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Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 7-8/2021

03.02.2021 | original article

Methylprednisolone in adults hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

An open-label randomized trial (GLUCOCOVID)

verfasst von: Luis Corral-Gudino, Alberto Bahamonde, Francisco Arnaiz-Revillas, Julia Gómez-Barquero, Jesica Abadía-Otero, Carmen García-Ibarbia, Víctor Mora, Ana Cerezo-Hernández, José L. Hernández, Graciela López-Muñíz, Fernando Hernández-Blanco, Jose M. Cifrián, Jose M. Olmos, Miguel Carrascosa, Luis Nieto, María Carmen Fariñas, José A. Riancho, GLUCOCOVID investigators

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 7-8/2021

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Summary

Purpose

To determine whether a 6-day course of methylprednisolone (MP) improves outcome in patients with severe SARS-CoV‑2 (Corona Virus Disease 2019 [COVID-19]).

Methods

The study was a multicentric open-label trial of COVID-19 patients who were aged ≥ 18 years, receiving oxygen without mechanical ventilation, and with evidence of systemic inflammatory response who were assigned to standard of care (SOC) or SOC plus intravenous MP (40 mg bid for 3 days followed by 20 mg bid for 3 days). The primary outcome was a composite of death, admission to the intensive care unit, or requirement for noninvasive ventilation. Both intention-to-treat (ITT) and per protocol (PP) analyses were performed.

Results

A total of 91 patients were screened, and 64 were randomized (mean age70 ± 12 years). In the ITT analysis, 14 of 29 patients (48%) in the SOC group and 14 of 35 (40%) in the MP group suffered the composite endpoint (40% versus 20% in patients under 72 years and 67% versus 48% in those over 72 years; p = 0.25). In the PP analysis, patients on MP had a significantly lower risk of experiencing the composite endpoint (age-adjusted risk ratio 0.42; 95% confidence interval, CI 0.20–0.89; p = 0.043).

Conclusion

The planned sample size was not achieved, and our results should therefore be interpreted with caution. The use of MP had no significant effect on the primary endpoint in ITT analysis; however, the PP analysis showed a beneficial effect due to MP, which consistent with other published trials support the use of glucocorticoids in severe cases of COVID-19.
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Metadaten
Titel
Methylprednisolone in adults hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia
An open-label randomized trial (GLUCOCOVID)
verfasst von
Luis Corral-Gudino
Alberto Bahamonde
Francisco Arnaiz-Revillas
Julia Gómez-Barquero
Jesica Abadía-Otero
Carmen García-Ibarbia
Víctor Mora
Ana Cerezo-Hernández
José L. Hernández
Graciela López-Muñíz
Fernando Hernández-Blanco
Jose M. Cifrián
Jose M. Olmos
Miguel Carrascosa
Luis Nieto
María Carmen Fariñas
José A. Riancho
GLUCOCOVID investigators
Publikationsdatum
03.02.2021
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 7-8/2021
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-020-01805-8

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