The SAIVE trial for prevention of COVID-19

Professor Colleen Aldous is a research professor at in the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. She recently described the SAIVE trial of prophylactic ivermectin for covid-19 as the “best quality RCT we have yet seen published on ivermectin”. In this series of short videos, she explains what makes the SAIVE trial so good […]

Ivermectin associated with lower mortality than remdesivir

An analysis of the records more than 41,000 patients who had covid-19 and were treated with either ivermectin or remdesivir showed that ivermectin was associated with significantly lower risk of death. Researchers used data from the TriNetX Research network, a federated EMR network of over 44 healthcare organizations and 68 million patients in the US, to identify covid-19 cases. They […]

Liposomal ivermectin in cancer treatment

Interview and article by Christine Clark. The anti-tumour effects of ivermectin have been described in the literature and the liposomal delivery system developed by Mountain Valley MD could be the key to making this work in practice, according to Dennis Hancock, President and CEO of Mountain Valley MD. [embedded content] The anti-tumour effects of ivermectin have been reported in the […]

Liposomal drug delivery for ivermectin and vaccines

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Liposomal drug delivery holds out the prospect of oral drug administration without the need for water and vaccine more economical use of oral vaccines, according to Dennis Hancock, President and CEO of Mountain Valley MD. [embedded content] IvectosolTM, the solubilised form of ivermectin produced by Mountain Valley MD has been tested against three variants […]

Solubilised ivermectin improves drug delivery

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Patented solubilisation technology improves the bioavailability of oral ivermectin and makes possible the formulation of an ivermectin injection for human use, according to recent work undertaken by Mountain Valley MD in Canada.  IMI spoke to Dennis Hancock, President and CEO of Mountain Valley MD to find out more. [embedded content] Mountain Valley MD is […]

Prophylaxis with ivermectin and the next steps

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Ivermectin should be used for prophylaxis and treatment of covid-19 throughout India, according to Dr Suryakant (Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at King George Medical University in Lucknow, India). [embedded content] Prophylaxis When covid-19 is diagnosed and home isolation required, prophylaxis is provided for all the household contacts, explains Dr Suryakant.  The […]

Protocol violations in Colombian ivermectin study compromise results

Interview and article by Christine Clark Dr David Scheim explains how multiple protocol violations and widespread use of over-the-counter ivermectin could have compromised the results of a recent controlled trial of ivermectin for covid-19 in Colombia. [embedded content] The results of a recent randomised, placebo-controlled trial of ivermectin for covid-19 appeared to show that ivermectin was no better than placebo […]