Assessment of Recovery Time, Worsening, and Death among Inpatients and Outpatients with COVID-19, Treated with Hydroxychloroquine or Chloroquine plus Azithromycin Combination in Burkina Faso

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OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to assess the statistical relationship between the use of chloroquine phosphate or hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin (CQ/HCQ + AZ) and virological recovery, disease worsening, and death among out- and inpatients with COVID-19 in Burkina Faso.

METHODS AND DESIGNS: This was a retrospective observational study that compared outcomes in terms of time to recovery, worsening, and death in patients who received CQ/HCQ + AZ and those who did not using a multivariable Cox or Poisson model before and after propensity matching.

RESULTS: Of the 863 patients included in the study, about 50% (432/863) were home-based follow-up patients and 50% were inpatients. Of these, 83.3% (746/863) received at least 1 dose of CQ/HCQ + AZ and 13.7% (118/863) did not. There were no significant differences in associated time to recovery for patients receiving any CQ/HCQ + AZ (adjusted HR 1.44; 95% CI 0.76-2.71). Similarly, there was no significant association between CQ/HCQ + AZ use and worsening (adjusted IRR 0.80; 95% CI 0.50-1.50). However, compared with the untreated group, the treated group had a lower risk of death (adjusted HR 0.20; 95% CI 0.10-0.44).

CONCLUSIONS: The study provided valuable additional information on the use of CQ/HCQ in patients with COVID-19 and did not show any harmful outcomes of CQ/HCQ + AZ treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 118(2022) vom: 15. Mai, Seite 224-229

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rouamba, Toussaint [VerfasserIn]
Ouédraogo, Esperance [VerfasserIn]
Barry, Houreratou [VerfasserIn]
Yaméogo, Nobila Valentin [VerfasserIn]
Sondo, Apoline [VerfasserIn]
Boly, Rainatou [VerfasserIn]
Zoungrana, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Ouédraogo, Abdoul Risgou [VerfasserIn]
Tahita, Marc Christian [VerfasserIn]
Poda, Armel [VerfasserIn]
Diendéré, Arnaud Eric [VerfasserIn]
Ouedraogo, Abdoul-Salam [VerfasserIn]
Valea, Innocent [VerfasserIn]
Traoré, Isidore [VerfasserIn]
Tarnagda, Zekiba [VerfasserIn]
Drabo, Maxime K [VerfasserIn]
Tinto, Halidou [VerfasserIn]
CHLORAZ study group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4QWG6N8QKH
83905-01-5
886U3H6UFF
Aggravation
Antiviral Agents
Azithromycin
Burkina Faso
Chloroquine
Fatality
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Observational Study
SRAS-CoV-2
Viral clearance

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Date Completed 28.04.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337592667