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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virol J
. 2024 Feb 23;21(1):46.
doi: 10.1186/s12985-024-02316-y. Effectiveness of azvudine in reducing mortality of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yaqi Wang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Huaiya Xie[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Luo Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Junping Fan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ying Zhang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Siqi Pan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wangji Zhou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Qiaoling Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xueqi Liu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aohua Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hong Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jinglan Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xinlun Tian[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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/ .
Keywords: Adverse event; Azvudine; COVID-19; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2024 Feb 23;21(1):46.
doi: 10.1186/s12985-024-02316-y. Effectiveness of azvudine in reducing mortality of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yaqi Wang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Huaiya Xie[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Luo Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Junping Fan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ying Zhang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Siqi Pan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wangji Zhou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Qiaoling Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xueqi Liu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aohua Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hong Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jinglan Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xinlun Tian[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38395970
- PMCID: PMC10893615
- DOI: 10.1186/s12985-024-02316-y
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/ .
Keywords: Adverse event; Azvudine; COVID-19; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.