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Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report

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Beigel, John H., Tomashek, Kay M., Dodd, Lori E., Mehta, Aneesh K., Zingman, Barry S., Kalil, Andre C., Hohmann, Elizabeth, Chu, Helen Y. +32 more·2020·New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although several therapeutic agents have been evaluated for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), no antiviral agents have yet been shown to be efficacious. METHODS: We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous remdesivir in adults who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and had evidence of lower respiratory tract infection. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either remdesivir (200 mg loading dose on day 1, followed by 100 mg daily for up to 9 additional days) or placebo for up to 10 days. The primary outcome was the time to recovery, defined by either discharge from the hospital or hospitalization for infection-control purposes only. RESULTS: A total of 1062 patients underwent randomization (with 541 assigned to remdesivir and 521 to placebo). Those who received remdesivir had a median recovery time of 10 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 9 to 11), as compared with 15 days (95% CI, 13 to 18) among those who received placebo (rate ratio for recovery, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.12 to 1.49; P<0.001, by a log-rank test). In an analysis that used a proportional-odds model with an eight-category ordinal scale, the patients who received remdesivir were found to be more likely than those who received placebo to have clinical improvement at day 15 (odds ratio, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.2 to 1.9, after adjustment for actual disease severity). The Kaplan-Meier estimates of mortality were 6.7% with remdesivir and 11.9% with placebo by day 15 and 11.4% with remdesivir and 15.2% with placebo by day 29 (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.52 to 1.03). Serious adverse events were reported in 131 of the 532 patients who received remdesivir (24.6%) and in 163 of the 516 patients who received placebo (31.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that remdesivir was superior to placebo in shortening the time to recovery in adults who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and had evidence of lower respiratory tract infection. (Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and others; ACTT-1 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04280705.).

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Beigel, J. H., Tomashek, K. M., Dodd, L. E., Mehta, A. K., Zingman, B. S., Kalil, A. C., Hohmann, E., Chu, H. Y., Luetkemeyer, A., Kline, S., Lopez de Castilla, D., Finberg, R. W., Dierberg, K., Tapson, V., Hsieh, L., Patterson, T. F., Paredes, R., Sweeney, D. A., Short, W. R., Touloumi, G., Lye, D. C., Ohmagari, N., Oh, M.-D., Ruiz-Palacios, G. M., Benfield, T., Fätkenheuer, G., Kortepeter, M. G., Atmar, R. L., Creech, C. B., Lundgren, J., Babiker, A. G., Pett, S., Neaton, J. D., Burgess, T. H., Bonnett, T., Green, M., Makowski, M., Osinusi, A., Nayak, S., & Lane, H. C.
Affiliations
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (J.H.B., K.M.T., L.E.D., S.N., H.C.L.), and the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (T.H.B.), Bethesda, the Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (T. Bonnett), and Emmes, Rockville (M.G., M.M.) — all in Maryland; Emory University, Atlanta (A.K.M.); Montefiore Medical...
Corresponding author
Beigel, John H.
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2020-11-05
Volume
383
Issue
19
Pages
1813-1826
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W3027630905
Cited by
7,267
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 146 · 2025: 324 · 2024: 518 · 2023: 901 · 2022: 1447 · 2021: 2475 · 2020: 1451 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
206.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • eScholarship@McGill (McGill) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • National Cancer Institute (HHSN261200800001E, HHSN261201500003I)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (UM1AI148450, UM1AI148452, UM1AI148573, UM1AI148575, UM1AI148576, UM1AI148684, UM1AI148685, UM1AI148689)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Keywords
remdesivir, COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, antiviral therapy, hospitalized patients, lower respiratory tract infection, time to recovery, mortality, serious adverse events, clinical improvement, treatment efficacy, SARS-CoV-2 RNA load, viral load reduction, disease severity, prognostic factors, prognostic score
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Drug Treatment, Adenosine Monophosphate, Adult, Aged, Alanine, Antiviral Agents, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Pneumonia, Viral, Respiration, Artificial, Time Factors, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Coronavirus Infections, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Young Adult, Pandemics, Administration, Intravenous

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