Posts tagged Jason Wilson
The ACTIV-4 Trial aims to reduce venous thromboembolism (blood clot) risk in patients with covid-19 with apixaban or aspirin.

Dr. Jason Wilson discusses the ACTIV-4 trial. This trial is a part of Operation Warp Speed, a federal government funded effort to rapidly develop vaccines and therapeutic modalities to treat, prevent, or minimize side effects of Covid through the Accelerating Covid-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) protocols. ACTIV-4 investigates the use of Abixiban and Aspirin in preventing VTE in Covid-19 patients.

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Common class of antidepressants may help with…Covid?

Dr. Jason Wilson discusses a recent, small randomized controlled trial published in JAMA which investigated the use of fluvoxamine, an SSRI, as a therapeutic treatment option for Covid. The results of the study and the proposed mechanism are quite interesting. Find out why fluvoxamine is not ready for prime time, but SSRIs may deserve funding for larger clinical studies.

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