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Issue date: Originally issued on 17-Mar-2021 10:22:02. This version was issued on 17-Mar-2021 10:22:02

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Action category: Action

Title: Convalescent Plasma in the Management of Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19

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***Attachment re-posted on 23 March to remove the Draft watermark. No other change to the content.***

Results from the RECOVERY trial, a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial, showed no significant clinical benefit from treatment with high-titre convalescent plasma in patients hospitalised with COVID-19. 

The REMAP-CAP trial, an international randomised, embedded, multifactorial, adaptive platform trial has also announced that no significant benefit was seen from treatment with convalescent plasma (up to two ABO-compatible units administered over 48 hours) in patients requiring organ support in an intensive care setting.

It is therefore now recommended that convalescent plasma is NOT used in the management of hospitalised patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection.



Additional information: This alert is not relevant to Primary Care

Alert reference: CEM/CMO/2021/010

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