Posted on 11/05/2014 9:22:05 AM PST by Diogenesis
Some Ebola Patients Should Get Placebo in Drug Tests: FDA
"Edward Cox, director of the FDAs Office of Antimicrobial Products,
said Wednesday that some patients with Ebola need
to forgo potentially life-saving treatments so researchers
can see how they fare compared to those who receive the
experimental drugs .... Cox noted that randomised studies
would be "challenging," but they are necessary ..."
(Excerpt) Read more at firstwordpharma.com ...
>>How many US patients have received placebos so far?
Here was one:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3804224/posts
An Ebola patient treated in the U.S. chose to remain anonymous. Now hes telling his story.
Boston.com ^ | 28 Dec 2019 | Lenny Bernstein
With Ebola spreading across West Africa, an experimental drug called ZMapp had been rushed into clinical testing. Seventy-two people, most of them in Africa, would be enrolled in two groups: those given the drug; and those kept on the standard care of fluids, medication and support. The doctors asked Gorman whether he wanted to be part of the trial. He agreed.
But a computer randomized him to the control group. There would be no ZMapp for him.
Consider how they are reacting to “Trump pills” these days
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