id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-283903-e20v88ge Davoodi, Lotfollah Febuxostat therapy in outpatients with suspected COVID‐19: A clinical trial 2020-06-30 .txt text/plain 3121 194 46 BACKGROUND: The aim of this clinical trial was to evaluate the effects of febuxostat (FBX) in comparison with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and chest CT findings in outpatients with moderate symptoms of COVID‐19 infection. The measured variables were needs to hospitalization, clinical and laboratory data including fever, cough, breathing rate, C‐Reactive Protein level, lymphocytes count at onset of admission and was well as at 5 days of treatments. On admission, fever (66.7%), cough (87%), tachypnea (44.4%), dyspnea (35%), elevated CRP value (94.4%) and lung involvement according to chest CT (100%) were documented in enrolled patients with insignificant difference between FBX and HCQ groups. In adult outpatients with moderate COVID‐19 infection, the effectiveness of FBX and HCQ was not different in terms of resolution of clinical manifestations, laboratory tests and lung CT findings. This clinical trial was conducted to assess the effects of FBX and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and chest CT findings of patients with COVID-19 infection. ./cache/cord-283903-e20v88ge.txt ./txt/cord-283903-e20v88ge.txt