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Yeah, but it isn't statistically significant. So this claim is a statement about the data itself, not about anything beyond that. It does provide a reasonable d
by gfodor 7y ago
Yeah, but it isn't statistically significant. So this claim is a statement about the data itself, not about anything beyond that. It does provide a reasonable direction for future research since it's a 'lead', but from a pure interventionary action basis, it seems to contain zero information.
- mbreese 7y agoYeah, you're right about the significance... but (just using the data they provided in the summary), it does look like a trend, which might be better fleshed out with more numbers. It does seem to at least demonstrate the safety of the drug, but I'm not sure if that was the point of this study. This was the trial with patients with severe disease, so there is still a decent amount to be learned about potential for effects earlier in treatment. But there are other ongoing studies for earlier timepoints. https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/remdesivir-clinical-trials https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid... https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04257656 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04257656