WHO welcomes clinical trial result on dexamethasone
The World Health Organisation says it welcomes the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom that show that a widely-available steroid drug, dexamethasone can be lifesaving for critically ill COVID-19 patients.
“This is the first treatment to be shown to reduce mortality in patients with COVID-19 requiring oxygen or ventilator support,” he said. It also showed that the benefit was only seen in patients seriously ill with COVID-19, and was not observed in patients with milder cases. Who said the researchers have shared initial insights about the results of the trial and that it is looking forward to the full data analysis in the coming days.“WHO clinical guidance will be updated to reflect how and when the drug should be used in COVID-19.
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