Clinical benefits of inhaled ciclesonide for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection : a retrospective study

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BACKGROUND: The successful management of patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with inhaled ciclesonide has been reported, however few studies have investigated its application among hospitalized patients.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study enrolled all adult patients admitted to our hospital with confirmed COVID-19 infection from May to June 2021. Critical patients who received mechanical ventilation within 24 h after admission and those who started ciclesonide more than 14 days after symptom onset were excluded. The in-hospital mortality rate was compared between those who did and did not receive inhaled ciclesonide.

RESULTS: A total of 269 patients were enrolled, of whom 184 received inhaled ciclesonide and 85 did not. The use of ciclesonide was associated with lower in-hospital mortality (7.6% vs. 23.5%, p = 0.0003) and a trend of shorter hospital stay (12.0 (10.0-18.0) days vs. 13.0 (10.0-25.3) days, p = 0.0577). In subgroup analysis, the use of inhaled ciclesonide significantly reduced mortality in the patients with severe COVID-19 infection (6.8% vs. 50.0%, p < 0.0001) and in those with a high risk of mortality (16.4% vs. 43.2%, p = 0.0037). The use of inhaled ciclesonide also reduced the likelihood of receiving mechanical ventilation in the patients with severe COVID-19 infection. After multivariate analysis, inhaled ciclesonide remained positively correlated with a lower risk of in-hospital mortality (odds ratio: 0.2724, 95% confidence interval: 0.087-0.8763, p = 0.0291).

CONCLUSIONS: The use of inhaled ciclesonide in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection can reduce in-hospital mortality. Further randomized studies in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 infection are urgently needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC pulmonary medicine - 22(2022), 1 vom: 28. Sept., Seite 368

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kuo, Kuan-Chih [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chao-Hsien [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chieh-Jen [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jou-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Hsin-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yen-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yen-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Wen-Kuei [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chang-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chien-Liang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Ciclesonide
Inhaled corticosteroid
Journal Article
Mortality
Pregnenediones
S59502J185
SARS-CoV2

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Date Completed 30.09.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12890-022-02168-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346871662