Treatment effect modifiers in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving remdesivir and dexamethasone

BACKGROUND: The combined effectiveness of remdesivir and dexamethasone in subgroups of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 is poorly investigated.

METHODS: In this nationwide retrospective cohort study, we included 3826 patients with COVID-19 hospitalised between February 2020 and April 2021. The primary outcomes were use of invasive mechanical ventilation and 30-day mortality, comparing a cohort treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone with a previous cohort treated without remdesivir and dexamethasone. We used inverse probability of treatment weighting logistic regression to assess associations with progression to invasive mechanical ventilation and 30-day mortality between the two cohorts. The analyses were conducted overall and by subgroups based on patient characteristics.

RESULTS: Odds ratio for progression to invasive mechanical ventilation and 30-day mortality in individuals treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone compared to treatment with standard of care alone was 0.46 (95% confidence interval, 0.37-0.57) and 0.47 (95% confidence interval, 0.39-0.56), respectively. The reduced risk of mortality was observed in elderly patients, overweight patients and in patients requiring supplemental oxygen at admission, regardless of sex, comorbidities and symptom duration.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone had significantly improved outcomes compared to patients treated with standard of care alone. These effects were observed in most patient subgroups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases (London, England) - 55(2023), 5 vom: 11. Mai, Seite 351-360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Leding, Cæcilie [VerfasserIn]
Bodilsen, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Brieghel, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Harboe, Zitta Barrella [VerfasserIn]
Helleberg, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Holm, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Israelsen, Simone Bastrup [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Janne [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Tomas Østergaard [VerfasserIn]
Johansen, Isik Somuncu [VerfasserIn]
Johnsen, Stine [VerfasserIn]
Kirk, Ole [VerfasserIn]
Lindegaard, Birgitte [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Christian Niels [VerfasserIn]
Mohey, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Pedersen, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Stig Lønberg [VerfasserIn]
Omland, Lars Haukali [VerfasserIn]
Podlekareva, Daria [VerfasserIn]
Ravn, Pernille [VerfasserIn]
Starling, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Storgaard, Merete [VerfasserIn]
Søborg, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Søgaard, Ole Schmeltz [VerfasserIn]
Tranborg, Torben [VerfasserIn]
Wiese, Lothar [VerfasserIn]
Worm, Signe Heide Westring [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Hanne Rolighed [VerfasserIn]
Benfield, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

30-day mortality
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Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Clinical outcome
Dexamethasone
Journal Article
Remdesivir
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.03.2023

Date Revised 22.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/23744235.2023.2187081

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354112716