HEALTH CARE UK trial on hydroxychloroquine:
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HEALTH CARE
UK trial on hydroxychloroquine: ‘It doesn’t work’
It's the latest twist for controversial drug, which has been championed by Trump.
By SARAH WHEATON
06/05/2020 11:28 AM EDT
A large, randomized U.K. trial found “no clinical benefit” of hydroxychloroquine to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients, researchers announced Friday.
“It doesn’t work,” declared Martin Landray, one of the lead researchers, at a briefing. Patients receiving hydroxychloroquine died at about the same rate — about one in four — as those receiving regular care in a randomized trial being conducted by the University of Oxford and the U.K. National Health Service.
Researchers said they're no longer giving patients the malaria drug in the so-called RECOVERY trial, which will continue to evaluate three other treatments as potential coronavirus fixes.
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