Comparison between available early antiviral treatments in outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection : a real-life study

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PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical impact of three available antivirals for early COVID-19 treatment in a large real-life cohort.

METHODS: Between January and October 2022 all outpatients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 referring to IRCCS S. Orsola hospital treated with an early antiviral therapy were enrolled. A comparison between patients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NTV/r), molnupiravir (MPV) and remdesivir (RDV) was conducted in term of indications and outcome. To account for differences between treatment groups a propensity score analysis was performed. After estimating the weights, we fitted a survey-weighted Cox regression model with inverse-probability weighting with hospital admission/death versus clinical recovery as the primary outcome.

RESULTS: Overall 1342 patients were enrolled, 775 (57.8%), 360 (26.8%) and 207 (15.4%) in MPV, NTV/r and RDV group, respectively. Median age was 73 (59-82) years, male sex was 53.4%. Primary indication was immunosuppression (438, 32.6%), the median time from symptom onset to drug administration was 3 [2-4] days. Overall, clinical recovery was reached in 96.9% of patients, with hospital admission rate of 2.6%. No significant differences were found in clinical recovery nor hospitalization. Cox regression showed a decreased probability of hospital admission/ death among prior vaccinated patients compared with unvaccinated (HR 0.31 [95%CI 0.14-0.70], p = 0.005]). No difference in hospitalization rates in early treatment compared to late treatment were found.

CONCLUSIONS: No differences among MPV, NTV/r and RDV in terms of clinical recovery or hospitalization were found. Patients not vaccinated had a significant increased risk of hospitalization.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 23(2023), 1 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 646

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rinaldi, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Campoli, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Gallo, Mena [VerfasserIn]
Marzolla, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Zuppiroli, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Riccardi, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Casarini, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Riccucci, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Malosso, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Bonazzetti, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Pascale, Renato [VerfasserIn]
Tazza, Beatrice [VerfasserIn]
Pasquini, Zeno [VerfasserIn]
Marconi, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Curti, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Giannella, Maddalena [VerfasserIn]
Viale, Pierluigi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Early antiviral treatment, real-life cohort
Journal Article
Molnupiravir
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Ritonavir
SARS-CoV-2
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Date Completed 04.10.2023

Date Revised 20.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12879-023-08538-9

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NLM36279829X