Continuous hydroxychloroquine or colchicine therapy does not prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2: Insights from a large healthcare database analysis.


Journal

Autoimmunity reviews
ISSN: 1873-0183
Titre abrégé: Autoimmun Rev
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101128967

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Historique:
received: 28 04 2020
accepted: 29 04 2020
pubmed: 8 5 2020
medline: 11 6 2020
entrez: 8 5 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Some disease-modifying agents commonly used to treat patients with rheumatic diseases/autoimmune disorders, such as hydroxychloroquine and colchicine, are under investigation as potential therapies for the "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19). However, the role of such agents as prophylactic tools is still not clear. This is a retrospective study based on a large healthcare computerized database including all patients that were screened for the "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus type 2" (SARS-CoV-2) in the study period from February 23rd 2020 to March 31st 2020. A comparison was conducted between subjects tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and those found negative in terms of rate of administration of hydroxychloroquine/colchicine therapy. An overall sample of 14,520 subjects were screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection and 1317 resulted positive. No significant difference was found in terms of rates of usage of hydroxychloroquine or colchicine between those who were found positive for SARS-CoV-2 and those who were found negative (0.23% versus 0.25% for hydroxychloroquine, and 0.53% versus 0.48% for colchicine, respectively). These findings raise doubts regarding the protective role of these medications in the battle against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Some disease-modifying agents commonly used to treat patients with rheumatic diseases/autoimmune disorders, such as hydroxychloroquine and colchicine, are under investigation as potential therapies for the "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19). However, the role of such agents as prophylactic tools is still not clear.
METHODS METHODS
This is a retrospective study based on a large healthcare computerized database including all patients that were screened for the "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus type 2" (SARS-CoV-2) in the study period from February 23rd 2020 to March 31st 2020. A comparison was conducted between subjects tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and those found negative in terms of rate of administration of hydroxychloroquine/colchicine therapy.
RESULTS RESULTS
An overall sample of 14,520 subjects were screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection and 1317 resulted positive. No significant difference was found in terms of rates of usage of hydroxychloroquine or colchicine between those who were found positive for SARS-CoV-2 and those who were found negative (0.23% versus 0.25% for hydroxychloroquine, and 0.53% versus 0.48% for colchicine, respectively).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
These findings raise doubts regarding the protective role of these medications in the battle against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32380315
pii: S1568-9972(20)30128-2
doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102566
pmc: PMC7198406
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Hydroxychloroquine 4QWG6N8QKH
Colchicine SML2Y3J35T

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

102566

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Omer Gendelman (O)

Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Howard Amital (H)

Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: howard.amital@sheba.health.gov.il.

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (NL)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.

Abdulla Watad (A)

Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Gabriel Chodick (G)

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Maccabitech, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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