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Well I am personally in favour of doing randomized control trials, not to cancel them based on what appear to be a weak statistical analysis. There was an argum
by cm2187 6y ago
Well I am personally in favour of doing randomized control trials, not to cancel them based on what appear to be a weak statistical analysis. There was an argument to not wait at the peak of the epidemic rather than not treating (and some of these trials are only starting, which baffles me). But these trials should have been done from the outset.
Doctors in the heat of the moment cannot wait for a randomized trial. They started keeping patients off intrusive ventilators without doing a randomized trial, based on annecdotal evidence.
But these trials still need to happen.
- vharuck 6y agoAccording to most of the countries mentioned in the article, trials of HCQ are still going on. The WHO put its trial on pause. Other countries are just stopping the use of HCQ outside of approved trials.
- cm2187 6y agoI wish it would be the case but for instance in France the drug authority seems to be determined to stop all trials [1] [1] https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/05/26/coronavirus-lagence-du-medicament-suspend-a-son-tour-les-essais-avec-la-chloroquine,8903727.php https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/05/26/coronavirus-lagence-du-m...