Category: Covid-19

Dexamethasone saves lives in the Recovery Trial June 2020

The Recovery Trial has published early results today showing the benefits of Dexamethasone on Mortality. 

The first Cates plot below shows how many people on ventilators for Covid-19 had their lives saved (the 14 yellow faces) when 100 people were given Dexamethasone in this trial.

Cates Plot Covid-19
In the control group 41 people out of 100 died over 28 days, compared to 27 (95% CI 20 to 36) out of 100 for the dexamethasone group.

The second Cates plot below shows how many people on oxygen for Covid-19  had their lives saved (the 4 yellow faces) when 100 people were given Dexamethasone in this trial.

Cates Plot Covid-19
In the control group 25 people out of 100 died over 28 days, compared to 21 (95% CI 18 to 24) out of 100 for the dexamethasone group.

You can view the RECOVERY Trial dexamethasone statement here.

The images have been generated by Visual Rx based on the clinical data in this preliminary report.