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A comment on Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients. Parent comment

Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by Reelin on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:14PM (#22883730)
> The best chance of HCQ working is very early, ideally before or directly after exposure.

Adding to this, there are at least two reasonably sized ongoing trials of HCQ with appropriate randomization and blinding in North America alone (I believe there are a number of others elsewhere). I would encourage everyone to withhold judgement until either they post results, or a similarly reliable alternative data source appears.

Target size of 3000 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04308668).

Target size of 400 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04329923).

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Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by jamesblonde on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:21PM (#22883788)
Can Minnesota really recruit 3k people in the next 2 weeks? The second Patch trial won't report until 2021.
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Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by Reelin on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:29PM (#22883867)
Yeah I was wondering about that myself. There are 5 participating locations listed, but even then it's a large sample size and an aggressive time frame. On the other hand, just about any healthy adult who recently came into contact with a confirmed positive case is eligible to enroll so maybe it won't be so difficult under the circumstances?
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