The effectiveness of novel oral antiviral treatment for non-hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19 during predominance of omicron XBB subvariants

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NMV-r) or molnupiravir and the outcomes of non-hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19 during Omicron XBB subvariants.

METHODS: The retrospective cohort study used the TriNetX US collaborative network to identify non-hospitalized high-risk adult patients with COVID-19 between 1 February 2023, and 31 August 2023. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to match patients receiving NMV-r or MOV (the study group) with those not receiving antivirals (the control group).

RESULTS: Using PSM, two cohorts of 17,654 patients each with balanced baseline characteristics were identified. During the follow-up period, the study group had a lower risk of all-cause hospitalization, or death (3.2% [n = 564] versus 3.8% [n = 669]; HR, 0.796; 95% confidence interval [CI], 95% CI, 0.712-0.891). Compared with the control group, the study group had a significantly lower risk of all-cause hospitalization (3.1% vs. 3.4%; HR, 0.847; 95% CI, 0.754-0.950) and mortality (0.1% vs. 0.4%; HR, 0.295; 95% CI, 0.183-0.476).

CONCLUSION: The use of novel oral antiviral including NMV-r or MOV can be associated with a lower risk of all-cause hospitalization, or death in non-hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-19 during Omicron XBB wave.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Expert review of anti-infective therapy - (2024) vom: 08. Apr., Seite 1-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hsu, Chi-Kuei [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Wan-Hsuan [VerfasserIn]
Shiau, Bo-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Ya-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jheng-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ting-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Po-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Min-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Chih-Cheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Hospitalization
Journal Article
Molnupiravir
Mortality
Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1080/14787210.2024.2339398

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370582519