A pilot study of hydroxychloroquine in treatment of patients with moderate COVID-19

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the treatment of patients with moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

METHODS: We prospectively enrolled 30 treatment-naïve patients with confirmed COVID-19 after informed consent at Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. The patients were randomized 1:1 to HCQ group and the control group. Patients in HCQ group were given HCQ 400 mg per day for 5 days plus conventional treatments, while those in the control group were given conventional treatment only. The primary endpoint was negative conversion rate of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid in respiratory pharyngeal swab on days 7 after randomization. This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and registered online (NCT04261517).

RESULTS: One patient in HCQ group developed to severe during the treatment. On day 7, nucleic acid of throat swabs was negative in 13 (86.7%) cases in the HCQ group and 14 (93.3%) cases in the control group (P>0.05). The median duration from hospitalization to virus nucleic acid negative conservation was 4 (1,9) days in HCQ group, which is comparable to that in the control group [2 (1,4) days, Z=1.27, P>0.05]. The median time for body temperature normalization in HCQ group was 1 (0,2) day after hospitalization, which was also comparable to that in the control group [1 (0,3) day]. Radiological progression was shown on CT images in 5 cases (33.3%) of the HCQ group and 7 cases (46.7%) of the control group, and all patients showed improvement in follow-up examinations. Four cases (26.7%) of the HCQ group and 3 cases (20%) of the control group had transient diarrhea and abnormal liver function (P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis of COVID-19 moderate patients is good. Larger sample size study are needed to investigate the effects of HCQ in the treatment of COVID-19. Subsequent research should determine better endpoint and fully consider the feasibility of experiments such as sample size.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences - 49(2020), 2 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 215-219

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Danping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Qingnian [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Yun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shuli [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Dandan [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Zhiping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yinzhong [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Hongzhou [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4QWG6N8QKH
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
RNA, Viral
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 12.05.2020

Date Revised 02.04.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04261517

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2020.03.03

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309748518