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Editorial
. 2020 Dec 24;56(6):2004116.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.04116-2020. Print 2020 Dec.

Pandemic trials: evidence-based medicine on steroids

James D Chalmers  1
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Editorial

Pandemic trials: evidence-based medicine on steroids

James D Chalmers. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Small trials have been largely overlooked in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic in favour of “mega-trials”. As new therapies are urgently needed, phase 2 “proof of concept” studies are crucial as we move into a new phase of pandemic research. https://bit.ly/3o0K9kl

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: J.D. Chalmers reports grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Insmed, personal fees from Chiesi, Novartis and Zambon, grants from Gilead Sciences, outside the submitted work.

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