Repurposing a drug used for blood clots may help COVID-19 patients in danger of respiratory failure, researchers suggest
Researchers at MIT and the University of Colorado at Denver have proposed a stopgap measure that they believe could help COVID-19 patients who are in acute respiratory distress. By repurposing a drug that is now used to treat blood clots, they believe they could help people in cases where a ventilator is not helping, or if a ventilator is not available.
Three hospitals in Massachusetts and Colorado are developing plans to test this approach in severely ill COVID-19 patients.