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COVID-19 News

‘Awake proning’ associated with improved COVID-19 clinical outcomes

15 September 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Respiratory Medicine

A study by Oxford respiratory researchers has found that putting COVID-19 patients in a prone position can lead to improved outcomes. The findings of this retrospective study, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, were published in an article by BMJ Open Respiratory ... READ MORE

RECOVERY Trial to test ‘antibody cocktail’

14 September 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

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The RECOVERY Trial, the world’s largest randomised trial to find effective COVID-19 treatments, will evaluate the impact of an anti-viral antibody cocktail developed to tackle the virus. The announcement was made on 14 September by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and the University of Oxford, which ... READ MORE

Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells

10 September 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Inflammation across Tissues

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Oxford University researchers have found that infection with COVID-19 produces a robust T cell response, including inducing T cell ‘memory’ to potentially fight future infections. The results, published in Nature Immunology, are a joint effort from the Oxford COVID-19 immunology group, led ... READ MORE

Low-dose corticosteroids found to reduce mortality in patients with severe COVID-19

2 September 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

Oxford patients, clinicians and researchers have contributed important data to new global research which shows that corticosteroids can significantly improve outcomes for severely ill patients with COVID-19. Four research papers published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association ... READ MORE

Hydroxychloroquine study finds increased cardiovascular risk with azithromycin

24 August 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Musculoskeletal, Translational Data Science

The combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (AZM) has been linked to significant cardiovascular risks, including mortality, in the largest safety study ever performed on both HCQ and HCQ+AZM. This network study, led by the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics ... READ MORE

Paper outlines management of post-acute COVID-19 in primary care

11 August 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation

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A new article published in the BMJ has mapped out what is known and what is still unknown about ‘long COVID’, where patients COVID-19 patients continue to experience symptoms many weeks after contracting the virus. The article, co-authored by the NIHR Oxford BRC’s Theme Lead for Partnerships ... READ MORE

Common heart medication does not increase risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation

10 August 2020 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, COVID-19, Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Translational Data Science

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A study by Oxford researchers, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), found that ACE inhibitors and ARBs – both common treatments for high blood pressure and heart failure – are not generally linked to an increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease or an increased likelihood of ... READ MORE

Oxford University and ZOE partner on COVID-19 treatment trials

3 August 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Respiratory Medicine

The University of Oxford has joined forces with the COVID Symptom Study app to widen access to two clinical trials of potential treatments for COVID-19.  The two trials include the STOIC trial, which is supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC. Run by the University’s Nuffield Department of Medicine ... READ MORE

Mild COVID-19 symptoms might not result in positive antibody test, research finds

31 July 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Translational Data Science

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Oxford researchers have found that COVID-19 antibody tests might not give a positive result if people have only had mild symptoms, like loss of taste and smell. Microbiology and data experts from the Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford made the ... READ MORE

AI test identifies COVID-19 within an hour in emergency departments

30 July 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Translational Data Science

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University of Oxford scientists specialising in infectious disease and clinical machine learning have developed an artificial intelligence test that can rapidly screen for COVID-19 in patients arriving in emergency departments. The initial findings of the ‘CURIAL’ AI test, which has been ... READ MORE

Thousands miss out on life-saving heart attack treatment due to COVID-19 pandemic

15 July 2020 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, COVID-19, Translational Data Science

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Researchers at the University of Oxford have published new research that shows that by the end of May there had been about 5,000 fewer hospital admissions with heart attack in 2020 than would be expected, suggesting that many patients have missed out on lifesaving treatment. The research showed ... READ MORE

New national study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19

8 July 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging, Other News, Respiratory Medicine

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A major UK research study - PHOSP-COVID, will investigate the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients. The new study has been awarded £8.4 million jointly by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The PHOSP-COVID study is ... READ MORE

Varying risk of COVID-19 to health workers revealed

30 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Translational Data Science

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A study at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust has revealed the different levels of risk faced by healthcare workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. In a major collaboration with the University of Oxford, almost 10,000 staff were tested both for presence of the virus ... READ MORE

Oxford leads development of risk prediction model for smarter COVID-19 shielding advice

23 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions

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People at highest risk of serious illness from SARS-CoV-2 infection may soon have access to better shielding advice based on a new data-driven risk prediction model being developed by an Oxford University-led team. The Principal Investigator, Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox of the ... READ MORE

Breakthrough in RECOVERY COVID-19 drug treatment trial

17 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

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A cheap and widely available steroid has been found to save lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a national trial being led by University of Oxford researchers. Dexamethasone was one of the drugs being tested as part of the RECOVERY trial, the world's biggest trial looking at whether ... READ MORE

Serum iron may be useful biomarker to identify COVID-19 disease severity

15 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Gene and Cell Therapy

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A new study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that patients with severe COVID-19 respiratory failure have very low levels of iron, compared to those with less severe disease.  Changes in iron levels have been associated with worsening disease for other viral infections such ... READ MORE

Study explores effects of COVID-19 on sleep

15 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Preventive Neurology

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Oxford researchers have launched a study investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and daily rhythms in adults. The UK arm of the International COVID-19 Sleep Study (ICOSS) is led by Professor Colin Espie from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University ... READ MORE

Oxford leads part of major COVID-19 drugs trial

10 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Musculoskeletal

As part of a new UK trial researchers at the University of Oxford will investigate whether administering the anti-inflammatory drug infliximab to patients with COVID-19 can prevent progression to respiratory failure or death. The multi-arm, multi-stage CATALYST Trial, is being led by the ... READ MORE

First patient recruited for key drug treatment trial

4 June 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Respiratory Medicine

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A clinical trial to test whether Azithromycin, a commonly used antibiotic, can treat the symptoms of COVID-19 in outpatients has recruited its first patient. The ATOMIC2 trial, which is being led from Oxford, will enrol 800 people who are being assessed at hospital with COVID-19 but felt well ... READ MORE

Drug trial could lead to enhanced respiratory care for COVID-19 patients

29 May 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Respiratory Medicine

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Researchers at the University of Oxford are working with clinical collaborators from NHS hospitals, including Oxford University Hospitals, to test a drug that could raise oxygen levels in the blood in COVID-19 patients in order to improve their chances of recovery. Raising oxygen levels is ... READ MORE

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