Wow
Reasonably large RCT of high-dose chloroquine vs low-dose chloroquine (all patients received azithro)
At 6 days, high-dose CQ group had 17% mortality compared to 10% in the low-dose group
No benefit to high-dose CQ on lung parameters, trial stopped earlyhttps://twitter.com/BrianDunning/status/1249825311354650629 …
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Preprint is here. Note that this is not hydroxychloroquine, but similar method of action/similar drug https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.20056424v1 …
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Replying to @GidMK
Do you think the lack of a no-chloroquine control arm is a justifiable choice?
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Replying to @bogdienache
Apparently it is mandated as the first-line treatment in Brazil at a national level, therefore impossible not to use the drugpic.twitter.com/xj4YYC6cjK
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