果冻影院

Patients and other participants have been recruited to more than 50 studies, including more than 20 studies given urgent public health status by the UK government 鈥� studies that have been given the highest priority in research efforts against Covid-19.

Research studies being run at 果冻影院H include trials of repurposed drugs, 鈥榗linical characterisation鈥� studies which seek to understand the virus by observing how it affects different people, data studies, mental health surveys and studies of healthcare worker infection.

Studies at 果冻影院H include the Recovery trial 鈥� which has found that the steroid dexamethasone can cut deaths by a third in ventilated patients. The Recovery trial is now the main national 鈥榩latform鈥� trial through which promising drugs are trialled.

果冻影院H also took part in trials of the Ebola drug remdesivir 鈥� which was made available on the NHS after the trial found it reduced recovery time from 15 to 11 days.

Work continues to ensure that as many patients as possible are given the opportunity to take part in covid-19 research at 果冻影院H. Recruitment to Covid-19 research studies is coordinated by a 果冻影院H team, led by Prof Rob Heyderman, which identifies patients as soon as patients are admitted to 果冻影院H, matches them with potential research studies that are most appropriate to them, and ensures a considered approach to patients, managing their expectations about what they can expect from their participation in research.

Where patients are unable to offer informed consent directly, dialogue takes place with family members.

Patients themselves have reviewed Covid-19 study protocols and contributed to recruitment efforts at 果冻影院H 鈥� helping develop posters to go up around the hospital and advising on how we recruit patients into studies.

果冻影院H is now a leading site in two vaccine studies for Covid-19 鈥� led by the University of Oxford and Imperial College London 鈥� and has built capacity to be able to conduct future Covid-19 vaccine studies in the pipeline. We are also actively involved in follow up studies of covid-19 which seek to develop understanding about the longer term implications of the infection.

Prof Bryan Williams, Director of Research at 果冻影院H, said: 鈥淲e want as many patients as possible to be offered the chance to take part in research. During the peak of the pandemic we had a vital window in which to carry out research to see what works in the first against Covid-19 鈥� and we continue to recruit as many patients as we can now 鈥� even while patient numbers are lower now which is obviously welcome.鈥�