MONTREAL -- The Montreal Heart Institute is looking for people who have been infected with COVID-19 to take part in a clinical study into a possible treatment option that may stop the progression of the disease.
The Institute wants people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, who are 40 years or older, and who are not hospitalized.
It is hoping to find 6,000 participants across Canada who meet the above criteria.
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The Institute says its clinical research is called COLCORONA, and "aims to determine whether short-term treatment based on colchicine would reduce the risk of pulmonary complications and death related to COVID-19.
"More specifically COLCORONA studies the phenomenon of major inflammatory storm present in adults suffering from severe complications related to COVID-19."
Anyone interested in participating in the research is asked to call 1-877-536-6837.
You can find more information here.
