Day-90 survival in critically-ill patients with COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine : a propensity analysis

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BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the effect of hydroxychloroquine on medium term outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring intensive care. We aimed to evaluate the effects of hydroxychloroquine on day 90 mortality in this specific population.

METHODS: This retrospective, multicenter, propensity matched cohort analysis, used data of adult patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 admitted to 3 university affiliated intensive care units between March 7, 2020, to April 7, 2020 in Lyon, France. Patients received either hydroxychloroquine (loading dose of 400 mg twice daily at day 1 followed by 200 mg twice daily from day 2 to day 10) or standard of care without hydroxychloroquine. We compared all-cause mortality at day-90 after ICU admission between propensity score matched groups receiving hydroxychloroquine or standard of care.

RESULTS: A total of 157 patients were included with a day-28 and day-90 mortality rate of 23.6% and 32.5%, respectively. The median (interquartile) age was 67 years (56-76 years), 105 (66.9%) were men, 65 (41.4%) fulfilled criteria for acute respiratory distress syndrome, and 64 (41%) received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for 10 days (4-10 days). In the propensity score matched cohort (59 patients in each group), day-90 mortality was 35.6% for patients who received HCQ and 23.7% for patients who did not (P=0.23). Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed no statistically significant association between HCQ therapy and mortality (P=0.20 by log-rank test).

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, off-label use of HCQ in critically ill patients with COVID-19 was not associated with any significant change in medium-term prognosis, confirming results of studies in less severe patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Annals of translational medicine - 9(2021), 7 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 524

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cour, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Amaz, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Bohé, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Rimmelé, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Ovize, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Argaud, Laurent [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)
Journal Article
Propensity score
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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Date Revised 23.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/atm-20-7811

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NLM325385890