Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and risk of long COVID symptoms : a retrospective cohort study

© 2023. The Author(s)..

We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess whether treatment with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was associated with a reduced risk of long COVID. We enrolled 500 adults with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 who were eligible for nirmatrelvir/ritonavir; 250 who took nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and 250 who did not. The primary outcome was the development of one or more of eleven prespecified long COVID symptoms, assessed through a structured telephone interview four months after the positive SARS-CoV-2 test. Multivariable logistic regression models controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, chronic conditions, and COVID-19 vaccination status. We found that participants who took nirmatrelvir/ritonavir were no less likely to develop long COVID symptoms, compared to those who did not take the medication (44% vs. 49.6%, p = 0.21). Taking nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was associated with a lower odds of two of the eleven long COVID symptoms, brain fog (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.38-0.88) and chest pain/tightness (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.28-0.91). Our finding that treatment with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was not associated with a lower risk of developing long COVID is different from prior studies that obtained data only from electronic medical records.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 11. Nov., Seite 19688

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Congdon, Seth [VerfasserIn]
Narrowe, Zev [VerfasserIn]
Yone, Nang [VerfasserIn]
Gunn, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yuting [VerfasserIn]
Nori, Priya [VerfasserIn]
Cowman, Kelsie [VerfasserIn]
Islam, Marjan [VerfasserIn]
Rikin, Sharon [VerfasserIn]
Starrels, Joanna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7R9A5P7H32
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Nirmatrelvir
O3J8G9O825
Ritonavir

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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 13.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-46912-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364436557