Outcomes after early treatment with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin : An analysis of a database of 30,423 COVID-19 patients

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Background: Many studies have evaluated the use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19. Most retrospective observational studies demonstrate a benefit of using HCQ on mortality, but not most randomized clinical trials.

Methods: We analyzed raw data collected from a cohort of 30,423 patients with COVID-19 cared for at IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille France and extracted from the DRYAD open data platform. We performed univariate and multivariable logistic regressions with all-cause mortality within six weeks. Multivariable logistic regressions were adjusted for sex, age group (<50, 50-69, 70-89 and ​> ​89 years), periods (or variants), and type of patient management.

Results: Among 30,202 patients for whom information on treatment was available, 191/23,172 (0.82%) patients treated with HCQ-AZ died, compared to 344/7030 (4.89%) who did not receive treatment with HCQ-AZ. HCQ-AZ therapy was associated with a lower mortality than treatment without HCQ-AZ (odds ratio (OR) 0.16; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.14-0.19). After adjustment for sex, age, period, and patient management, HCQ-AZ was associated with a significantly lower mortality rate (adjusted OR (aOR) 0.55, 95% CI 0.45-0.68). On a subsample of 21,664 patients with available variant information, results remained robust after adjustment on sex, age, patient management and variant (aOR 0.55; 95% CI 0.44-0.69). On a subsample of 16,063 patients, HCQ-AZ was still associated with a significantly lower mortality rate (aOR 0.47, 95%CI 0.29-0.75) after adjustment for sex, age, period, patient management, vaccination status and comorbidities.

Conclusion: Analysis of this large online database showed that HCQ-AZ was consistently associated with the lowest mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

New microbes and new infections - 55(2023) vom: 21. Okt., Seite 101188

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brouqui, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Million, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Parola, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Mccullough, Peter A [VerfasserIn]
Raoult, Didier [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Azithromycin
COVID-19
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Mortality
Open data
Real-world evidence
SARS-CoV-2
Survival

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Date Revised 01.12.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Dryad: 10.5061/dryad.ksn02v78v

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101188

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365154768