SOLIDARITY TRIALS
- October 17, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject : Science and tech
Context : World Health Organization (WHO) made available interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial — a large-scale global trial studying the effectiveness of various repurposed therapies in Covid-19 treatment.
The findings put a dampener on expectations from these therapies including remdesivir, once seen as promising.
Concept :
- The Solidarity Trial will test four different drugs or combinations — remdesivir, a combination of two drugs, lopinavir and ritonavir, the two drugs plus interferon beta, and chloroquine.
- It will compare their effectiveness to what is called standard of care, the regular support hospitals treating COVID-19 patients use now.
- There are 30 vaccine groups that are operational worldwide right now looking at COVID-19, with five having gone into animal-toxicity study.
- India is also a participant.