Umifenovir treatment is not associated with improved outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study
Umifenovir treatment is not associated with improved outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.026
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
影响因子:
14.2
通讯作者:
Lin, Q.
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作者:
Lian, N.;Xie, H.;Lin, Q.
Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Umifenovir (Arbidol ?) is an antiviral drug being used to treat in fluenza in Russia and China. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and safety of umifenovir for COVID- 19. Methods: A retrospective study was performed in a non -intensive care unit (ICU) ward in Jinyintan Hospital from 2 February 2020 to 20 March 2020. COVID-19 was con firmed by real-time reverse-tran- scriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay of pharyngeal swab specimens. The con firmed pa- tients were divided into the umifenovir group and the control group according to the use of umifenovir. The main outcomes were the rate of negative pharyngeal swab tests for SARS-CoV-2 within 1 week after admission and the time for the virus to turn negative. The negativity time of SARS-CoV-2 was de fined as the first day of a negative test if the nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2 was negative for two consecutive tests. Results: A total of 81 COVID-19 patients were included, with 45 in the umifenovir group and 36 in the control group. Baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics were comparable between the two groups. Thirty-three out of 45 (73%) patients in the umifenovir group tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 within 7 days after admission, the number was 28/36 (78%) in the control group (p 0.19). The median time from onset of symptoms to SARS-CoV-2 turning negative was 18 days (interquartile range (IQR) 12-21) in the umifenovir group and 16 days (IQR 11-21) in the control group (p 0.42). Patients in the umifenovir group had a longer hospital stay than patients in the control group (13 days (IQR 9-17) vs 11 days (IQR 9-14), p 0.04). No deaths or severe adverse reactions were found in both groups. Discussion: Umifenovir might not improve the prognosis or accelerate SARS-CoV-2 clearance in non -ICU patients. A randomized control clinical trial is needed to assess the ef ficacy of umifenovir. (c) 2020 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.