I’ve been collecting & annotating credible information from @UCSF experts on COVID-19, as it appears, in the subthreads of
CV1-
This thread selects those relevant specifically to HCQ & CQ.
Take a quick look at the tweets, then watch video of her presentation.
a5-a10.2, a13
b1-12
but see especially b5-b6 on CQ/HCQ : NEED TRIALS.
c8-c10 discusses big trial started with another drug, Remdesivir, but structured to allow addition of others like HCQ. She notes controversy around HCQ
c8-10
@annieluet's comments on HCQ are:
e6-7
She reviews a few papers in the news, ending with "Concerns about safety with unmonitored use & drug supply".
A-T
@UCSF Infectious Disease expert @annieluet gave great update on treatments & trials (she runs real ones), as more studies kept being reported, although still not good RCTs.
Watch, incl Q&A at end.
youtube.com/watch?v=o1I2Kl…
“No signal yet for clinical or viral efficacy
Concern for cardiac toxicity, especially with other QTc prolonging agents.”
(Dosage issue remains unclear: is there a dosage that has useful effect for COVID that is not also toxic for some people?)
Safety varies, No RCT data demonstrating efficacy yet.
She’s on 5 of 8 @UCSF Clinical trials.
1:04:00 @Bob_Wachter asks her advice for frontline clinicians.
UNLIKE TV-personality "doctors", real experts explain uncertainties.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lue…