Clinical trial in Scotland sees 120 coronavirus patients given potential treatment

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>More than 100 patients across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in Scotland with coronavirus have started to receive potential treatments for the disease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is thought the RECOVERY clinical trial is one of the fastest programmes looking at such a treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All patients with Covid-19 being treated at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital&comma; Glasgow Royal Infirmary&comma; Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital will be offered a place on the trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The randomised-controlled trial has so far involved 120 patients being given an active drug or standard care including steroids&comma; antivirals and antimalarial agents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Jennifer Armstrong&comma; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde &lpar;NHSGGC&rpar; medical director&comma; welcomed the move saying&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our teams have been incredible in rising up to the challenge of Covid-19&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">We&&num;39&semi;ve recruited over 100 patients to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;RECOVERYtrial&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;RECOVERYtrial<&sol;a> which aims to identify potential treatment for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;COVID19&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;COVID19<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Huge thanks to the teams across our hospitals who are making this happen&colon; 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