Table. Evidence-based negative recommendations for COVID-19 drug therapy.
Pharmacological intervention | Recommendation for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 | Mortality reduction absolute and relative risk [95% CI] | Quality of evidence (for mortality) |
Convalescent plasma | Should not | 23.7→ 23.3 % [21.8; 24.9] RR 0.98 [0.92; 1.05] |
High |
Ivermectin | Should not | 9.6→ 5.8 % [1.3; 24.1] RR 0.6 (0.14−2.51) |
Very low |
Vitamin D | Should not | Not pooled (heterogeneity) | Very low |
Azithromycin | Should not | 22.3→ 21.9 % [20.1; 23.6] RR 0.98 [0.9; 1.06] |
High |
Bamlanivimab monotherapy | Should not | 2.7→ 3.8 % [1.1; 13.0] RR 1.39 [0.4; 4.83] |
Low |
Anakinra | Should not | 23.6→ 21.9 % [11.1; 43.2] RR 0.93 [0.47; 1.83] |
Moderate |
Colchicin | Should not | 20.7→ 20.7 % [19.3; 22.4] RR 1 [0.93; 1.08] |
Moderate |
CI, confidence interval; RR, relative risk