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TCT 2024 Career Achievement Award to be Presented to Robert A Harrington, MD

TCT 2024 Career Achievement Award to be Presented to Robert A Harrington, MD

The TCT 2024 Career Achievement Award will be presented to Robert A. Harrington, MD, during Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientif

Henry Ford Health System ends hydroxychloroquine study

Credit Adobe Stock Promoted in April as the first large-scale drug study on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to protect against COVID-19, the Detroit-based clinical trial has quietly been iced. Henry Ford Health System officials told Bridge Michigan they could not find enough participants to continue studying whether the drug could help beat back the deadly pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine an antimalarial drug that has also proven useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other inflammatory diseases briefly produced some excitement last spring when it was promoted as a potential game-changer by President Trump. But early optimism gave way to broader medical studies, with the nation’s top health agencies eventually determining it was not effective in treating or preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.    

Henry Ford study on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 quietly shut down

Henry Ford study on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 quietly shut down By Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan © GERARD JULIEN, AFP via Getty Images Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug dubbed a gift from God by US President Donald Trump for its potential ability to fight the new coronavirus, was found to be no more effective than standard treatment in a small Chinese study. Promoted in April as the first large-scale drug study on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to protect against COVID-19, the Detroit-based clinical trial has quietly been iced. Henry Ford Health System officials told Bridge Michigan they could not find enough participants to continue studying whether the drug could help beat back the deadly pandemic. 

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