Table 1.
Study design, demographics, intervention arms, and outcomes
Study | Country | Design | Arms | Groups | Number of of patients | Mean age | Males | Primary outcome | ||||||
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I1 | I2 | C | I1 | I2 | C | I1 | I2 | C | ||||||
Chen et al 14 | China | RCT | 2 | HCQ vs control | 31 | 31 | 44.1 | 45.2 | 14 | 15 | Clinical recovery | |||
Chen et al 15 | China | RCT | 2 | HCQ vs control | 15 | 15 | 50.5 | 46.7 | 9 | 12 | Viral clearance | |||
Borba et al 16 | Brazil | RCT | 2 | HCQ low dose vs high dose | 41 | 40 | 54.7 | 47.4 | 10 | 10 | Adverse events | |||
Magagnoli et al 13 | USA | Retrospective | 3 | HCQ vs HCQ + AZ vs control | 97 | 113 | 158 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 97 | 113 | 158 | Mortality, intubation |
Molina et al 12 | France | Case series | 1 | HCQ high dose + AZ | 11 | 7 | Viral clearance | |||||||
Mahevas et al 11 | France | Retrospective | 2 | HCQ vs control | 84 | 97 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 63 | ICU, mortality | |||
Gautret et al 8 | France | Prospective | 3 | HCQ vs HCQ + AZ vs control | 14 | 6 | 16 | 51.2 | 37.3 | 9 | 6 | Viral clearance | ||
Gautret et al 9 | France | Prospective | 1 | HCQ + AZ | 80 | 52.5 | 43 | Clinical recovery, viral clearance, length of stay | ||||||
Tang et al 7 | China | Open label | 2 | HCQ vs control | 75 | 75 | 48 | 46.1 | 42 | 40 | Viral clearance | |||
Huang et al 32 | China | RCT | 2 | HCQ vs L/R | 10 | 12 | 41.5 | 53 | 7 | 6 | Viral clearance, imaging recover, LOS | |||
Geleris et al 10 | USA | Retrospective | 2 | HCQ vs control | 811 | 565 | 474 | 307 | Intubation, death | |||||
Rosenberg et al 34 | USA | Retrospective | 4 | HCQ + AZ vs HCQ vs AZ vs control | 735 | 271 | 221 | 61.4 | 65.5 | 64 | 456 | 158 | 110 | All‐cause mortality, cardiac arrest and ECG abnormalities |
Cao et al 26 | China | RCT | 2 | L/R vs control | 99 | 100 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 59 | Time to clinical recovery | |||
Li Y et al 27 | China | RCT | 3 | L/R vs arbidol vs control | 34 | 35 | 17 | 50.7 | 50.5 | 44.3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | Viral clearance |
Lou et al 28 | China | RCT | 3 | B/M vs Favipravir vs control | 10 | 9 | 10 | 53.5 | 58 | 46.6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Viral clearance |
Grein et al 23 | USA | Prospective | 1 | Remdesivir | 53 | 64 | 40 | Clinical course | ||||||
Wang et al 19 | China | RCT | 2 | Remdesivir vs Placebo | 158 | 78 | 66 | 64 | 89 | 51 | Time to clinical recovery | |||
Luo et al 21 | China | Retrospective | 1 | Tocilizumab | 15 | 73 | 12 | Laboratory improvement | ||||||
Xu X et al 20 | China | Retrospective | 1 | Tocilizumab | 21 | 56.8 | 18 | Clinical course | ||||||
Fang et al 29 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Oral steroids vs control | 9 | 46 | 40.2 | 39.9 | 5 | 22 | Viral clearance | |||
Fang et al 29 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Intravenous steroids vs control | 16 | 7 | 60.6 | 54.3 | 12 | 5 | Viral clearance | |||
Guan et al 3 | China | Retrospective | 1 | steroids | 204 | ICU, intubation, mortality | ||||||||
Lu et al 25 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Steroids vs control | 151 | 93 | 64 | 59 | 83 | 45 | Mortality | |||
Lu et al 25 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Steroid vs control | 31 | 31 | 57 | 58 | 16 | 16 | Mortality | |||
Wu et al 4 , 18 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Steroids vs control | 50 | 34 | Mortality | |||||||
Wang et al 19 | China | Retrospective | 2 | Intravenous steroids vs control | 26 | 20 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 10 | Clinical course | |||
Zhang et al 17 | China | Case series | 1 | Plasma | 4 | 2 | ⋯ | |||||||
Ahn et al 33 | Korea | Case series | 1 | Plasma | 2 | 69 | 1 | ⋯ | ||||||
Shen et al 31 | China | Case series | 1 | Plasma | 5 | 3 | Clinical recovery | |||||||
Duan et al 30 | China | Retrospective | 1 | Plasma | 10 | 52.5 | 6 | Adverse events | ||||||
Ye et al24 | China | case series | 1 | Plasma | 6 | 64 | 3 | Clinical recovery |
Abbreviations: AZ, azithromycin; B/M, baloxavir/marboxil; ECG, electrocardiogram; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; I1, intervention 1; I2, intervention 2; ICU, intensive care unit; L/R, lopinavir/ritonavir; USA, United States of America.