Trusts told to enrol patients in trials

摘要

Ajoint letter from the UK's four chief medical officers and NHS England's medical director has been sent to NHS trusts asking them to make "every effort" to enrol patients into national prioritised clinical trials on COVID-19. Almost 1,000 patients from 132 different hospitals were recruited in 15 days to join the 'Randomised evaluation of COVID-19 therapy' (RECOVERY) trial, being coordinated by researchers at the University of Oxford, and thousands more are expected to join.