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title: "FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Treatment | Sutter Health"
description: "The FDA granted emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients, closing Sutter's related clinical trial."
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# Paying it Forward: Offering COVID-19 Survivor-Donated Blood Plasma to Patients

The FDA granted emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients, closing Sutter's related clinical trial.

April 27, 2020 by Karin Fleming

![Paying it Forward: Offering COVID-19 Survivor-Donated Blood Plasma to Patients](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/research-and-innovation/convalescent-plasma-banking-4456adb6.jpg?h=683&iar=0&w=1024 "Paying it Forward: Offering COVID-19 Survivor-Donated Blood Plasma to Patients")

**August 24, 2020 Update:** The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization on August 23, 2020 for emergency use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19. A clinical trial testing the investigational use of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 is closed to participant enrollment at Sutter.

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