Can a vitamin treat COVID-19-related acute kidney injury?
The randomized study will test the safety of nicotinamide riboside in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and if a biomarker relevant to acute kidney injury will be improved with the study treatment.
- The randomized study will test the safety of nicotinamide riboside in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and if a biomarker relevant to acute kidney injury will be improved with the study treatment.
- "The potential benefit for patients enrolled in this study would be less kidney injury and preservation of kidney function," Dr. Sharma said.
- "Our goal is to reduce the severity of acute kidney disease in patients with COVID-19 and potentially other types of acute kidney disease."
- Acute kidney injury, which is reversible, is sudden loss of kidney function.