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World Health Organization temporarily halts hydroxychloroquine trials
WHO cites concerns about serious side-effects when the drug is used to treat COVID-19
The Associated Press · Posted: May 25, 2020 3:19 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
The World Health Organization says it is temporarily dropping hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drug U.S. President Donald Trump said he was taking — from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments.
In a press briefing on Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in light of a paper published last week in the Lancet that suggested people taking hydroxychloroquine were at higher risk of death and heart problems, there would be "a temporary pause" on the hydroxychloroquine arm of its global clinical trial.
"This concern relates to the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19," said Tedros, who pointed out the drugs are approved treatments for malaria and some autoimmune diseases.
Other treatments in the trial, including the experimental drug remdesivir and an HIV combination therapy, are still being tested.
Tedros said the executive group behind the WHO's global SOLIDARITY trial met on Saturday and decided to conduct a comprehensive review of all available data on hydroxychloroquine and suspend its use in the trial.
Canada is part of the Solidarity trials, known in this country as CATCO (Canadian Treatments for COVID-19). Patients requiring hospitalization for COVID-19 at one of 20 participating Canadian hospitals are eligible to take part.
WHO cites concerns about serious side-effects when the drug is used to treat COVID-19
The Associated Press · Posted: May 25, 2020 3:19 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
The World Health Organization says it is temporarily dropping hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drug U.S. President Donald Trump said he was taking — from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments.
In a press briefing on Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in light of a paper published last week in the Lancet that suggested people taking hydroxychloroquine were at higher risk of death and heart problems, there would be "a temporary pause" on the hydroxychloroquine arm of its global clinical trial.
"This concern relates to the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19," said Tedros, who pointed out the drugs are approved treatments for malaria and some autoimmune diseases.
Other treatments in the trial, including the experimental drug remdesivir and an HIV combination therapy, are still being tested.
Tedros said the executive group behind the WHO's global SOLIDARITY trial met on Saturday and decided to conduct a comprehensive review of all available data on hydroxychloroquine and suspend its use in the trial.
Canada is part of the Solidarity trials, known in this country as CATCO (Canadian Treatments for COVID-19). Patients requiring hospitalization for COVID-19 at one of 20 participating Canadian hospitals are eligible to take part.



