Qualitative Subgenomic RNA to Monitor the Response to Remdesivir in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 : Impact on the Length of Hospital Stay and Mortality

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BACKGROUND: There is no reliable microbiological marker to guide the indication and the response to antiviral treatment in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to evaluate the dynamics of subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) in patients with COVID-19 before and after receiving treatment with remdesivir.

METHODS: We included consecutive patients admitted for COVID-19 who received remdesivir according to our institutional protocol and accepted to participate in the study. A nasopharyngeal swab for quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was collected at baseline and after 3 and 5 days of treatment with remdesivir. Genomic and sgRNA were analyzed in those samples and main comorbidities and evolution were collected for the analyses. The main outcomes were early discharge (≤10 days) and 30-day mortality.

RESULTS: A total of 117 patients were included in the study, of whom 24 had a negative sgRNA at baseline, with 62.5% (15/24) receiving early discharge (≤10 days) and no deaths in this group. From the 93 remaining patients, 62 had a negative sgRNA at day 5 with 37/62 (59.6%) with early discharge and a mortality rate of 4.8% (3/62). In the subgroup of 31 patients with positive sgRNA after 5 days of remdesivir, the early discharge rate was 29% (9/31) and the mortality rate was 16.1% (5/31). In multivariable analyses, the variables associated with early discharge were negative sgRNA at day 3 and not needing treatment with corticosteroids or intensive care unit admission.

CONCLUSIONS: Qualitative sgRNA could help in monitoring the virological response in patients who receive remdesivir. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 76(2023), 1 vom: 06. Jan., Seite 32-38

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alonso-Navarro, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
Cuesta, Genoveva [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Cardozo, Celia [VerfasserIn]
Rico, Verónica [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Pouton, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Tuset, Montse [VerfasserIn]
Bodro, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Morata, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Puerta-Alcalde, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Herrera, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Soria, Dafne [VerfasserIn]
Aldea, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Mensa, Josep [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, José Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Del Rio, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Vila, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Vidal, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Marcos, M Angeles [VerfasserIn]
Soriano, Alex [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3QKI37EEHE
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Early display
Journal Article
Remdesivir
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Subgenomic RNA

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Date Completed 10.01.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciac760

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346147328