Prayer in Commbate to Corona Virus - Covid -19

• Sponsor: Hospital do Coracao (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04631380
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 200
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 17
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 11.8

Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Covid19	Other: PRAYER	N/A

Detailed Description

PATIENTS WHO AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY WILL BE SEPARATED INTO 2 GROUPS, THE INTERVENTION GROUP AND THE CONTROL GROUP.

THE IDENTITY OF THE PATIENTS WILL BE KEPT IN SECRET AND ONLY THEIR INITIALS WILL BE LISTED.

THE INTERVENTION GROUP WILL RECEIVE DAILY PRAYERS AND THE EVOLUTIONARY CLINICAL RESULTS OF THE TWO GROUPS WILL BE PURCHASED.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 200 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDYPROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Masking Description: RAMDOMIZED DOBLE-BLINDING
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: A Double Blind, Controlled, Randomized, Prospective Study That Will Evaluate the Impact of Remote Intercession Prayer on the Clinical Evolution of Patients Diagnosed With COVID -19 in HCOR.
• Actual Study Start Date: Aug 1, 2020
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2021
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jan 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: CONTROL THIS GROUP WILL RECEIVE THE PROTCOLL TREATMENT GIVEN TO PATIENTS COVID -POSITIVE TESTED.
Experimental: PRAYER 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; THE PRAYER GROUP WILL RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY THE SAME CARE AS THE CONTROL GROUP PLUS PRAYERS; Other Names: INTERCESSORY PRAYER

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. DEATH OR RECOVERY [60 DAYS]

   WE WILL EVALUATE DEATHS OR HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. NEED FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION [60 DAYS]

   NEED FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION

2. TIME OF REMAINED INTUBATED [60 DAYS]

   TIME OF REMAINED INTUBATED

3. LENGTH OF STAY IN ICU [60 DAYS]

   LENGTH OF STAY IN ICU

4. TIME OF STAY HOSPITALIZED [60 DAYS]

   TIME OF STAY HOSPITALIZED

5. Occurrence of clinical complications. [60 DAYS]

   Occurrence of clinical complications that were not included before diagnostic confirmation and that may be related to covid infection.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hospital do Coracao	Sao Paulo	SP	Brazil	04005-000

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Hospital do Coracao

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: NATHAN V SOUBIHE JR, Hospital do Coracao

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

• Bleich A. [Intercessory prayer for health: a matter of faith, science or both]. Harefuah. 2002 Jun;141(6):522-3. Hebrew.
• 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. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med 2000 Jun 26;160(12):1878.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. Review.

• Responsible Party: Hospital do Coracao
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04631380
• Other Study ID Numbers: PRAYER-COVID19
• First Posted: Nov 17, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Mar 17, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 17, 2022