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No evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients

No evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 - کلروکین و هیدروکسی کلروکین در درمان کرونا

A large observational study suggests that treatment with the antimalarial drug chloroquine or its analogue hydroxychloroquine (taken with or without the antibiotics azithromycin or clarithromycin) offers no benefit for patients with COVID-19. The study analyzed data from nearly 15,000 patients with COVID-19 receiving a combination of any of the four drug regimens and 81,000 controls.

Release date: 22 May 2020

Source: The Lancet