Blinded randomised controlled trial of low-dose Adjuvant Steroids in Adults admitted to hospital with Pandemic influenza (ASAP): a trial ‘in hibernation’, ready for rapid activation

Background: There are no completed randomised trials of the use of corticosteroids in patients with severe influenza infection. Corticosteroid use in influenza is widespread, non-systematic and marked by controversy. A recent meta-analysis of observational studies of adjuvant corticosteroids in infl...

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Main Authors: Wei Shen Lim, Clare Brittain, Lelia Duley, Sheila Edwards, Stephen Gordon, Alan Montgomery, Jonathan Nguyen-Van-Tam, Robert Read, Diane Whitham, David Whynes, Mark Woodhead, Dan Wootton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2015-02-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19160