Totality of evidence of the effectiveness of repurposed therapies for COVID‐19: Can we use real‐world studies alongside randomized controlled trials?

• Main Authors: Jaap Mandema (Author), Hugh Montgomery (Author), Louis Dron (Author), Shuai Fu (Author), Estelle Russek‐Cohen (Author), Christina Bromley (Author), Samer Mouksassi (Author), Amy Lalonde (Author), Aaron Springford (Author), Larry Tsai (Author), Phil Ambery (Author), Doug McNair (Author), Nawab Qizilbash (Author), Stuart Pocock (Author), Névine Zariffa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Rapid and robust strategies to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of novel and existing pharmacotherapeutic interventions (repurposed treatments) in future pandemics are required. Observational "real‐world studies" (RWS) can report more quickly than randomized controlled tria...