| Autor: |
Jie Fang, Hui Li, Wei Du, Ping Yu, Ying-Yun Guan, Shi-Yu Ma, Dong Liu, Wei Chen, Guo-Chao Shi, Xiao-Lan Bian |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 11 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1663-9812 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fphar.2020.560209 |
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ObjectiveSince the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan City, China, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. However, no special therapeutic drugs have been identified for COVID-19. The aim of this study was to search for drugs to effectively treat COVID-19.Materials and MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study with a total of 162 adult inpatients (≥18 years old) from Ruijin Hospital (Shanghai, China) and Tongji Hospital (Wuhan, China) between January 27, 2020, and March 10, 2020. The enrolled COVID-19 patients were first divided into the Lianhuaqingwen (LHQW) monotherapy group and the LHQW + Arbidol combination therapy group. Then, these two groups were further classified into moderate and severe groups according to the clinical classification of COVID-19.ResultsThe early combined usage of LHQW and Arbidol can significantly accelerate the recovery of patients with moderate COVID-19 by reducing the time to conversion to nucleic acid negativity, the time to chest CT improvement, and the length of hospital stay. However, no benefit was observed in severe COVID-19 patients treated with the combination of LHQW + Arbidol. In this study, both Arbidol and LHQW were well tolerated without serious drug-associated adverse events.ConclusionThe early combined usage of LHQW and Arbidol may accelerate recovery and improve the prognosis of patients with moderate COVID-19. |
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