Impact of early interferon-β treatment on the prognosis of patients with COVID-19 in the first wave : A post hoc analysis from a multicenter cohort

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BACKGROUND: Interferon-β is an attractive drug for repurposing and use in the treatment of COVID-19, based on its in vitro antiviral activity and the encouraging results from clinical trials. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of early interferon-β treatment in patients admitted with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic.

METHODS: This post hoc analysis of a COVID-19Spain multicenter cohort included 3808 consecutive adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from 1 January to 17 March 2020. The primary endpoint was 30-day all-cause mortality, and the main exposure of interest was subcutaneous administration of interferon-β, defined as early if started ≤ 3 days from admission. Multivariate logistic and Cox regression analyses were conducted to identify the associations of different variables with receiving early interferon-β therapy and to assess its impact on 30-day mortality. A propensity score was calculated and used to both control for confounders and perform a matched cohort analysis.

RESULTS: Overall, 683 patients (17.9%) received early interferon-β therapy. These patients were more severely ill. Adjusted HR for mortality with early interferon-β was 1.03 (95% CI, 0.82-1.30) in the overall cohort, 0.96 (0.82-1.13) in the PS-matched subcohort, and 0.89 (0.60-1.32) when interferon-β treatment was analyzed as a time-dependent variable.

CONCLUSIONS: In this multicenter cohort of admitted COVID-19 patients, receiving early interferon-β therapy after hospital admission did not show an association with lower mortality. Whether interferon-β might be useful in the earlier stages of the disease or specific subgroups of patients requires further research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 146(2022) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 112572

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salto-Alejandre, Sonsoles [VerfasserIn]
Palacios-Baena, Zaira R [VerfasserIn]
Arribas, José Ramón [VerfasserIn]
Berenguer, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Carratalà, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Jarrín, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Ryan, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Miguel-Montero, Marta de [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Pachón, Jerónimo [VerfasserIn]
COVID-19@Spain Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

77238-31-4
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Interferon-β
Interferon-beta
Journal Article
Mortality
Multicenter Study
SARS-CoV-2
Treatment

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Date Completed 24.01.2022

Date Revised 06.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112572

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NLM334905354