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0 0.5 1 1.5 2+ Mortality 45% Improvement Relative Risk Ventilation 69% Progression 19% Oxygen time -57% Hospitalization time -62% Conv. Plasma  Holm et al.  LATE TREATMENT  RCT Is late treatment with convalescent plasma beneficial for COVID-19? RCT 31 patients in Sweden (June 2020 - January 2021) Lower ventilation (p=0.45) and higher oxygen therapy (p=0.43), not sig. c19early.org Holm et al., BMC Research Notes, December 2021 Favors conv. plasma Favors control

Convalescence plasma treatment of COVID-19: results from a prematurely terminated randomized controlled open-label study in Southern Sweden

Holm et al., BMC Research Notes, doi:10.1186/s13104-021-05847-7, NCT04600440
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RCT 31 hospitalized patients requiring supplemental oxygen in Sweden, showing no significant difference in outcomes with convalescent plasma.
risk of death, 45.1% lower, RR 0.55, p = 0.64, treatment 2 of 17 (11.8%), control 3 of 14 (21.4%), NNT 10.
risk of mechanical ventilation, 68.9% lower, RR 0.31, p = 0.45, treatment 0 of 17 (0.0%), control 1 of 14 (7.1%), NNT 14, relative risk is not 0 because of continuity correction due to zero events (with reciprocal of the contrasting arm).
risk of progression, 18.8% lower, RR 0.81, p = 1.00, treatment 4 of 16 (25.0%), control 4 of 13 (30.8%), NNT 17, progression to HFNC.
oxygen time, 57.1% higher, relative time 1.57, p = 0.43, treatment 17, control 14.
hospitalization time, 62.5% higher, relative time 1.62, p = 0.21, treatment 17, control 14.
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Holm et al., 4 Dec 2021, Randomized Controlled Trial, Sweden, peer-reviewed, 14 authors, study period June 2020 - January 2021, average treatment delay 7.0 days, trial NCT04600440 (history). Contact: karin.holm@med.lu.se (corresponding author).
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Convalescence plasma treatment of COVID-19: results from a prematurely terminated randomized controlled open-label study in Southern Sweden
Karin Holm, Maria N Lundgren, Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh, Oskar Ljungquist, Blenda Böttiger, Christian Wikén, Jonas Öberg, Nils Fernström, Ebba Rosendal, Anna K Överby, Julia Wigren Byström, Mattias Forsell, Mona Landin-Olsson, Magnus Rasmussen
BMC Research Notes, doi:10.1186/s13104-021-05847-7
Objective: Convalescent plasma has been tried as therapy for various viral infections. Early observational studies of convalescent plasma treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients were promising, but randomized controlled studies were lacking at the time. The objective of this study was to investigate if convalescent plasma is beneficial to hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Results: Hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 and an oxygen saturation below 94% were randomized 1:1 to receive convalescent plasma in addition to standard of care or standard of care only. The primary outcome was number of days of oxygen treatment to keep saturation above 93% within 28 days from inclusion. The study was prematurely terminated when thirty-one of 100 intended patients had been included. The median time of oxygen treatment among survivors was 11 days (IQR 6-15) for the convalescent plasma group and 7 days (IQR 5-9) for the standard of care group (p = 0.4, median difference -4). Two patients in the convalescent plasma group and three patients in the standard of care group died (p = 0.64, OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.08-2.79). Thus no significant differences were observed between the groups.
Abbreviations Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https:// doi. org/ 10. 1186/ s13104-021-05847-7. Additional file 1. SARS-CoV2 antibody detection and microneutralization assay. Authors' contributions KH: study design, inclusion of patients and donors, data collection and analysis, manuscript writing. MNL: study design, transfusion medicine expertise, donor screening and responsible for plasma collection and plasma analysis, data analysis and manuscript writing. JKK: study design, transfusion medicine expertise, data analysis and critical revision of the manuscript. OL, CW, JÖ: inclusion of patients, data collection and analysis, critical revision of the manuscript. NF: study design, inclusion of patients and donors, data collection. BB: study design, responsible for virology sampling and data analysis, critical revision of the manuscript. ER, AKÖ, JWB, MF: responsible for measuring Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate The Swedish Ethical Review Authority approved the study (Reference Number #2020-01744, 2020-03595). Written informed consent was required from donors and patients on inclusion. Consent to publish Not applicable. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
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