WASHINGTON, June 21 — The US National Institutes of Health said yesterday it has halted a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalised Covid-19 patients. The study found that hydroxychloroquine, which President...
Sunday, 21 Jun 2020 08:30 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, June 21 — The US National Institutes of Health said yesterday it has halted a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalised Covid-19 patients. Earlier this week, the World Health Organisation said testing of hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for Covid-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit.
Trump had promoted the drug as a potential treatment, saying in March it could turn out to be “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine” when used in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin.
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