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COVID-19 Plasma Therapy Shows Little Benefit In Patients In India, Study Finds
Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.
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No Benefit Of Plasma Therapy To Reduce Covid Mortality Risk: AIIMS Trial
Convalescent plasma therapy did not show benefit in reducing mortality risk among COVID-19 patients, according to an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial done at AIIMS in Delhi to assess the efficacy of this mode of treatment.
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Maharashtra Government Warns People Of Possible Plasma Racket
Maharashtra, which started the world's largest plasma therapy trial in June, has now warned about a racket in plasma donation. State home minister Anil Deshmukh today said there have been reports of fraud. There have also been reports that those needing plasma have been made to pay hefty amounts.
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Plasma Donors In Short Supply As Bengal COVID-19 Cases See Huge Spike
Plasma therapy trials on COVID-19 patients have been languishing in West Bengal for want of donors. There are now over 25,000 cases in the state, and 17,000 have recovered, but barely 15 COVID-19 survivors have come forward to donate plasma.
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"Project Platina": Maharashtra Claims Largest Plasma Therapy Trial
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today launched the world's largest plasma therapy trials for COVID-19 - Project Platina - aimed at creating robust data for treating the disease for which no specific line of treatment exists. His son, minister Aaditya Thackeray said the project will also help the country's worst-hit state create infrastr...
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Don't Restrict Plasma Therapy To Critical Covid Cases: Mumbai Doctors
Adopt plasma therapy sooner for potentially complicated Covid patients and counsel survivors to donate plasma, doctors on the frontline of battle against coronavirus in Mumbai said, suggesting there needs to be a shift in use of plasma therapy to save more lives in Mumbai.
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Top Medical Body ICMR Allows Plasma Trials At Jodhpur COVID Hospital
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has allowed the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jodhpur to try treating COVID-19 patients with plasma therapy, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Friday.
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Plasma Therapy ''No Magic Bullet'' Against COVID-19: Medical Experts
The convalescent plasma therapy is no "magic bullet" to deal with coronavirus, and only large-scale controlled trials can ascertain its efficacy as part of the treatment strategy, top medical experts said on Monday, even as several states are considering the use of the therapy to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
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"Won't Stop Plasma Therapy Trial": Arvind Kejriwal After Centre's Caution
Delhi will not stop plasma therapy trials in the fight against the highly infectious coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this afternoon, adding that the "initial results have been promising". His remarks came days after the centre's caution on the use of the therapy.
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"Encouraging Results": Arvind Kejriwal On Plasma Therapy Trials In Delhi
Plasma therapy trials on four coronavirus patients in Delhi have produced encouraging results, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding after a few more trials, his government would seek permission from the centre to use the treatment on a large scale.
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Bengaluru Hospital Gets Medical Body Nod For COVID-19 Plasma Therapy
A city based private hospital has been given the nod by Indian Council of Medical Research to conduct clinical trials on COVID-19 patients using plasma therapy.
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99 Institutes Willing To Take Part In Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy: Top Medical Body
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received 99 applications from institutes expressing interest in participating in a randomised controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma to limit complications associated with COVID-19.
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Central Drug Controller Allows Convalescent Plasma Trials In COVID-19 Patients
The central drug regulator has given its go-ahead to a proposal by the ICMR for the clinical trial of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 patients, as per the protocol developed by the top medical body.
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Plasma Trials For COVID-19 To Begin Shortly In Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the city has got the Centre's approval to carry out clinical trials of plasma enrichment technique to help critically ill coronavirus patients."Trial of Plasma Enrichment technique will begin in the next three or four days. If successful, we can save the lives of serious COVID-19 patients," the Chief ...
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COVID-19: India In Final Stages Of Framing Protocols For Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy
India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients, a senior ICMR official said.
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COVID-19 Plasma Therapy Shows Little Benefit In Patients In India, Study Finds
Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.
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No Benefit Of Plasma Therapy To Reduce Covid Mortality Risk: AIIMS Trial
Convalescent plasma therapy did not show benefit in reducing mortality risk among COVID-19 patients, according to an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial done at AIIMS in Delhi to assess the efficacy of this mode of treatment.
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Maharashtra Government Warns People Of Possible Plasma Racket
Maharashtra, which started the world's largest plasma therapy trial in June, has now warned about a racket in plasma donation. State home minister Anil Deshmukh today said there have been reports of fraud. There have also been reports that those needing plasma have been made to pay hefty amounts.
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Plasma Donors In Short Supply As Bengal COVID-19 Cases See Huge Spike
Plasma therapy trials on COVID-19 patients have been languishing in West Bengal for want of donors. There are now over 25,000 cases in the state, and 17,000 have recovered, but barely 15 COVID-19 survivors have come forward to donate plasma.
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"Project Platina": Maharashtra Claims Largest Plasma Therapy Trial
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today launched the world's largest plasma therapy trials for COVID-19 - Project Platina - aimed at creating robust data for treating the disease for which no specific line of treatment exists. His son, minister Aaditya Thackeray said the project will also help the country's worst-hit state create infrastr...
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Don't Restrict Plasma Therapy To Critical Covid Cases: Mumbai Doctors
Adopt plasma therapy sooner for potentially complicated Covid patients and counsel survivors to donate plasma, doctors on the frontline of battle against coronavirus in Mumbai said, suggesting there needs to be a shift in use of plasma therapy to save more lives in Mumbai.
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Top Medical Body ICMR Allows Plasma Trials At Jodhpur COVID Hospital
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has allowed the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jodhpur to try treating COVID-19 patients with plasma therapy, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Friday.
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Plasma Therapy ''No Magic Bullet'' Against COVID-19: Medical Experts
The convalescent plasma therapy is no "magic bullet" to deal with coronavirus, and only large-scale controlled trials can ascertain its efficacy as part of the treatment strategy, top medical experts said on Monday, even as several states are considering the use of the therapy to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients.
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"Won't Stop Plasma Therapy Trial": Arvind Kejriwal After Centre's Caution
Delhi will not stop plasma therapy trials in the fight against the highly infectious coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this afternoon, adding that the "initial results have been promising". His remarks came days after the centre's caution on the use of the therapy.
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"Encouraging Results": Arvind Kejriwal On Plasma Therapy Trials In Delhi
Plasma therapy trials on four coronavirus patients in Delhi have produced encouraging results, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding after a few more trials, his government would seek permission from the centre to use the treatment on a large scale.
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Bengaluru Hospital Gets Medical Body Nod For COVID-19 Plasma Therapy
A city based private hospital has been given the nod by Indian Council of Medical Research to conduct clinical trials on COVID-19 patients using plasma therapy.
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99 Institutes Willing To Take Part In Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy: Top Medical Body
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received 99 applications from institutes expressing interest in participating in a randomised controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma to limit complications associated with COVID-19.
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Central Drug Controller Allows Convalescent Plasma Trials In COVID-19 Patients
The central drug regulator has given its go-ahead to a proposal by the ICMR for the clinical trial of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 patients, as per the protocol developed by the top medical body.
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Plasma Trials For COVID-19 To Begin Shortly In Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the city has got the Centre's approval to carry out clinical trials of plasma enrichment technique to help critically ill coronavirus patients."Trial of Plasma Enrichment technique will begin in the next three or four days. If successful, we can save the lives of serious COVID-19 patients," the Chief ...
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COVID-19: India In Final Stages Of Framing Protocols For Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy
India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients, a senior ICMR official said.
