Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir combination against COVID‐19 caused by omicron BA.2.2 in the elderly: A single‐center large observational study
Can Chen, Ranyi Li, Shuliang Xing, Lei Cao, Yue Qu, Qianzhou Lv, Xiaoyu Li, Zhangzhang Chen
Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, doi:10.1002/iid3.1232
Background: Since coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) swept the world, a variety of novel therapeutic and prevention strategies have been developed, among which nirmatrelvir-ritonavir is highly recommended. We intended to assess the effectiveness and safety of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in the elderly mild-tomoderate COVID-19 population caused by the omicron BA.2.2 variant in realworld settings. Methods: An observational study was conducted retrospectively to review the outcomes of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients admitted between April 26 and June 30, 2022. Patients' baseline characteristics were collected and assessed. Participants in the intervention group were administered nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in addition to standard care, whereas those in the control group only received standard care. The primary outcome was the duration between the initial positive reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test and the subsequent conversion to a negative result. Results: The analysis included 324 patients who were administered nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and an equal number of control patients. The patient characteristics in both groups were evenly matched. The average duration from the initial positive RT-PCR to negative conversion was similar in both groups (16.2 ± 5.0 vs. 16.1 ± 6.3 days, p = .83). Control patients exhibited slower conversion in comparison to patients who received nirmatrelvir-ritonavir treatment within 10 days of symptom onset. Conclusions: These findings suggest that administering nirmatrelvirritonavir within 10 days of symptom onset could potentially reduce the time
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS Can Chen: Investigation; methodology; writingoriginal draft; writing-review and editing. Ranyi Li: Data curation; formal analysis; software; writing-review and editing. Shuliang Xing: Project administration; resources; supervision. Lei Cao: Project administration; resources; supervision. Yue Qu: Methodology; writingreview and editing. Qianzhou Lv: Supervision. Xiaoyu Li: Conceptualization; data curation; funding acquisition; writing-review and editing. Zhangzhang Chen: Conceptualization; data curation; formal analysis; writing-review and editing.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
ETHICS STATEMENT This study adhered to STROBE guidelines and received approval from the ethics committees of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University (approval number B2022-470R).
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