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In reply to the discussion: Breaking News Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint [View all]turbinetree
(24,695 posts)20. I want to know what "early and late" mean in these "trials........
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/gilead-says-remdesivir-shows-improvement-in-covid-19-patients-when-used-early-idUSKBN22B1T9
where were the 397 people in the trial stages, where did they get the 62% and 49% result and did they do the following:
Physicians wont get clarity until the medications have gone through what are known as randomized, controlled trials. In these kinds of clinical tests, half of a pool of patients is randomly given the drug, and the other halfthe control groupis given an otherwise identical dosage thats missing the active ingredient.
If you dont have a control, you will never know if a drug helped or harmed, says Andre Kalil, a professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/what-you-should-know-about-experimental-therapies-for-coronavirus/
And what about the lack of testing this country............just call me curious, what other maladies did these people have besides having the infection, did they use a placebo..................
where were the 397 people in the trial stages, where did they get the 62% and 49% result and did they do the following:
Physicians wont get clarity until the medications have gone through what are known as randomized, controlled trials. In these kinds of clinical tests, half of a pool of patients is randomly given the drug, and the other halfthe control groupis given an otherwise identical dosage thats missing the active ingredient.
If you dont have a control, you will never know if a drug helped or harmed, says Andre Kalil, a professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/what-you-should-know-about-experimental-therapies-for-coronavirus/
And what about the lack of testing this country............just call me curious, what other maladies did these people have besides having the infection, did they use a placebo..................
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Breaking News Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint [View all]
mobeau69
Apr 2020
OP
Good news. Of course we will soon know that tRump himself developed this drug.
groundloop
Apr 2020
#1
LOL. He'll look like an even bigger fool. Most people have seen the light on his con. nt
mobeau69
Apr 2020
#2
If the news is true, it's still a very limited help. Requires an IV, in a hospital setting.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#8
I don't think most nursing homes are actually equipped/staffed to deliver IVs.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#12
Yeah, it may be much more practical than sending everybody to the hospital.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#14
It might help with some by just knowing they are taking something for it. Placebo effect.
LiberalArkie
Apr 2020
#21
WHO messed up big time by accidently releasing incomplete data from China, (supposedly), which
still_one
Apr 2020
#7
That is what I heard also, but still it was still an incomplete trial. I am trying to understand
still_one
Apr 2020
#17
They will administer the drug in an infusion center or something like that. I am skeptical
still_one
Apr 2020
#19
Still the data should not have been released because it was incomplete, also it is a
still_one
Apr 2020
#18
This latest result showed definite shorter course of the disease and that is good
still_one
Apr 2020
#32
What I found interesting was that when you add 62%+49% it does not equal 100
turbinetree
Apr 2020
#24