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Global Solidarity Trial of COVID-19

May 18 , 2020 1439 days 803 0
  • The Indian Council for Medical Research is to participate in this trial.
  • ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) is the name of the national coordination site for the Solidarity trial in India.
  • The Gujarat Hospitals from four major cities are to participate in the trial. 
  • This includes Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot.
  • The WHO has launched four mega trials to test the efficiency and accuracy of four treatments.
  • The treatments are as follows 
    • Hydroxychloroquine 
    • Remdesivir 
    • Lopinavir-Ritonavir 
    • Lopinavir-Ritonavir along with Interferon.
  • Lopinavir and Ritonavir are currently being used to treat HIV infections.
  • Remdesivir has still not be approved anywhere in the world. 
  • Remdesivir drug blocked Ebola virus in Rhesus monkeys.
     

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