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Monday, 30 March 2020 / Published in News

Two clinical trials launched in Europe to evaluate treatments for COVID-19

The first trial, called DISCOVERY, started on 22 March 2020 to test four experimental treatments against COVID-19. This trial will recruit 3200 patients from Belgium, France, Germany Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The second trial, called RECOVERY, started enrolment of patients in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2020. This trial is testing two treatments against COVID-19. In the future, RECOVERY trial will be expanded to assess the impact of other potential treatments as they become available.

For more information follow the links below:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-03-23-first-patients-enrolled-new-clinical-trial-possible-covid-19-treatments

https://presse.inserm.fr/en/launch-of-a-european-clinical-trial-against-covid-19/38737/

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