Comparative effectiveness and safety of antiviral agents for patients with COVID-19 : Protocol for a systematic review and individual-patient data network meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: A recent cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, has been caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We propose the protocol described below to perform an individual-patient data (IPD) network meta-analysis (NMA) in order to evaluate the efficacies of different antiviral drugs to treat patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We will search the Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, SinoMed, CNKI and VIP databases from their inceptions through July 2020. There will be no restrictions on language, publication year, or publication type. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and prospective cohort studies with antiviral treatments for COVID-19 will be considered. Two reviewers will independently select studies and collect data. Risk-of-bias assessments will be completed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias scale. Primary outcome will be the COVID-19 recovery rate. We will combine aggregated data from IPD with the NMA in a single model, compare the effects of different antiviral drugs on patient-relevant efficacy, and rank the results to decide which is the most effective.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020167038.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 15(2020), 11 vom: 28., Seite e0241947

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Yulong [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Jiao [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Zhizhong [VerfasserIn]
Kuang, Jiqiu [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 18.11.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0241947

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317340948