Clinical effectiveness of oral antiviral agents for treating non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients with chronic kidney disease

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NMV-r) and molnupiravir (MOV) in treating COVID-19 among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study, using the TriNetX research network, identified stage 3-5 CKD and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients with non-hospitalized COVID-19 between 1 January 2022, and 31 May 2023. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to compare patients on NMV-r or MOV (antiviral group) against those not receiving these treatments (control group). The primary composite outcome was the cumulative hazard ratio (HR) for all-cause hospitalization or death within the 30-day follow-up.

RESULTS: After PSM, two balanced cohorts of 6,275 patients each were established. The antiviral group exhibited a lower incidence of all-cause hospitalization or mortality (5.93% vs. 9.53%; HR: 0.626; 95% CI: 0.550-0.713) than controls. Additionally, antiviral recipients were associated with a lower risk of all-cause hospitalization (HR: 0.679; 95% CI: 0.594-0.777) and mortality (HR: 0.338; 95% CI: 0.227-0.504). The beneficial effects of antiviral agents were consistent across sex, age, vaccination status, antiviral type, and CKD stage.

CONCLUSION: Oral antiviral agents could be associated with lower rates of all-cause hospitalization or death among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients with CKD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Expert review of anti-infective therapy - (2024) vom: 26. März, Seite 1-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Chia-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chi-Ya [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jheng-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Mei-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Min-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ting-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Ya-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Wan-Hsuan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Po-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ming-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Su-Yen [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Mei-Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Kuo-Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Chih-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, I-Ning [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Chronic kidney disease
Hospitalization
Journal Article
Mortality
Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1080/14787210.2024.2334052

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370152425