Table 2. Clinical outcomes.
SD: standard deviation; n/s: not significant
| Placebo group (n=44) | Dutasteride group (n=43) | P-value | |
| Time-to-remission, days, mean (±SD) | |||
| Fatigue | 10.3 (±8.4) | 5.5 (±3.2) | <0.001 |
| Loss of taste or smell (ageusia or anosmia) | 11.1 (±6.6) | 5.6 (±4.0) | <0.001 |
| Remission minus taste or smell loss | 11.7 (±7.7) | 7.0 (±2.9) | <0.001 |
| Overall symptoms | 16.3 (±8.3) | 9.2 (±4.3) | <0.001 |
| Clinical recovery, mean (±SD) | |||
| % fully clinically recovered on Day 7 | 57.5% | 84.1% | 0.03 |
| % of clinical recovery on Day 1 | 34.2 (±21.4) | 60.4 (±24.2) | <0.0001 |
| % of clinical recovery on Day 2 | 52.9 (±21.3) | 78.5 (±17.8) | <0.0001 |
| % of clinical recovery on Day 3 | 66.8 (±20.7) | 89.2 (±12.3) | <0.0001 |
| % of clinical recovery at Day 7 | 82.9 (±15.0) | 97.4 (±5.7) | <0.0001 |
| Oxygen saturation, mean (±SD) | |||
| Day 0 | 95.4 ±1.4 | 96.0 ± 1.5 | n/s (.21) |
| Day 7 | 95.7 ±2.0 | 97.0 ± 1.4 | 0.02 |
| Day 14 | 96.2 ±1.4 | 97.5 ± 1.2 | 0.0012 |
| D Day 7-0 | +0.3 | +1.3 | 0.047 |
| D Day 14-0 | +0.9 | +1.3 | n/s (.25) |