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ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2021

The safety profile of favipiravir in COVID-19 patients with severe renal impairment.

Selim Gök, Ömer Faruk Bahçecioğlu, Mefküre Durmuş, Zeynep Ülkü Gün, Yasemin Ersoy, Zeynep Ayfer Aytemur, Özkan Ulutaş

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Article in International journal of clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Therapeutic dilemmas in addressing SARS-CoV-2 infection: Favipiravir versus Remdesivir.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Selim GökDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, İnönü University Faculty of Pharmacy, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-1899
Ömer Faruk BahçecioğluDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, İnönü University Faculty of Pharmacy, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4045-4555
Mefküre DurmuşDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, İnönü University Faculty of Pharmacy, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9745-4196
Zeynep Ülkü GünDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, İnönü University Faculty of Pharmacy, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-6585
Yasemin ErsoyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-6682
Zeynep Ayfer AytemurDepartment of Chest Diseases, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-907X
Özkan UlutaşDepartment of Nephrology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2155-8340
Inonu University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe safety profile of favipiravir in patients with severe renal impairment has not been investigated and available data are insufficient. The study aimed to compare the incidence of favipiravir-associated adverse events amongst patients with varying renal function statuses.

methodsRecords of 921 patients who were hospitalised for COVID-19 and had received at least 5 days of favipiravir treatment were retrospectively evaluated and 228 patients were included in the study. Patients' age, sex, comorbidities, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and haematological and biochemical values were recorded. The incidence of adverse events was compared with the age, sex, comorbidities and eGFR of the patients.

resultsThe mean age of the patients was 59.3 ± 15.6 years, and 38.2% of the patients were women. One hundred and thirty-one (57.5%) patients had experienced adverse events. These adverse effects consisted of ALT elevation (35.5%), AST elevation (21.5%), anaemia (16.2%), hyperuricaemia (10.5%), hepatocellular injury (9.2%), neutropenia (3.5%) and thrombocytopenia (2.6%). The incidence of adverse events was not significantly different when patients had eGFR >60 mL/min/1.73 m

conclusionEven though favipiravir appeared to be well tolerated in the individuals with renal failure in this study, its use in this population remains a challenge that requires more research and analysis.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentRenal InsufficiencyAdultAgedAmidesFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedPyrazinesRetrospective StudiesAmidesfavipiravirPyrazines

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PMID34605126
PMCPMC8646880
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