Coronavirus: Clinical Trials

(asked on 23rd April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK is participating in the World Health Organisation’s Solidarity Trial.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 28th April 2020

The United Kingdom is not currently participating in the Solidarity Trial, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, as the same compounds are already being tested in existing UK trials. Lopinavir/ritonavir is being trialled in the RECOVERY and REMAP-CAP trials; interferon beta-1a is being trialled in REMAP-CAP; and hydroxychloroquine is being trialled in the RECOVERY, REMAP-CAP and PRINCIPLE clinical trials. The UK trials have been designed to be compatible with the Solidarity Trial so that UK data can be shared with the WHO platform.

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