Canakinumab as treatment for COVID-19-related pneumonia : A prospective case-control study

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OBJECTIVES: Canakinumab is an IL-1β antibody that neutralises the activity of IL-1β. This study examined the efficacy and safety of canakinumab in patients with moderate COVID-19-related pneumonia.

DESIGN: This study aimed to evaluate the reduction in duration of hospitalisation with adequate oxygen status. Forty-eight patients with moderate COVID-19-related pneumonia were asked to participate in the prospective case-control study: 33 patients (cases) signed informed consent and received canakinumab (Cohort 1) and 15 patients (Controls) refused to receive the experimental drug and received institutional standard of care (Cohort 2).

RESULTS: Hospital discharge within 21 days was seen in 63% of patients in Cohort 1 vs. 0% in Cohort 2 (median 14 vs. 26 days, respectively; p < 0.001). There was significant clinical improvement in ventilation regimes following administration of canakinumab compared with Cohort 2 (Stuart-Maxwell test for paired data, p < 0.001). Patients treated with canakinumab experienced a significant increase in PaO2:FiO2 (p < 0.001) and reduction in lung damage by CT (p = 0.01), along with significant decreases in immune/inflammation markers that were not observed in Cohort 2. Only mild side-effects were seen in patients treated with canakinumab; survival at 60 days was 90.0% (95% CI 71.9-96.7) in patients treated with canakinumab and 73.3% (95% CI 43.6-89.1) for Cohort 2.

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with canakinumab in patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia rapidly restored normal oxygen status, decreased the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, and was associated with earlier hospital discharge and favourable prognosis versus standard of care.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:104

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 104(2021) vom: 01. März, Seite 433-440

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Generali, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Bosio, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Malberti, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Cuzzoli, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Testa, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Romanini, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Fioravanti, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Morandini, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Pianta, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Giannotti, Guglielmo [VerfasserIn]
Viola, Erika Maria [VerfasserIn]
Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Foramitti, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Tira, Rosa Angela [VerfasserIn]
Zangrandi, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Chiodelli, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Machiavelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Cappelletti, Maria Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Giossi, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
De Giuli, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Costanzi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Campana, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Bernocchi, Ottavia [VerfasserIn]
Sirico, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Zoncada, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Molteni, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Venturini, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Giudici, Fabiola [VerfasserIn]
Scaltriti, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Angelo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37CQ2C7X93
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
COVID-19
Canakinumab
Journal Article
Observational Study
Pneumonia
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 23.04.2021

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.073

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319496163