Do you have patients suitable for the RECOVERY trial?

December 31, 2020

If you have any patients who are either COVID-19 positive or suspected to have the virus in your ward or area please consider talking to them about the RECOVERY trial.

The study aims to find effective treatments for patients with the virus and has already established the use of dexamethasone as standard therapy.

It has three randomisation stages which means that it is possible for the patient to receive any combination of these treatments or none at all.

Colleagues can discuss the aims and the treatment options with a research nurse, or they can simply seek permission for the research nurse to visit their patient to discuss the study in more detail and obtain the consent. An eligibility form will need to be completed and this will also establish the suitability of the treatment options. The research nurse will be on hand to help you.

The recovery trial was one of the very first COVID-19 studies to commence running here at the Trust with the primary investigator being Dr Sarb Clare.

To find out more details, please watch this short video featuring Ash Turner, Clinical Research Charge Nurse:

For more information please visit https://connect2.swbh.nhs.uk/recovery-trial/ or call ext. 6657.