COVID19, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Research and Clinical Trials

Critically ill with COVID-19, 24-year-old recovers after convalescent plasma treatment

With COVID-19 weakening her body, Hannah Jones, 24, was at risk of a heart attack. She was placed on a ventilator so she could breathe. It was very possible she…

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COVID19, Research and Clinical Trials

Critically ill COVID-19 patients who received convalescent plasma leaving hospital

More than 30 critically ill COVID-19 patients at Norton Healthcare have received convalescent plasma, an experimental treatment that began in mid-April. Some are still recovering, while many patients have been…

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PNC Foundation gives $125,000 to Norton Healthcare Foundation to support COVID-19 efforts

Norton Healthcare Foundation announced that it received a $125,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to assist it in supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in the community. The funds will be used…

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Norton Healthcare specialists using multiple COVID-19 treatments

Norton Healthcare specialists are researching a variety of experimental therapies as possible treatments for patients with COVID-19. These therapies fall into four categories: Agents that work to prevent the virus…

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COVID19, Research and Clinical Trials

Norton Healthcare, Kentucky Blood Center working to get plasma to COVID-19 patients

Physicians around the country are testing a possible treatment for COVID-19 using plasma taken from blood donated by fully recovered COVID-19 patients, called convalescent plasma. Locally, Norton Healthcare began offering…

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Cancer 2021, COVID19, Research and Clinical Trials

Norton Healthcare physicians first in world to test cancer drug as COVID-19 treatment

A COVID-19 patient at Norton Healthcare is the first in the world to participate in a randomized Phase 2 clinical study using low-dose selinexor. This oral drug, manufactured by Karyopharm…

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COVID-19 treatment studied in Louisville using plasma from recovered patients

Norton Healthcare physicians are testing a possible treatment for COVID-19 using convalescent plasma taken from blood donated by fully recovered COVID-19 patients. With approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…

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Cancer, Lymphoma, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Research and Clinical Trials

Cancer-free patient finds hope from clinical trial

When Brenda Montgomery enrolled in a clinical trial at Norton Cancer Institute in February 2016, she hoped the new drug being researched would trounce the cancer she had battled for…

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Norton cancer specialist’s research paves way for new FDA-approved lymphoma treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new cancer drug that has been available only to patients enrolled by a Norton Cancer Institute physician and one other researcher…

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