Synergic Role of Dexamethasone And Lianhua Qingwen Capsule Accelerate Nucleic Acid Negative Conversion In Severe COVID-19 Patients

Abstract Background:Corticosteroids were recommended by guidelines in severe or critical COVID -19 patients likely to have acute respiratory distress syndrome. In the treatment strategies of COVID -19 in China, corticosteroids were generally combined with some traditional Chinese medicine, especially Lianhua Qingwen Capsule (LHQW). We aimed to investigate the correlation between dexamethasone with or without LHQW and the nucleic acid negative conversion in severe patients with COVID-19.Methods:The clinical course and nucleic acid negative conversion time of 452 consecutive symptomatic COVID-19 patients admitted to the west campus of Union Hospital in Wuhan from January 31, 2020, to March 13, 2020, were evaluated retrospectively. Results:The duration of virus RNA from positive to negative in the participants was 28 days (interquartile range 21-34 days). Of the 452 patients, 105 (23.23%) subjects received dexamethasone, and 347 (76.77%) did not. Among patients receiving LHQW treatment, the nucleic acid negative conversion time in the dexamethasone group was shorter than that in the no dexamethasone group (𝛽, -4.77; 95% CI, -9.41, -0.12). Although among those who were receiving no LHQW treatment, the effect on shortening nucleic acid negative conversion time of dexamethasone was not observed (𝛽, 5.37; 95% CI,-4.88, 15.62; p interaction = 0.038). Additional multivariable propensity-score analyses yielded consistent results with the unmatched participants (β, -8.61; 95% CI, -16.73, -0.50).Conclusions:In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in shortening nucleic acid negative conversion time among those who were receiving LHQW, suggesting that LHQW synergic with dexamethasone accelerated the SARS-CoV-2 clearance in severe patients. Trial registration:ECUH 2020-0212, a retrospective study..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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ResearchSquare.com - (2021) vom: 13. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Meng’en [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Kemeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhaohui [VerfasserIn]
He, Ping [VerfasserIn]

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-955194/v1

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XRA033472742