Clinical effectiveness of drugs in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Summary Objective The aim was to assess the clinical effectiveness of drugs used in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection.Method We conducted a systematic review of randomized clinical trials assessing treatment with remdesivir, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, ritonavir, dexamethasone, and convalescent plasma, for hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The outcomes were mortality, clinical improvement, duration of ventilation, duration of oxygen support, duration of hospitalization), virological clearance, and severe adverse events.Results A total of 48 studies were retrieved from the databases. Ten articles were finally included in the data extraction and qualitative synthesis of results. The meta-analysis suggests a benefit of dexamethasone versus standard care in the reduction of risk of mortality at day 28; and the clinical improvement at days 14 and 28 in patients treated with remdesivir.Conclusions Dexamethasone would have a better result in hospitalized patients, especially in low-resources settings.Significance of results The analysis of the main treatments proposed for hospitalized patients is of vital importance to reduce mortality in low-income countries; since the COVID-19 pandemic had an economic impact worldwide with the loss of jobs and economic decline in countries with scarce resources..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 23. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zuñiga, R.A. Abeldaño [VerfasserIn]
Coca, S.M. [VerfasserIn]
Abeldaño, G.F. [VerfasserIn]
Villoria, R.A.M. González [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

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10.1101/2020.09.11.20193011

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XBI018735843