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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Treated with Remdesivir in an Urban Center Pre-COVID-19 Vaccination.

Debra Chew, Stephanie Shiau, Sree Sudharshan, Aparna Alankar, Malithi Desilva, Swetha Kodali, Tricia Mae Raquepo, Naema Meilad, Alexander Sudyn, Shobha Swaminathan

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Article in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Debra ChewDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA. chewde@njms.rutgers.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5196-7321
Stephanie ShiauDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Sree SudharshanDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Aparna AlankarDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Malithi DesilvaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Swetha KodaliDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Tricia Mae RaquepoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Naema MeiladDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Alexander SudynDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Shobha SwaminathanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB I-689, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveData on treatment outcomes among minority populations treated with remdesivir are limited. We sought to evaluate outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and treated with remdesivir among a predominantly Black and LatinX population.

methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and treated with remdesivir at an urban hospital in Newark, NJ, between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021, prior to widespread COVID-19 vaccination uptake. We describe 28-day mortality by demographic, socio-economic, and clinical factors, including clinical status by World Health Organization's (WHO) 8-point Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement.

resultsA total of 206 patients met study inclusion criteria (52% were male, 41% non-Hispanic Black and 42% Hispanic). Overall mortality at 28 days was 11%. Eighty-one percent of patients with baseline WHO status of 4 or greater recovered by day 14. Mortality was higher among those who were older (p = 0.01), those with underlying diabetes mellitus (p = 0.047), those with more severe illness on admission by WHO Ordinal Scale (WHO status ≥ 4), and those on concomitant tociluzimab or convalescent plasma use.

conclusionsWe found that remdesivir was effective in treating most COVID-19 patients in our study. Traditional risk factors, such as advanced age and underlying co-morbidities, were associated with worse clinical outcomes and deaths.

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Adenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCOVID-19 VaccinesFemaleHispanic or LatinoHospitalizationHospitals, UrbanHumansMaleMiddle AgedAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesremdesivirCOVID-19COVID-19 OutcomesMinority PopulationsRemdesivir

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