Effects of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine treatment on non-SARS-CoV2 viral infections : A systematic review of clinical studies

Published 2021. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA..

Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been used as antiviral agents for the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) infection. We performed a systematic review to examine whether prior clinical studies that compared the effects of CQ and HCQ to a control for the treatment of non-SARS-CoV2 infection supported the use of these agents in the present SARS-CoV2 outbreak. PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and Web of Science (PROSPERO CRD42020183429) were searched from inception through 2 April 2020 without language restrictions. Of 1766 retrieved reports, 18 studies met our inclusion criteria, including 17 prospective controlled studies and one retrospective study. CQ or HCQ were compared to control for the treatment of infectious mononucleosis (EBV, n = 4), warts (human papillomavirus, n = 2), chronic HIV infection (n = 6), acute chikungunya infection (n = 1), acute dengue virus infection (n = 2), chronic HCV (n = 2), and as preventive measures for influenza infection (n = 1). Survival was not evaluated in any study. For HIV, the virus that was most investigated, while two early studies suggested HCQ reduced viral levels, four subsequent ones did not, and in two of these CQ or HCQ increased viral levels and reduced CD4 counts. Overall, three studies concluded CQ or HCQ were effective; four concluded further research was needed to assess the treatments' effectiveness; and 11 concluded that treatment was ineffective or potentially harmful. Prior controlled clinical trials with CQ and HCQ for non-SARS-CoV2 viral infections do not support these agents' use for the SARS-CoV2 outbreak.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Reviews in medical virology - 31(2021), 6 vom: 01. Nov., Seite e2228

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cui, Xizhong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]
Minkove, Samuel J [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Couse, Zoe [VerfasserIn]
Eichacker, Peter Q [VerfasserIn]
Torabi-Parizi, Parizad [VerfasserIn]

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Antiviral Agents
Chloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Systematic Review
Treatment
Viral infection

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Date Completed 25.11.2021

Date Revised 06.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/rmv.2228

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NLM322513030