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Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: A meta-analysis of individual participant data.

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Muthuri, Stella G, Venkatesan, Sudhir, Myles, Puja R, Leonardi-Bee, Jo, Al Khuwaitir, Tarig S A, Al Mamun, Adbullah, Anovadiya, Ashish P, Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo +76 more·2014·The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

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Background Neuraminidase inhibitors were widely used during the 2009-10 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, but evidence for their effectiveness in reducing mortality is uncertain. We did a meta-analysis of individual participant data to investigate the association between use of neuraminidase inhibitors and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with pandemic influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection.Methods We assembled data for patients (all ages) admitted to hospital worldwide with laboratory confirmed or clinically diagnosed pandemic influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection. We identified potential data contributors from an earlier systematic review of reported studies addressing the same research question. In our systematic review, eligible studies were done between March 1, 2009 (Mexico), or April 1, 2009 (rest of the world), until the WHO declaration of the end of the pandemic (Aug 10, 2010); however, we continued to receive data up to March 14, 2011, from ongoing studies. We did a meta-analysis of individual participant data to assess the association between neuraminidase inhibitor treatment and mortality (primary outcome), adjusting for both treatment propensity and potential confounders, using generalised linear mixed modelling. We assessed the association with time to treatment using time-dependent Cox regression shared frailty modelling.Findings We included data for 29,234 patients from 78 studies of patients admitted to hospital between Jan 2, 2009, and March 14, 2011. Compared with no treatment, neuraminidase inhibitor treatment (irrespective of timing) was associated with a reduction in mortality risk (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 0·81; 95% CI 0·70-0·93; p=0·0024). Compared with later treatment, early treatment (within 2 days of symptom onset) was associated with a reduction in mortality risk (adjusted OR 0·48; 95% CI 0·41-0·56; p<0·0001). Early treatment versus no treatment was also associated with a reduction in mortality (adjusted OR 0·50; 95% CI 0·37-0·67; p<0·0001). These associations with reduced mortality risk were less pronounced and not significant in children. There was an increase in the mortality hazard rate with each day's delay in initiation of treatment up to day 5 as compared with treatment initiated within 2 days of symptom onset (adjusted hazard ratio [HR 1·23] [95% CI 1·18-1·28]; p<0·0001 for the increasing HR with each day's delay).Interpretation We advocate early instigation of neuraminidase inhibitor treatment in adults admitted to hospital with suspected or proven influenza infection.Funding F Hoffmann-La Roche.

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Muthuri, S. G., Venkatesan, S., Myles, P. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Al Khuwaitir, T. S. A., Al Mamun, A., Anovadiya, A. P., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Báez, C., Bassetti, M., Beovic, B., Bertisch, B., Bonmarin, I., Booy, R., Borja-Aburto, V. H., Burgmann, H., Cao, B., Carratala, J., Denholm, J. T., Dominguez, S. R., Duarte, P. A. D., Dubnov-Raz, G., Echavarria, M., Fanella, S., Gao, Z., Gérardin, P., Giannella, M., Gubbels, S., Herberg, J., Iglesias, A. L. H., Hoger, P. H., Hu, X., Islam, Q. T., Jiménez, M. F., Kandeel, A., Keijzers, G., Khalili, H., Knight, M., Kudo, K., Kusznierz, G., Kuzman, I., Kwan, A. M. C., Amine, I. L., Langenegger, E., Lankarani, K. B., Leo, Y.-S., Linko, R., Liu, P., Madanat, F., Mayo-Montero, E., McGeer, A., Memish, Z., Metan, G., Mickiene, A., Mikić, D., Mohn, K. G. I., Moradi, A., Nymadawa, P., Oliva, M. E., Ozkan, M., Parekh, D., Paul, M., Polack, F. P., Rath, B. A., Rodríguez, A. H., Sarrouf, E. B., Seale, A. C., Sertogullarindan, B., Siqueira, M. M., Skręt-Magierło, J., Stephan, F., Talarek, E., Tang, J. W., To, K. K. W., Torres, A., Törün, S. H., Tran, D., Uyeki, T. M., Van Zwol, A., Vaudry, W., Vidmar, T., Yokota, R. T. C., Zarogoulidis, P., & Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S.
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  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • Government Medical College Bhavnagar (IN)
  • Ministerio de Salud (AR)
  • Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine (IT)
  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen (CH)
  • Institut de Veille Sanitaire (FR)
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Venue
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-05
Volume
2
Issue
5
Pages
395-404
ISSN
2213-2600 (ISSN-L)
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W2102263282
Cited by
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10.95
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Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (11/46/12, NIHR-RP-011-032, CL-2007-21-012)
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Radboud Universiteit
  • Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/J011266/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Respiratory viral infections research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
neuraminidase inhibitors, influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, pandemic influenza, mortality, hospitalized patients, antiviral treatment timing, early treatment, treatment effectiveness, children, 2009-2010 influenza pandemic, individual patient data meta-analysis, influenza C
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Antiviral Agents, Child, Enzyme Inhibitors, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Influenza, Human, Male, Middle Aged, Neuraminidase, Proportional Hazards Models, Treatment Outcome, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Oseltamivir, Zanamivir, Young Adult, Pandemics

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