Randomized Open Investigation Determining Steroid Dose in Severe COVID-19 : The ROIDS-Dose Clinical Trial

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Introduction Treatment with dexamethasone reduces mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia requiring supplemental oxygen, but the optimal dose has not been determined. Objective To determine whether weight-based dexamethasone of 0.2 mg/kg is superior to 6 mg daily in reducing 28-day mortality in patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemia. Materials and methods A multicenter, open-label, randomized clinical trial was conducted between March 2021 and December 2021 at seven hospitals within Northwell Health. A total of 142 patients with confirmed COVID-19 and hypoxemia were included. Participants were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg intravenously daily (n = 70) or 6 mg daily (n = 72) for up to 10 days. Results There was no statistically significant difference in the primary outcome of 28-day all-cause mortality with deaths in 12 of 70 patients (17.14%) in the intervention group and 15 of 72 patients (20.83%) in the control group (p = 0.58). There were no statistically significant differences among the secondary outcomes. Conclusion In patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemia, the use of weight-based dexamethasone dosing was not superior to dexamethasone 6 mg in reducing all-cause mortality at 28 days. Clinical trial registration This study was registered under ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT04834375).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 14(2022), 11 vom: 02. Nov., Seite e31086

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rabascall, Carlos X [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Becky X [VerfasserIn]
Dhar, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Zubair [VerfasserIn]
Fryman, Craig [VerfasserIn]
Izard, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Makaryus, Mina [VerfasserIn]
Acharya, Sudeep [VerfasserIn]
Mastroianni, Fiore [VerfasserIn]
Kamper, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Duenas, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Dimple [VerfasserIn]
Khanijo, Sameer [VerfasserIn]
Ying, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Habibullah, Junaid [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dae Hyeon [VerfasserIn]
Butzko, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Oks, Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Birnbaum, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Anup K [VerfasserIn]
Quintero, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Honigman, Jared [VerfasserIn]
Hilewitz, Ayelet [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Kruti [VerfasserIn]
Simonson, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Agrawal, Abhinav [VerfasserIn]
Frank, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Tsegaye, Adey [VerfasserIn]
Narasimhan, Mangala [VerfasserIn]
Greenberg, Harly [VerfasserIn]
Hahn, Stella S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease 2019
Covid-19
Covid-19 respiratory failure
Dexamethasone
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Respiratory failure
Sars-cov-2
Steroids

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Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04834375

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.31086

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349875391