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No benefit from virus blood plasma: study – The West Australian
A trial looking at whether blood plasma from COVID-19 patients can help those who are seriously ill does not appear to work in ICU patients, researchers say.
An international trial testing convalescent blood plasma on COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe illness has halted enrolment of severely ill COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care after it found no benefit, trial investigators say.
The decision by the REMAP-CAP trial leaders came after an initial analysis of more than 900 severely ill trial participants in intensive care showed that treatment with the product – an antibody-rich plasma taken from people who have recovered from the pandemic…
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