The UK's top medical experts have urged clinicians to enrol coronavirus patients in clinical trials
Image:The letter said using treatments without taking part in a trial would be a"wasted opportunity".
The Recovery trial is being run by the University of Oxford and will test a number of treatment options for those in hospital, including a drug used to treat HIV and hydroxychloroquine, which is related to an anti-malarial drug. More than 50 sites across the world are taking part in the REMAP-CAP trial, which helps patients who develop community-acquired pneumonia .
It is a syndrome in which individuals who have not been hospitalised recently develop an acute infection of the lungs, often caused by viral infections.The Principle trial is open to people aged 50 to 64 who have COVID-19 symptoms and have an underlying condition such as heart disease, asthma or cancer.The first drug that will be trialled is hydroxychloroquine, but other potential treatments will be used as they are identified.
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