A brief note on randomized controlled trials and compassionate/off-label use of drugs in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Autori principali: Matteo Bassetti (Autore), Paolo Pelosi (Autore), Chiara Robba (Autore), Antonio Vena (Autore), Daniele Roberto Giacobbe (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BioExcel Publishing Ltd, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the best way to find effective and acceptable safe treatments for COVID-19 and any possible future outbreak. However, caution is needed when comparing the number of participants in RCTs with that of patients with COVID-19 treated with compassionate and/or off-...