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NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to Treat COVID-19

UC San Diego Health — May 15, 2020

The NIH has launched a major clinical trial to assess the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and antibiotic azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. The trial will recruit 2,000 participants at 30 sites. A QandA with the trial’s team leader: Davey Smith, MD, of UC San Diego School of Medicine.

UCI Health to test drug for critically ill COVID-19 patients

UCI Health — May 12, 2020

Orange, Calif. — UCI Health is initiating a clinical study of a drug to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients who face a high mortality rate because of acute inflammation that fills their lungs with fluid, a grave condition that even mechanical ventilation cannot improve. Aviptadil, which has a 20-year history…

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