TranSfUsion of coNvalescent plAsma for the Early Treatment of pneuMonIa in COVID-19 Patients

This is a multicenter open-label randomized study for the early treatment of pneumonia due to SARS-COV2 with transfusion of convalescent plasma. Patients with SARS-CoV2 pneumonia not requiring mechanical ventilation (both non invasive and invasive) will be randomized to receive or not convalescent plasma. Patients in the plasma group will receive 200-300 ml of plasma collected by recovered patients with previous diagnosis of COVID19, plus standard therapy; Patients in the control group will receive the standard therapy. A rescue therapy will be allowed in case of clinical worsening. Patients will be followed until day n30 from randomization.