| T11 |
0-711 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Despite the pressures that typically surround pandemics to implement treatments with a promising rationale directly including research invitations, the research community should assert the benefits of testing treatment hypotheses with methodological rigour.8 This approach has arguably led to reliable improvements in treatment, for example, demonstrating the ineffectiveness of hydroxychloroquine and benefits of dexamethasone for patients with COVID-19.9,10 While the investigators have used established methods such as randomised controlled trials, they have chosen to expedite publication of the results before traditional peer review, using press releases and preprint archives such as bioRxiv and medRxiv. |
