What is WHO Covid-19 ‘Solidarity Trial’? How will it be conducted in India

In a bid to seek out an efficient remedy for Covid-19, the Gujarat authorities has obtained permission from the Centre to take part within the World Health Organization’s ‘Solidarity Trial’ for Covid-19.

Hospitals in 4 cities in Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot – will take part within the WHO’s worldwide medical trial, a senior state well being official stated.

The medical trial

The worldwide medical trial is launched by the World Health Organization and its companions to assist discover an efficient remedy for Covid-19.

“The Solidarity Trial will compare four treatment options against standard of care, to assess their relative effectiveness against Covid-19,” the WHO states.

The world well being physique says it goals to quickly uncover whether or not any of the medicine within the trial slows down illness development or improves survival. The trial has sufferers enrolled in a number of international locations. “Other drugs can be added based on emerging evidence,” it says.

Solidarity Trial in India

The trial will likely be carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at hospitals in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot.

Under the trial, the effectiveness of 4 medicine and commonplace care on coronavirus sufferers will likely be in contrast.

The four-drug regimes that will likely be examined on Covid-19 sufferers underneath the Solidarity Trial in Gujarat are -Remdesivir, Lopinavir, Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine and Interferon.

BJ Medical College and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital in Ahmedabad, New Civil Hospital in Surat, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College in Rajkot and Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society (GMERS) Medical College in Vadodara are the 4 medical services in Gujarat the place the Solidarity Trials will likely be carried out.

India is amongst 100 different international locations taking part within the trial.