Guidelines update, v41.2

Version 41.2 of the Australian guidelines for the clinical care of people with COVID-19 includes the identification of two new studies on disease-modifying treatments:

• Canakinumab NEW – one new study comparing canakinumab to placebo in 454 hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 (Caricchio et al.)
• Azithromycin – one new study comparing azithromycin to placebo in 263 adult outpatients with COVID-19 (Oldenburg et al.)

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