RE: Average hospital patient symptoms/ home trial9 Jul 2020 19:35
I don't think it will be a binary result regards hospital trials. More likely to be a sliding scale dependant on severity, co-morbidities, infection stage and so on. What it should give them is clear data as to drop off effectiveness of drug and strongly hint at benefit when given earlier in the virus cycle. For me, hospital trial results showing a drop in hospital stay duration by 20% or more would be a good result. Home trials would, then, i believe show a significantly higher effectiveness over and well above 35%. The real potential of this treatment is in the home setting. Professor Holgate et al know this. Multiple benefits: infection spread is kept to a minimum. People can remain in their own homes (whilst taking two week treatment) taking pressure off NHS. Home kits can be delivered/posted to sick clients pretty much anywhere. Moving forward the drug could well be safely used alongside another drug which kills the virus. Then you have the game changer. A drug that suppresses replication and boosts the general immune system with a drug that kills virus cells. Eradication of the virus from hosts bodies will then speed dramatically in the right direction.