id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-344705-co0nk7pt Eichler, Hans‐Georg Clinical trials for Covid‐19: can we better use the short window of opportunity? 2020-05-14 .txt text/plain 2988 140 44 We here discuss actions that all stakeholders in the clinical trial ecosystem need to take to ensure that the window of opportunity during this pandemic will not shut, both for patients in need of treatment and for researchers to conduct decision‐relevant clinical trials. Many small stand-alone trials and observational studies of single-agent interventions are currently running or in planning; many of these will likely not deliver robust results that could support regulatory and patient-level treatment decisions. We here discuss actions that all stakeholders in the clinical trial ecosystem need to take to ensure that the window of opportunity during this pandemic will not shut, both for patients in need of treatment and for researchers to conduct decision-relevant clinical trials. Now is the time to ensure that the window of opportunity will not shut, both for patients in need of treatment and for researchers to conduct clinical trials that deliver. ./cache/cord-344705-co0nk7pt.txt ./txt/cord-344705-co0nk7pt.txt