Abstract
• Since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread around the world, over 1100 clinical studies have been registered globally on clinical trials registries, including over 500 randomised controlled trials.
• Such rapid development and launch of clinical trials is impressive but presents challenges, including the potential for duplication and competition.
• There is currently no known effective treatment for COVID-19.
• In order to focus on those studies most likely to influence clinical practice, we summarise the 31 currently registered randomised trials with a target sample size of at least 1000 participants.
• We have grouped these trials into four categories: prophylaxis; treatment of outpatients with mild COVID-19; treatment of hospitalised patients with moderate COVID-19; and treatment of hospitalised patients with moderate or severe disease.
• The most common therapeutic agent being trialled currently is hydroxychloroquine (24 trials with potential sample size of over 25 000 participants), followed by lopinavir–ritonavir (seven trials) and remdesevir (five trials)
• There are many candidate drugs in pre-clinical and early phase development, and these form a pipeline for future large clinical trials if current candidate therapies prove ineffective or unsafe.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 86-93 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Medical Journal of Australia |
| Volume | 213 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 27 Jun 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2020 |