NEW DELHI: In a major development, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the proposals of nine hospitals to conduct randomized controlled clinical trials under the WHO’s solidarity trial to find an effective treatment for the Coronavirus disease.
According to a senior ICMR official, four treatment protocols — Remdesivir, a combination of Lopinavir and Ritonavir, Hydroxychloroquine, and Lopinavir and Ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a — will be evaluated during the clinical trials across the selected hospitals. The hospitals selected for conducting the trails include AIIMS in Jodhpur, Apollo Hospital in Chennai, Ahmadabadbased BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, and the Chirayu Medical College and Hospital in Bhopal.
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