“Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention group receiving oral ivermectin (0.4 mg/kg body weight daily for 5 days) plus standard of care or the control group receiving the standard of care alone....The ivermectin dosage for each patient in the intervention arm was calculated to the nearest 6-mg or 12-mg whole tablets (dosing table in the study protocol,”
What occurs to me, and I will have to look at the article, maybe they truncated the study when the trend to show fewer deaths began to separate toward significance.
Thanks…
.4 mg per kg is close, though with Delta and severe disease, the Frontline Drs upped the dosage to .6 mg per kg. Higher dose, combined in a multi drug regimen
Lower dose for prophylaxis