Clinical outcomes of patients with mild COVID-19 following treatment with hydroxychloroquine in an outpatient setting
Mokhtari et al.,
Clinical outcomes of patients with mild COVID-19 following treatment with hydroxychloroquine in an outpatient..,
International Immunopharmacology, doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107636
Retrospective 28,759 adult outpatients with mild COVID-19 in Iran, 7,295 treated with HCQ, showing significantly lower hospitalization and mortality with treatment.
risk of death, 69.7% lower, RR 0.30, p < 0.001, treatment 27 of 7,295 (0.4%), control 287 of 21,464 (1.3%), NNT 103, adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk.
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risk of hospitalization, 35.3% lower, RR 0.65, p < 0.001, treatment 523 of 7,295 (7.2%), control 2,382 of 21,464 (11.1%), NNT 25, adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk.
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Mokhtari et al., 6 Apr 2021, retrospective, Iran, peer-reviewed, 11 authors, dosage 400mg bid day 1, 200mg bid days 2-5.
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Clinical outcomes of patients with mild COVID-19 following treatment with
hydroxychloroquine in an outpatient setting
Majid Mokhtari a, Minoo Mohraz b, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya c, Hengameh Namdari Tabar d,
Jafar-Sadegh Tabrizi l, Katayoun Tayeri e, Saeide Aghamohamadi f, Zahra Rajabpoor g,
Manoochehr Karami h, Alireza Raeisi i, Hamid Rahmani j, Hossein Khalili k, *
a
Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Center for Communicable Disease Control (CDC), IHR National Focal Point, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
d
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, AIDS/STI Control Dep. Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Eyvanak Street, Shahrak-e-Gharb, Tehran, Iran
e
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran Iran, Eyvanak Street, Shahrak-e-Gharb, Tehran, Iran
f
Health Service Management, Deputy of Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
g
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Eyvanak Street, Shahrak-e-Gharb, Tehran, Iran
h
Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
i
School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz Iran, Deputy of Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
j
Department of Pharmacotherapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
k
Department of Pharmacotherapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Postal Code: 1417614411, P.O. Box: 14155/6451, Tehran, Iran
l
Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz, Iran
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Keywords:
COVID-19
Outpatient
Hydroxychloroquine
The role of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in early outpatient management of mild coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) needs further investigation.
This study was a multicenter, population-based national retrospective-cohort investigation of 28,759 adults
with mild COVID-19 seen at the network of Comprehensive Healthcare Centers (CHC) between March and
September 2020 throughout Iran. The baseline characteristics and outcome variables were extracted from the
national integrated health system database.
A total of 7295 (25.37%) patients who presented with mild COVID-19 within 3–7 days of symptoms onset
received HCQ (400 mg twice daily on day 1 followed by 200 mg twice daily for the next four days and were then
followed for 14 days).
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