RE: Average hospital patient symptoms/ home trial9 Jul 2020 19:29
Forest -
Point 1 - agreed this was always the concern with the hospital trial that we would be diagnosing too late in the infection cycle to have maximum benefit.
The trial design attempted to minimise this risk and I anticipate that trial candidates where cherry picked by the specialists at the NIHR centres, one of the benefits SNG discussed was about having full control of the trial and consultants on the payroll.
Slow filling of the hospital trial whilst annoying was also I think an attempt to vet heavily the candidates.
Point 2 - I think the fact that At Home has been successfully rolled out nationally already proves the drug can be easily self administered. If hospital trial positive I think at Home will be perceived to already be positive and probably a bigger success, I’d imagine that will be priced in.
If hospital is disappointing but points to earlier administration Then all eyes on At Home.
All IMO good discussion topic by the way.