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Table 1 Basic characteristics of identified trial protocols

From: Convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients: a protocol of a prospective meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Registration number

Anticipated completion

Sample size

Plasma therapy details (dose, titer, etc.)

Comparison(s)

Outcomes

Mortality

MOF

ICU stay

Adult COVID-19 patients with respiratory involvement (mechanical ventilation, pneumonia, ARDS, etc.)

 NCT04405310

July 2020

80

250 mL of CP

Placebo

+

+

+

 NCT04421404

April 2021

30

250 mL of CP

Non-immune control plasma

+

 NCT04415086

May 2022

120

400 mL (300–600 mL) CP + SMT

200 mL (150–300 mL) CP + SMT

+

SMT

 NCT04418518

December 2021

1200

500 mL of CP

No-CP

+

+

 NCT04397757

November 2020

80

2 units of CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04374487

May 2021

100

200 mL of CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04428021

December 2021

180

3 units of CP on day 1,3,5 + SMT

3 units of standard plasma + SMT

+

+

+

SMT

 NCT04356534

June 2020

40

400 mL of CP given as 200 mL over 2 h in 2 consecutive days + SMT

SMT

+

+

 NCT04393727

October 2020

126

200 mL of CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04358783

May 2021

30

200 mL of CP

SMT

+

 NCT04340050

November 2020

80

2 units of CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04385199

August 2020

30

200 mL of CP transfusion over 3 h

SMT

+

 NCT04385186

December 2020

60

2 × 200 mL of CP

SMT

+

+

+

 NCT04380935

August 2020

60

CP + SMT

SMT

+

+

+

Adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit

 NCT04391101

December 2021

231

2 units of CP (between 400 and 500 mL)

SMT

+

 NCT04342182

July 2020

426

300 mL of CP

SMT

+

 NCT04347681

April 2021

40

10–15 mL/kg CP daily, up to 5 days

No-plasma

+

+

 NCT04381858

September 2020

500

400 mL (2 units) of CP

Human Ig

+

+

+

Adult, severe COVID-19 patients

 NCT04385043

May 2021

400

CP + SMT

SMT

+

 NCT04403477

October 2020

20

400 mL of CP + SMT

200 mL of CP + SMT

+

+

+

SMT

 NCT04364737

April 2023

300

250-500 mL of CP

Placebo

+

+

 NCT04346446

May 2020

29

CP + SMT

Placebo + SMT

+

+

+

 NCT04425915

May 2021

400

2 units of CP for 3 days + SMT

SMT

+

+

 NCT04359810

April 2021

105

200–250 mL of CP

Standard plasma

+

Adult, hospitalized COVID-19 patients

 NCT04425837

February 2021

236

400 mL of CP + SMT

SMT

+

+

+

 NCT04345991

June 2020

120

2 units of CP

SMT

+

 NCT04388410

December 2020

250

2 units of CP

Placebo

+

 NCT04366245

December 2021

72

CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04348656

December 2020

1200

500 mL of CP

SMT

+

+

 NCT04345523

July 2020

278

CP

SMT

+

 NCT04392414

September 2020

60

2 units of CP in 24 h

2 units of standard plasma in 24 h

+

+

 NCT04383535

September 2020

333

10–15 mL/kg of CP (5–10 mL/h infusion rate)

Placebo + SMT

+

+

+

 NCT04377568

May 2022

100

10 mL/kg (max 500 mL) of CP + SMT

SMT

+

+

+

 NCT04395170

June 2021

75

2 units of CP in 3 days

Anti-COVID-19 human Ig

+

+

SMT

 NCT04344535

August 2021

500

450–550 mL of CP

450–550 mL of standard plasma

+

  1. MOF multiorgan failure, ICU intensive care unit, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, CP convalescent plasma, SMT standard medical therapy, Ig immunoglobulin