5 patients on the Isle of Wight have now signed up to help find a cure for the coronavirus.
As part of national and international trials, being run at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, research teams have been asking those suffering from the COVID-19 whether they will take part in tests.
The 2 being run at St Mary’s include ‘Recovery’, a Public Health England trial, and ‘Isaric’ which collects clinical data from the patient as part of a co-ordinated investigation around the world to help scientists as they search for treatments and a vaccine.
‘Recovery’, one of the world’s largest trials which started in March, will test a number of treatment drugs used for other conditions and new ones that will become available during the trial to see if there is a cure.
Now, as the number of people with lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses 140, 5 patients, all from the Island, have signed up to the trials — with the number of people expected to take part increasing daily.
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Thank you to the 5 that are willing to put them selves at risk to furlough find a cure
Why dont borris and all them idiots that are on tv every night be the test monkeys they get paid enough while every one else pays the price
You sir, are a fool
You john are clearly a follower!!
Well said Bob!!
Well said mrs. Brown
A “trial” with a cohort of 5! We are talking snake oil medicine folks! Using drugs for “udder conditions”. Yes remember Thalidomide.
An RCT needs far more than 5 and what about a control group and what about ethical issues and consent.
I doubt a vaccine for sars-cov-2 will give adequate cover, it has mutated considerably since November. Blocking ACE2 receptor cell binding by monoclonal antibodies might be a way to go.
Test on prisoners
Mug