Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study

In our retrospective cohort study, we aim to explore whether Azvudine modifies the risk of death in COVID-19 patients. It was conducted on the medical records of patients, consecutively admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia to two hospitals in Chongqing, China. Based on Azvudine treatment exposure, the pa...

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Main Authors: Kaican Zong, Hui Zhou, Wen Li, E Jiang, Yi Liu, Shiying Li
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383523002575
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author Kaican Zong
Hui Zhou
Wen Li
E Jiang
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Shiying Li
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Shiying Li
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description In our retrospective cohort study, we aim to explore whether Azvudine modifies the risk of death in COVID-19 patients. It was conducted on the medical records of patients, consecutively admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia to two hospitals in Chongqing, China. Based on Azvudine treatment exposure, the patients were divided into Azvudine group and non-Azvudine group. We used 1:2 ratio propensity score matching (PSM) in our study to adjust for confounding factors and differences between Azvudine and non-Azvudine groups. There were 1072 patients included in our original cohort. With 1:2 ratio PSM, the Azvudine group included 195 patients and non-Azvudine group included 390 patients. The results showed that Azvudine treatment was associated with improved in-hospital mortality in overall population (OR 0.375, 95% CI 0.225–0.623, P < 0.001), severe subgroup (OR 0.239, 95% CI 0.107–0.535, P = 0.001), critical subgroup (OR 0.091, 95% CI 0.011–0.769, P = 0.028) in matched cohort with univariate analysis. And there was a significantly lower in-hospital mortality in overall population (11% vs. 24%, P<0.001), severe sub-group (10% vs. 32%, P < 0.001) and critical sub-group (5% vs. 34%, P = 0.017) in matched cohort. These results suggest Azvudine can reduce in-hospital mortality in overall COVID-19 patients, severe, and critical subgroup population.
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spelling doaj.art-5cf6e8699007447882d7fe4aaca1cfc12023-10-28T05:07:01ZengElsevierActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B2211-38352023-11-01131146554660Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort studyKaican Zong0Hui Zhou1Wen Li2E Jiang3Yi Liu4Shiying Li5Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (Affiliated Central Hospital of Chongqing University of Technology), Chongqing 400054, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (Affiliated Central Hospital of Chongqing University of Technology), Chongqing 400054, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (Affiliated Central Hospital of Chongqing University of Technology), Chongqing 400054, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, the Seventh People's Hospital of Chongqing (Affiliated Central Hospital of Chongqing University of Technology), Chongqing 400054, ChinaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, ChinaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases (Ministry of Education), Institute for Viral Hepatitis, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China; Corresponding author.In our retrospective cohort study, we aim to explore whether Azvudine modifies the risk of death in COVID-19 patients. It was conducted on the medical records of patients, consecutively admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia to two hospitals in Chongqing, China. Based on Azvudine treatment exposure, the patients were divided into Azvudine group and non-Azvudine group. We used 1:2 ratio propensity score matching (PSM) in our study to adjust for confounding factors and differences between Azvudine and non-Azvudine groups. There were 1072 patients included in our original cohort. With 1:2 ratio PSM, the Azvudine group included 195 patients and non-Azvudine group included 390 patients. The results showed that Azvudine treatment was associated with improved in-hospital mortality in overall population (OR 0.375, 95% CI 0.225–0.623, P < 0.001), severe subgroup (OR 0.239, 95% CI 0.107–0.535, P = 0.001), critical subgroup (OR 0.091, 95% CI 0.011–0.769, P = 0.028) in matched cohort with univariate analysis. And there was a significantly lower in-hospital mortality in overall population (11% vs. 24%, P<0.001), severe sub-group (10% vs. 32%, P < 0.001) and critical sub-group (5% vs. 34%, P = 0.017) in matched cohort. These results suggest Azvudine can reduce in-hospital mortality in overall COVID-19 patients, severe, and critical subgroup population.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383523002575AzvudineCOVID-19PneumoniaMortality
spellingShingle Kaican Zong
Hui Zhou
Wen Li
E Jiang
Yi Liu
Shiying Li
Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Azvudine
COVID-19
Pneumonia
Mortality
title Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
title_full Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
title_fullStr Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
title_short Azvudine reduces the in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
title_sort azvudine reduces the in hospital mortality of covid 19 patients a retrospective cohort study
topic Azvudine
COVID-19
Pneumonia
Mortality
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383523002575
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