Compassionate Use of Remdesivir in Pregnant Women With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America..

BACKGROUND: Remdesivir is efficacious for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults, but data in pregnant women are limited. We describe outcomes in the first 86 pregnant women with severe COVID-19 who were treated with remdesivir.

METHODS: The reported data span 21 March to 16 June 2020 for hospitalized pregnant women with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and room air oxygen saturation ≤94% whose clinicians requested remdesivir through the compassionate use program. The intended remdesivir treatment course was 10 days (200 mg on day 1, followed by 100 mg for days 2-10, given intravenously).

RESULTS: Nineteen of 86 women delivered before their first dose and were reclassified as immediate "postpartum" (median postpartum day 1 [range, 0-3]). At baseline, 40% of pregnant women (median gestational age, 28 weeks) required invasive ventilation, in contrast to 95% of postpartum women (median gestational age at delivery 30 weeks). By day 28 of follow-up, the level of oxygen requirement decreased in 96% and 89% of pregnant and postpartum women, respectively. Among pregnant women, 93% of those on mechanical ventilation were extubated, 93% recovered, and 90% were discharged. Among postpartum women, 89% were extubated, 89% recovered, and 84% were discharged. Remdesivir was well tolerated, with a low incidence of serious adverse events (AEs) (16%). Most AEs were related to pregnancy and underlying disease; most laboratory abnormalities were grade 1 or 2. There was 1 maternal death attributed to underlying disease and no neonatal deaths.

CONCLUSIONS: Among 86 pregnant and postpartum women with severe COVID-19 who received compassionate-use remdesivir, recovery rates were high, with a low rate of serious AEs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 73(2021), 11 vom: 06. Dez., Seite e3996-e4004

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Burwick, Richard M [VerfasserIn]
Yawetz, Sigal [VerfasserIn]
Stephenson, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Collier, Ai-Ris Y [VerfasserIn]
Sen, Pritha [VerfasserIn]
Blackburn, Brian G [VerfasserIn]
Kojic, E Milunka [VerfasserIn]
Hirshberg, Adi [VerfasserIn]
Suarez, Jose F [VerfasserIn]
Sobieszczyk, Magdalena E [VerfasserIn]
Marks, Kristen M [VerfasserIn]
Mazur, Shawn [VerfasserIn]
Big, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Manuel, Oriol [VerfasserIn]
Morlin, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Rose, Suzanne J [VerfasserIn]
Naqvi, Mariam [VerfasserIn]
Goldfarb, Ilona T [VerfasserIn]
DeZure, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Telep, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Susanna K [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Hahambis, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Hindman, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Chokkalingam, Anand P [VerfasserIn]
Carter, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Das, Moupali [VerfasserIn]
Osinusi, Anu O [VerfasserIn]
Brainard, Diana M [VerfasserIn]
Varughese, Tilly A [VerfasserIn]
Kovalenko, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Sims, Matthew D [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Samit [VerfasserIn]
Swamy, Geeta [VerfasserIn]
Sheffield, Jeanne S [VerfasserIn]
Zash, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Short, William R [VerfasserIn]

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Adenosine Monophosphate
Alanine
COVID-19
Journal Article
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Pregnant
Recovery
Remdesivir
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ventilation

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Date Completed 13.12.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciaa1466

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316015563