presentation of the Informed Consent Form.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Hospital do Coracao

São Paulo, São Paulo, 04005-000, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (5)

  • Hettiaratchy S, Hemsley C. Effect of retroactive intercessory prayer. Paper proves power of statistics, not prayer. BMJ. 2002 Apr 27;324(7344):1037; author reply 1038-9. No abstract available.

    PMID: 11977259BACKGROUND

  • Harris WS, Gowda M, Kolb JW, Strychacz CP, Vacek JL, Jones PG, Forker A, O'Keefe JH, McCallister BD. A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the coronary care unit. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Oct 25;159(19):2273-8. doi: 10.1001/archinte.159.19.2273.

    PMID: 10547166BACKGROUND

  • Hoover DR, Margolick JB. Questions on the design and findings of a randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the coronary care unit. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Jun 26;160(12):1875-6; author reply 1877-8. doi: 10.1001/archinte.160.12.1875-b. No abstract available.

    PMID: 10871995BACKGROUND

  • Radin D, Schlitz M, Baur C. Distant Healing Intention Therapies: An Overview of the Scientific Evidence. Glob Adv Health Med. 2015 Nov;4(Suppl):67-71. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2015.012.suppl. Epub 2015 Nov 1.

    PMID: 26665044BACKGROUND

  • Bleich A. [Intercessory prayer for health: a matter of faith, science or both]. Harefuah. 2002 Jun;141(6):522-3. No abstract available. Hebrew.

    PMID: 12119766BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Faith Healing

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, ViralPneumoniaRespiratory Tract InfectionsInfectionsVirus DiseasesCoronavirus InfectionsCoronaviridae InfectionsNidovirales InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Spiritual TherapiesComplementary TherapiesTherapeutics

Study Officials

  • NATHAN V SOUBIHE JR

    Hospital do Coracao

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Masking Details
RAMDOMIZED DOBLE-BLINDING
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 4, 2020

First Posted

November 17, 2020

Study Start

August 1, 2020

Primary Completion

June 1, 2021

Study Completion

January 1, 2022

Last Updated

March 17, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

They will not

Locations

BR(1)