Recruitment start for the ProTrans study for treatment of COVID-19
NextCell Pharma AB (“NextCell”) announces today that the Swedish COVID-19 stuy has been initiated and is now ready to include patients with severe pneumonia triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The treatment is aimed at patients who are hospitalized and with a high risk of needing ventilatory support. ProTrans is given as a peripheralinfusion. With the aim of reducing hyper-inflammation within the lungs. The goal of the treatment is to shorten hospital stay and time for rehabilitation and save lifes.The study will be performed at the University Hospital in Örebro in collaboration with the