Plasma Therapy, Given Emergency Approval by FDA to Treat COVID, Actually Harmed Patients
Research just released has cast doubt on whether plasma treatments can help seriously ill COVID-19 patients, suggesting that in fact they may produce "adverse" effects.
The results of the study come after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) last month for convalescent plasma therapy to be used to treat the disease.
While most randomized controlled trials have shown negative results, uncontrolled studies had raised hopes that the antibody content in the plasma could help other patients.
The study, whose results were released this week, examined the efficacy of using plasma from people who had recovered from the disease to treat other COVID patients in the hope that it could prevent intubations and deaths.
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