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Rapid initiation of nasal saline irrigation to reduce severity in high-risk COVID+ outpatients

Baxter et al., Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, doi:10.1177/01455613221123737, NCT04559035
Aug 2022  
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Hospitalization 65% Improvement Relative Risk Hospitalization, vs. CDC 94% Sodium Bicarbonate  Baxter et al.  EARLY TREATMENT  RCT Is early treatment with sodium bicarbonate beneficial for COVID-19? RCT 79 patients in the USA (September - December 2020) Trial compares with PVP-I, results vs. placebo may differ Trial underpowered to detect differences Significantly lower hospitalization vs. CDC data c19early.org Baxter et al., Ear, Nose & Throat J., Aug 2022 Favorssodium bicarbonate FavorsPVP-I 0 0.5 1 1.5 2+
37th treatment shown to reduce risk in May 2022, now with p = 0.00028 from 6 studies.
Lower risk for mortality, hospitalization, and recovery.
No treatment is 100% effective. Protocols combine treatments.
5,300+ studies for 116 treatments. c19early.org
Small RCT 79 PCR+ patients 55+ comparing pressure-based nasal irrigation with povidone-iodine and sodium bicarbonate, showing significantly lower hospitalization when compared with CDC data.
6 studies use direct respiratory tract administration1-6
Targeted administration to the respiratory tract provides treatment directly to the typical source of initial SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication, and allows for rapid onset of action, higher local drug concentration, and reduced systemic side effects.
Standard of Care (SOC): SOC for COVID-19 in the study country, the USA, is very poor with very low average efficacy for approved treatments7. Only expensive, high-profit treatments were approved. Low-cost treatments were excluded, reducing the probability of treatment—especially early—due to access and cost barriers, and eliminating complementary and synergistic benefits seen with many low-cost treatments.
Study covers sodium bicarbonate and povidone-iodine.
risk of hospitalization, 65.3% lower, RR 0.35, p = 1.00, treatment 0 of 37 (0.0%), control 1 of 42 (2.4%), NNT 42, relative risk is not 0 because of continuity correction due to zero events (with reciprocal of the contrasting arm), vs. PVP-I.
risk of hospitalization, 94.1% lower, RR 0.06, p = 0.004, nasal irrigation vs. CDC data.
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Baxter et al., 25 Aug 2022, Randomized Controlled Trial, USA, peer-reviewed, 12 authors, study period 24 September, 2020 - 21 December, 2020, this trial compares with another treatment - results may be better when compared to placebo, trial NCT04559035 (history). Contact: abaxter@augusta.edu, @AmyBaxterMD.
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DOI record: { "DOI": "10.1177/01455613221123737", "ISSN": [ "0145-5613", "1942-7522" ], "URL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01455613221123737", "abstract": "<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p> To determine whether initiating saline nasal irrigation after COVID-19 diagnosis reduces hospitalization and death in high-risk outpatients compared with observational controls, and if irrigant composition impacts severity. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p> Participants 55 and older were enrolled within 24 hours of a + PCR COVID-19 test between September 24 and December 21, 2020. Among 826 screened, 79 participants were enrolled and randomly assigned to add 2.5 mL povidone-iodine 10% or 2.5 mL sodium bicarbonate to 240 mL of isotonic nasal irrigation twice daily for 14 days. The primary outcome was hospitalization or death from COVID-19 within 28 days of enrollment by daily self-report confirmed with phone calls and hospital records, compared to the CDC Surveillance Dataset covering the same time. Secondary outcomes compared symptom resolution by irrigant additive. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p> Seventy-nine high-risk participants were enrolled (mean [SD] age, 64 [8] years; 36 [46%] women; 71% Non-Hispanic White), with mean BMI 30.3. Analyzed by intention-to-treat, by day 28, COVID-19 symptoms resulted in one ED visit and no hospitalizations in 42 irrigating with alkalinization, one hospitalization of 37 in the povidone-iodine group, (1.27%) and no deaths. Of nearly three million CDC cases, 9.47% were known to be hospitalized, with an additional 1.5% mortality in those without hospitalization data. Age, sex, and percentage with pre-existing conditions did not significantly differ by exact binomial test from the CDC dataset, while reported race and hospitalization rate did. The total risk of hospitalization or death (11%) was 8.57 times that of enrolled nasal irrigation participants (SE = 2.74; P = .006). Sixty-two participants completed daily surveys (78%), averaging 1.8 irrigations/day. Eleven reported irrigation-related complaints and four discontinued use. Symptom resolution was more likely for those reporting twice daily irrigation ( X<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> = 8.728, P = .0031) regardless of additive. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p> SARS-CoV-2+ participants initiating nasal irrigation were over 8 times less likely to be hospitalized than the national rate. </jats:p></jats:sec>", "alternative-id": [ "10.1177/01455613221123737" ], "author": [ { "ORCID": "http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7123-0733", "affiliation": [ { "name": "Department of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA" } ], "authenticated-orcid": false, "family": "Baxter", "given": "Amy L", "sequence": "first" }, { "affiliation": [ { "name": "Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK" } ], "family": "Schwartz", "given": "Kyle R", "sequence": "additional" }, { "affiliation": [ { "name": "Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA" } ], "family": "Johnson", "given": "Ryan W", "sequence": "additional" }, { 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