Is it possible to influence the onset and course of COVID-19 infection? (Results of a study by nurses at the University Hospital Ostrava)

Abstract

A pilot monocentric study evaluated the effect of Imunor on the prevention of COVID-19 in 51 nurses at the University Hospital Ostrava during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (delta variant) in the Czech Republic. The primary objective of the study was to determine whether regular administration of Imunor for 1 month, 2 months, and 1 month after discontinuation prevented SARS-CoV2 infection in nurses working in outpatient and inpatient settings in high-risk environments. with patients with COVID-19. The secondary objective of the study was to evaluate whether the course of the disease would be milder in COVID-19. The need for hospitalization of study subjects for COVID-19 and the overall tolerability of the study preparation were also monitored. A set of other nurses working at the same hospital who were vaccinated against SARS-Cov2 during the study was used as a control. Throughout the study period (during treatment and 1 month after treatment), only 2 nurses experienced a mild course of COVID-19 disease that did not require hospitalization, patients were only isolated for 2 weeks at home with only symptomatic treatment. and after 2 weeks they returned to full workload. Statistical analysis confirmed a statistically highly significant preventive effect (p ≤ 0.00001) for 70% of the study days. In the remaining 30% of days (when there was always only 1 nurse on incapacity for work), it was not possible to express statistical significance for a small number of study subjects.