RECOVERY trial: the UK covid-19 study resetting expectations for clinical trials.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Unlocking the Potential: A Systematic Review of Master Protocol in Pediatrics.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2024
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2. Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of nonsevere COVID-19 patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.Journal of medical virology · 2021
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3. Effect of hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin on the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021
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4. What is the role of randomised trials in implementation science?Trials · 2023
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5. Magnesium treatment on methylation changes of transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2).Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2021
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6. Febuxostat therapy in outpatients with suspected COVID-19: A clinical trial.International journal of clinical practice · 2020
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7. Retrospective Drug Utilization Pattern of the Use of Antivirals and Its Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mumbai From July to October 2020.Cureus · 2026
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8. The impact of diabetes and obesity on the severity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025
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9. COVID-19 Infection in Pediatric Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Center in Jordan: Clinical Characteristics and Age-Related Patterns.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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10. Observational research in epidemic settings: a roadmap to reform.BMJ global health · 2025
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11. Recruiters' lived experiences in COVID-19 vaccine trials in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025
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12. Enhancing sepsis biomarker development: key considerations from public and private perspectives.Critical care (London, England) · 2024
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13. People, humility, and ambition: our vision for the future of general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
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14. Factors Influencing the Length of Hospital Stay Among Pediatric COVID-19 Patients at Queen Rania Al Abdullah Hospital for Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2023
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15. The Role of Master Protocols in Pediatric Drug Development.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2022
    Review
16. Safety profile of COVID-19 drugs in a real clinical setting.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022
    Review
17. Rapid research response to the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from a National Institute for Health Biomedical Research Centre.Health research policy and systems · 2022
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18. Pandemic preparedness and responsiveness of research review committees: lessons from review of COVID-19 protocols at KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya.Wellcome open research · 2022
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19. Intravenous immunoglobulin as an important adjunct in the prevention and therapy of coronavirus 2019 disease.Scandinavian journal of immunology · 2021
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20. Dexamethasone or methylprednisolone therapy in covid-19 pneumonia: A retrospective and comparative study of 513 cases.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021
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Abstract

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