Table 2.
Ozonated Autohemotherapy (n = 9) | Usual Clinical Care (n = 9) | p-value | |
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Primary outcome | |||
Time to clinical improvement, median [IQR], days | 7 [6–10] | 28 [8–31] | 0.04 |
Secondary outcomes | |||
Clinical improvement at day 7, n (%) | 4 (44%) | 2 (22%) | 0.31 |
Clinical improvement at day 14, n (%) | 8 (89%) | 3 (33%) | 0.01 |
Clinical improvement at day 28, n (%) | 8 (89%) | 5 (56%) | 0.29 |
6-point ordinal scale day 7, median [IQR] | 2 [1–2] | 2 [1–4] | 0.45 |
6-point ordinal scale day 14, median [IQR] | 1 [1] | 1 [1–4] | 0.29 |
6-point ordinal scale day 28, median [IQR] | 1 [1] | 1 [1–2] | 0.30 |
Time to Temperature <37C, median [IQR], days | 1 [1–1.5] | 4 [2–5] | 0.10 |
Time to PCR COVID-19 negative, mean (SD), days | 13.1 (5.7) | 21.4 (7.4) | 0.05 |
Time to a 2-fold decreased C-reactive protein, median [IQR], days | 3.5 [3–28] | 13 [8–25] | 0.008 |
Time to a 2-fold decreased D-dimer, median [IQR], days | 4 [1–10] | 19.5 [10–28] | 0.009 |
Time to a 2-fold decreased ferritin, median [IQR], days | 8 [5–10] | 15 [10–25] | 0.016 |
Time to a 2-fold decreased Lactate Dehydrogenase, median [IQR], days | 9 [7–9] | 25 [12–26] | 0.01 |
Ventilator-free days at day 28, median [IQR], days | 28 [28] | 28 [0–28] | 0.14 |
Intubation required, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (22.%) | 0.47 |
ICU-length of stay, median [IQR], days | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.24 |
Hospital-length of stay, median [IQR], days | 8 [7–12] | 28 [8–31] | 0.09 |
In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 1 (11%) | 2 (22%) | 1 |
28-day hospital mortality, n (%) | 1 (11%) | 2 (22%) | 1 |
ICU: Intensive Care Unit. IQR: Interquartile range. SD: Standard difference. SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.