Effectiveness of azvudine in reducing mortality of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Virol J
; 21(1): 46, 2024 Feb 23.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Azvudine has been approved for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in China, and this meta-analysis aims to illustrate the safety of azvudine and its effectiveness in reducing mortality.METHODS:
PubMed, Embase, Web of science, Cochrane Library and the Epistemonikos COVID-19 Living Overview of Evidence database (L.OVE) were searched to aggregate currently published studies. Cochrane risk of bias tool and ROBINS-I tool were used to assess the risk of bias of randomized controlled study and cohort study respectively. Odds radios (ORs) with 95% confidence interval (CIs) were combined for dichotomous variables. Publication bias was assessed by Egger's test and funnel plots.RESULTS:
A total of 184 articles were retrieved from the included databases and 17 studies were included into the final analysis. Pooled analysis showed that azvudine significantly reduced mortality risk in COVID-19 patients compared with controls (OR 0.41, 95%CI 0.31-0.54, p < 0.001). Besides, either mild to moderate or severe COVID-19 patients could benefit from azvudine administration. There was no significant difference in the incidence of ICU admission (OR 0.90, 95%CI 0.47-1.72, p = 0.74) and invasive ventilation (OR 0.94, 95%CI 0.54-1.62, p = 0.82) between azvudine and control group. The incidence of adverse events was similar between azvudine and control (OR 1.26, 95%CI 0.59-2.70, p = 0.56).CONCLUSIONS:
This meta-analysis suggests that azvudine could reduce the mortality risk of COVID-19 patients, and the safety of administration is acceptable. TRIAL REGISTRATION PROSPERO; No. CRD42023462988; URL https//www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/ .Palavras-chave
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Antivirais
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Tratamento Farmacológico da COVID-19
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article