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. 2021 Sep 8;224(11):1830–1838. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab445

Table 2.

Virological and Clinical Outcomes Grouped by Baseline Disease Severity Strata

Virological and Clinical Outcomes Severe
(n = 352)
Critical Without IMV
(n = 414)
Critical With IMV
(n = 334)
MSOD
(n = 262)
Baseline Virology
Log10 copies/mL (IQR) 3.75 (2.55–5.11) 3.72 (2.55–5.09) 4.58 (3.33–5.97) 5.01 (3.76–6.17)
Above ULOQa 8 (2.3) 4 (1.0) 15 (4.5) 15 (5.7)
Below LLOQb 47 (13.4) 41 (9.9) 24 (7.2) 13 (5.0)
Not detected 60 (17.0) 91 (22.0) 35 (10.5) 22 (8.4)
Baseline SARS-COV-2 Serology (N = 384)
Positive N/n (%) 88/100 (88.0) 103/109 (94.5) 70/77 (90.9) 89/98 (90.8)
Serology index 66 (8–153) 90 (20–170) 86 (24–160) 68 (18–138)
Baseline Oxygen Device
Nonec 4 (1.6) 2 (0.5) 1 (0.4)
Nasal cannula 265 (75.3) 36 (8.7) 5 (1.9)
Simple face mask 18 (5.1) 13 (3.1) 0 (0)
Non-rebreather facemask 45 (12.8) 170 (41.1) 1 (0.4)
High-flow nasal cannula 11 (3.1) 160 (38.6) 2 (0.8)
Noninvasive ventilation 1 (0.3) 29 (7.0) 2 (0.8)
IMV 7 (2.0) 334 (100) 229 (87.4)
Extracorporeal life support 1 (0.3) 4 (1.0) 22 (8.4)
Clinical Outcomes
All-cause mortality at day 60 39 (11.1) 118 (28.5) 135 (40.4) 107 (40.8)
Clinical status improvement (≥1 point) at day 29 294 (83.5) 261 (63.0) 166 (49.7) 118 (45.0)
Improvement in oxygenation at day 29 219 (62.2) 263 (63.5) 181 (54.2) 139 (53.1)
Hospital discharge at day 29 291 (82.7) 246 (59.4) 121 (36.2) 71 (27.1)
Symptom Duration (Days Post randomization)
Fever (IQR) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–3) 5 (2–10) 5 (2–11)
Tachypnoea (IQR) 2 (1–5) 3 (1–8) 7 (3–12) 10 (4–16)
Hypoxemia (IQR) 6 (4–10) 11 (7–20) 21 (13–30) 27 (15–35)
Supplemental oxygen (IQR) 6 (3–9) 11 (7–20) 20 (13–29) 26 (14–34)

Abbreviations: IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; IQR, interquartile range; LLOQ, lower limit of quantification; MSOD, multisystem organ dysfunction; SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ULOQ, upper limit of quantification.

NOTES: Data are presented as n (%) or median (Q1–Q3), except for serology index (SI), which is median (range). For longitudinal clinical outcomes, all-cause mortality was assessed at day 60, and clinical status improvement, improvement in oxygenation, and hospital discharge were assessed at day 29. For symptom duration, the data shown are for survivors only. Serology index values ≥1.1 were considered positive, SI values ≤0.8 were considered negative, SI values of 0.9 and 1.0 were considered borderline.

aULOQ corresponds to 7.1 × 107 copies/mL or 7.85 log10 copies/mL.

bLLOQ corresponds to 714 copies/mL or 1.85 log10 copies/mL.

cAll but 1 subject who enrolled into the study without supplemental oxygen requirements at randomization but who received supplemental oxygen by day 1 (baseline).