Remdesivir Use in the Setting of Severe Renal Impairment: A Theoretical Concern or Real Risk?

Autor: Cynthia T Nguyen, Jennifer Pisano, Natasha N Pettit, Alison K Lew, Renslow Sherer, Aniruddha Hazra, Kathleen M. Mullane
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Clinical Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1851
Popis: BackgroundRemdesivir (RDV) is US FDA approved for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but not recommended in severe renal impairment (SRI, Creatinine clearance MethodsHospitalized patients who received RDV between 1 May 2020 and 31 October 2020 were analyzed in a retrospective chart review. We compared incident adverse events (AEs) in patients with and without SRI, including hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, any reported AE, mortality, and length of stay.ResultsOf a total of 135 patients, 20 had SRI. Patients with SRI were significantly older (70 vs 54 years, P = .0001). The incidence of possible AEs was 30% among those with SRI vs 11% without (P = .06). Liver function test (LFT) elevations occurred in 10% vs 4% (P = .28), and serum creatinine (SCr) elevations in 27% vs 6% (P = .02) of patients with SRI vs without, respectively. LFT and SCr elevations were not attributed to RDV in either group.Mortality and length of stay were consistent with historical controls.ConclusionsRDV AEs occurred infrequently and overall were not significantly different between those with and without SRI. While more of patients with SRI experienced SCr elevations, 3 (75%) patients had acute kidney injury prior to RDV. The use of RDV in this small series of patients with SRI appeared to be relatively safe, and the potential benefit outweighed the theoretical risk of liver or renal toxicity. Additional studies are needed to confirm this finding.
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