Baricitinib vs tocilizumab treatment for hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19 and associated cytokine storm : a prospective, investigational, real-world study

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OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to compare outcomes of hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 and cytokine storm treated with tocilizumab or baricitinib.

METHODS: A prospective, investigational, real-world study was performed from April 2020 to April 2021 at our center. COVID-19 severity was classified by World Health Organization criteria, and cytokine storm was documented along predefined criteria. Eligible patients were enrolled at diagnosis if they fulfilled a priori inclusion criteria and received standard-of-care plus tocilizumab or baricitinib for >48 hours. Patients were followed per protocol for 28 days post-diagnosis. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality; secondary outcomes were invasive mechanical ventilation and major infectious complications.

RESULTS: Of 463 patients, 102/463 (22.1%) received tocilizumab, and 361/463 (77.9%) baricitinib. Baseline characteristics were balanced. At 28 days, there was no difference in all-cause mortality (22/102, 21.6% vs 64/361, 17.7%; P-value = 0.38). Requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation was more frequent after tocilizumab (52/102, 50.9% vs 96/361, 26.6%; P <0.01), rate of major infectious complications was similar (32/102, 31.4% vs 96/361, 26.6%; P-value = 0.34). In logistic regression, the immunomodulatory drug was not retained as a predictor of all-cause mortality. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed statistically similar survival distributions.

CONCLUSION: All-cause mortality was similar between adults treated with baricitinib or tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 with cytokine storm.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:125

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 125(2022) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 233-240

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lakatos, Botond [VerfasserIn]
Szabó, Bálint Gergely [VerfasserIn]
Bobek, Ilona [VerfasserIn]
Kiss-Dala, Noémi [VerfasserIn]
Gáspár, Zsófia [VerfasserIn]
Riczu, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Petrik, Borisz [VerfasserIn]
Farkas, Balázs Ferenc [VerfasserIn]
Sebestyén, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Gopcsa, László [VerfasserIn]
Bekő, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Sinkó, János [VerfasserIn]
Reményi, Péter [VerfasserIn]
Szlávik, János [VerfasserIn]
Mathiász, Dóra [VerfasserIn]
Vályi-Nagy, István [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Baricitinib
COVID-19
Cytokine storm
I031V2H011
ISP4442I3Y
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Tocilizumab

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Date Completed 20.12.2022

Date Revised 22.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348422180