Clinical trials for COVID-19 should include sex as a variable.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bischof, Evelyne; Wolfe, Jeannette; Klein, Sabra L.
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Investigation. Jul2020, Vol. 130 Issue 7, p3350-3352. 3p.
- Subject
- *EXPERIMENTAL design
*VIRAL pneumonia
*RESEARCH
*CLINICAL trials
*RESEARCH methodology
*COVID-19
*EVALUATION research
*MEDICAL cooperation
*SEX distribution
*COMPARATIVE studies
*EPIDEMICS
*RESEARCH funding
*STANDARDS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0021-9738
This Viewpoint calls on investigators that are developing and testing therapeutic and prophylactic approaches for COVID-19 to design studies that are inclusive of male-female differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]