#Recoverytrial

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Tabulated the topline results released by the #recoverytrial team on #hydroxychloroquine & #dexamethasone, and went over their protocol (https://www.recoverytrial.net/results ) to better digest them.Basic stuff:- hospitalized patie

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Updated the #RECOVERYtrial topline results summary table of the #dexamethasone arm compared to usual care for treatment of hospitalized patients with #COVID19.Got additional information colleagues shared in Twitter.Thread with some

Mike Bates

MattsBatt

Excellent points. @BorisJohnson your totally incompetent govt should be held accountable for the thousands that have died and will die due to the refusal to use #HCQ.At yesterday's briefing the

Imperial NIHR BRC Infection

BRCinfection

Today seems like a good day to talk about the Recovery trial (http://recoverytrial.net ). Mortality for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 locally remains c30% and, until yesterday, no treatment was shown to

Dr. Swapneil Parikh

swapneilparikh

Those of us following #RECOVERYtrial know it’s one of the most important clinical trials for COVID-19, not just for its potential to identify new therapeutic options but also to temper

Tamas Szakmany MBE

iamyourgasman

The #medtwitter in the US has exploded with cynical and sometimes downright malicious voices after the #RECOVERYtrial announcement. I agree (as does the Trial steering committee based on the press

Brent O'Carrigan

brentocarrigan

Short thread on evidence for steroids in #ARDS or lung crit care before #RECOVERYtrial: some discussion on #MedTwitter that "steroids make everything better" or "we already know steroids help" that

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

What does 'medicine by press release' mean?When can you trust it, and when are you skeptical?Two press releases came out todayCheap dexamethasome in COVIDCostly Abemaciclib in breast cancerYes, I want

Tálib

talibinfecto

A text in English to everybody read.This pandemics brought me a profound shame of my medical class.I've seen a great part of my class leaving good clinical practices, clinical evalutions,

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

Some very brief (It’s late!) comments on the recent results on hydroxychloroquine and dexamethasone 1/? Firstly – understanding the surgisphere debacle is relevant to publishing practices especially in the ferment

Martin Landray

MartinLandray

Latest results from RECOVERY trial: Azithromycin does not benefit patients hospitalised with COVID-19No improvement in 28-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, or progression to invasive mechanical ventilation/ death.https://www.recover

Abdullah Alsultan

a3bdu3

Regarding the FDA letter to revoke the EUA/HCQ for COVID, it was partially based on the drugs clinical pharmacology/dosinghttps://www.fda.gov/media/138945/downloadFDA concludes that current dosing would produce concentration well below EC50

David Nunan

dnunan79

A nice opportunity for me to show the usefulness of this: https://twitter.com/dnunan79/status/1179345857470222336?s=20It may surprise folk to know that many modern-day medical interventions [including 'ahem' exercise) are far from m

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Today we are seeing tons of hype around the corticosteroid dexamethasone, prompted by this press release.It does indeed look like good news, but it is important to recognize the limitations

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

To the doctors advocating not treating patients with Recovery protocol/ Dex until the manuscript comes. That is totally wrong will lead to preventable deathis a gross misunderstanding of probabilityand...

Social Distancing Dom

DomSkyeRN

Stop it. Stop acting like this is a brand new super secret cure. We’ve known about it for months, and HAVE tried it.#Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.15.20151852v1.full.pdf It did not work

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