McMaster University, Canada Trial (run in Brazil):
Mills said that his team’s ivermectin trial was altered after advocacy groups complained that it was too modest to achieve the results they expected. The trial originally tested the results from a single ivermectin dose in January this year, but was later changed to involve one daily dose for three days of 400 micrograms of the drug for every kilogram (about 2.2 pounds) of the patients’ weight, up to 90 kilograms.
Half the subjects received a placebo tablet. No clinical results were detected at either dosage, Mills said.
Asked whether he expected further criticism from ivermectin advocates, he said it was all but inevitable. “The advocacy groups have set themselves up to be able to critique any clinical trial. They’ve already determined that any valid, well-designed critical trial was set up to fail.”
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-11/ivermectin-no-effect-covid
the McMaster study above commenced in Jan/Feb 2021 in Brazil further confirms the previous McMaster study completed Dec 20, 2020 in Columbia, which used 300 mcg/kg of body weight per day for 5 days”:
https://plus.mcmaster.ca/COVID-19/Article/Details/33662102
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33662102/
Mills was intially very excited about this trial.
locations of clinical studies:
Up to 3,200 participants will take part in the study that partners with research clinic Cardresearch, the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
It’s funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Fastgrants, a collaboration of technology philanthropists.
Co-investigators include McMaster professors Lehana Thabane and Gordon Guyatt.
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/02/10/mcmaster-university-researcher-testing-covid-treatments.html
i dont see where they used zinc or vitamins with ivermectin in the study, thus it appears it was setup to fail.
Can’t get the full text links for me. Can you summarize when people were given ivermectin in relation to when the got covid? Before, early, or after symptoms developed?