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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Efficacy of Remdesivir-Containing Therapy in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Prospective Clinical Experience.

Alessandro Russo, Erica Binetti, Cristian Borrazzo, Elio Gentilini Cacciola, Luigi Battistini, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Gabriella d'Ettorre

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro RussoInfectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, 88100 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3846-4620
Erica BinettiPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Cristian BorrazzoPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2346-898X
Elio Gentilini CacciolaPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Luigi BattistiniPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Giancarlo CeccarelliPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5921-3180
Claudio Maria MastroianniPoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1286-467X
Gabriella d'EttorrePoliclinico "Umberto I", Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3571-5677
Policlinico Umberto I · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesRemdesivir is currently approved for the treatment of COVID-19. The recommendation for using remdesivir in patients with COVID-19 was based on the in vitro and in vivo activity of this drug against SARS-CoV-2.

methodsThis was a prospective observational study conducted on a population of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The primary endpoint of this study was the impact of remdesivir-containing therapy on 30-day mortality; the secondary endpoint was the impact of remdesivir-containing therapy on the need for high-flow oxygen therapy (HFNC), non-invasive ventilation (NIV), or mechanical ventilation. The data were analyzed after propensity score matching.

resultsA total of 407 patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia were consecutively enrolled. Out of these, 294 (72.2%) were treated with remdesivir and 113 (27.8%) were not. Overall, 61 patients (14.9%) were treated during hospitalization with HFNC, NIV, or mechanical ventilation, while 30-day mortality was observed in 21 patients (5.2%). Univariate analysis of patients treated with remdesivir or not showed no differences in 30-day mortality (4% vs. 6%,

conclusionsThis real-life experience of remdesivir use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was not associated with significant increases in rates of survival or reduced use of HFNC/NIV or mechanical ventilation compared with patients treated with other therapies not including remdesivir.

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COVID-19mechanical ventilationnon-invasive ventilationpneumoniaremdesivir

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