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The Canadian trial found that among patients not receiving mechanical ventilation at the start of the study, the need for mechanical ventilation arose for 8% of patients receiving remdesivir compared with 15% of those receiving standard of care.
There were 1282 patients included, with about half randomized to receive treatment with remdesivir and the rest to the control group receiving standard care. Evidence had been mixed on the effect of remdesivir, a repurposed antiviral medication, in people with COVID-19. Remdesivir for COVID-19 Found to Reduce Need for Mechanical Ventilation: Study.
Remdesivir had saved many lives during the deadly second wave of COVID-19
Remdesivir had saved many lives during the deadly second wave of COVID-19. Now, a new research has revealed that Remdesivir, when compared with the standard of
Remdesivir, when compared with standard of care for COVID-19, reduced the need for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients, according to a new randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), Canada’s major medical journal. The study, Canadian Treatments for COVID-19 (CATCO), is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research–funded substudy of the global World […]