Chuah 2021.

Study characteristics
Methods	Unblinded RCT
Participants	People with confirmed COVID‐19 (mild/moderate) admitted to 14 centres in Malaysia
Interventions	Favipiravir, standard of care
Outcomes	Desaturated, with SpO2 < 95% in room air, or requiring supplemental oxygen to maintain SpO2 ≥ 95%; odds of mechanical ventilation; ICU admission; and inpatient mortality during hospitalization. Patients requiring increasing oxygen needs were referred for intensive care, whereby decisions for mechanical ventilation and ICU admission were justified by intensive care teams independently.
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