Yang, 20 patient vitamin C late treatment RCT: 15% faster recovery [p=0.15] and 14% faster viral clearance [p=0.25] https://c19p.org/yang2
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Traditional Chinese medicine together with high-dose vitamin C improves the therapeutic effect of western medicine against COVID-19
et al., Am. J. Transl. Res., 14:1
Prospective study of 60 patients in China with three arms: SOC, SOC+TCM, and SOC+TCM+high dose vitamin C, showing successively faster recovery with the addition of TCM and the addition of high dose vitamin C. TCM included low dose vitamin C. ChiCTR2000032717. IV vitamin C 10g/60kg twice a day, and oral vitamin C 3g three times a day.
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recovery time, 15.4% lower, relative time 0.85, p = 0.15, treatment mean 13.45 (±3.11) n=10, control mean 15.89 (±4.06) n=10, severe patients, group C vs. group B.
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recovery time, 14.6% lower, relative time 0.85, p = 0.02, treatment mean 7.0 (±0.94) n=10, control mean 8.2 (±1.14) n=10, non-severe patients, group C vs. group B.
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time to viral-, 14.2% lower, relative time 0.86, p = 0.25, treatment mean 9.7 (±1.49) n=10, control mean 11.3 (±4.03) n=10, severe patients, group C vs. group B.
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time to viral-, 19.0% lower, relative time 0.81, p = 0.02, treatment mean 5.1 (±0.95) n=10, control mean 6.3 (±1.06) n=10, non-severe patients, group C vs. group B.
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Yang et al., 1/15/2022, Randomized Controlled Trial, China, Asia, peer-reviewed, 11 authors, study period 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020.
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