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Association of the patterns of use of medications with mortality of COVID-19 infection: a hospital-based observational study

Wallace et al., BMJ Open, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050051
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Mortality -11% Improvement Relative Risk Famotidine for COVID-19  Wallace et al.  Prophylaxis Is prophylaxis with famotidine beneficial for COVID-19? Retrospective 7,944 patients in the USA No significant difference in mortality c19early.org Wallace et al., BMJ Open, December 2021 Favorsfamotidine Favorscontrol 0 0.5 1 1.5 2+
Famotidine for COVID-19
26th treatment shown to reduce risk in October 2021, now with p = 0.00028 from 30 studies, recognized in 2 countries.
No treatment is 100% effective. Protocols combine treatments.
5,100+ studies for 112 treatments. c19early.org
Retrospective 9,532 hospitalized COVID+ veterans in the USA, showing no significant difference in mortality with famotidine use. The study provides results for use before, after, and before+after. Before+after should more accurately represent prophylaxis up to COVID-19 infection (and continued use). Before included use up to 2 years before, and after included use up to 60 days later.
Study covers metformin and famotidine.
risk of death, 11.0% higher, RR 1.11, p = 0.33, treatment 98 of 423 (23.2%), control 1,436 of 7,521 (19.1%), adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk, multivariable.
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Wallace et al., 31 Dec 2021, retrospective, database analysis, USA, peer-reviewed, 6 authors.
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Medications that affect ACE2 expression or function such as angiotensin receptor ' 'blockers (ARBs) and ACE inhibitors (ACE-I) and metformin have the potential to counter the ' 'dysregulation of ACE2 by the virus and protect against viral injury. Here, we describe ' 'COVID-19 survival associated with ACE-I, ARB and metformin ' 'use.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design</jats:title><jats:p>This is a ' 'hospital-based observational study of patients with COVID-19 infection using logistic ' 'regression with correction for pre-existing conditions and propensity score weighted Cox ' 'proportional hazards models to estimate associations between medication use and ' 'mortality.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting</jats:title><jats:p>Medical ' 'record data from the US Veterans Affairs (VA) were used to identify patients with a reverse ' 'transcription PCR diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, to classify patterns of ACE inhibitors ' '(ACE-I), ARB, beta blockers, metformin, famotidine and remdesivir use, and, to capture ' 'mortality.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants</jats:title><jats:p>9532 ' 'hospitalised patients with COVID-19 infection followed for 60 days were ' 'analysed.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Outcome measure</jats:title><jats:p>Death ' 'from any cause within 60 days of COVID-19 diagnosis was ' 'examined.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Discontinuation ' 'of ACE-I was associated with increased risk of death (OR: 1.4; 95% CI 1.2–1.7). Initiating ' '(OR: 0.3; 95% CI 0.2–0.5) or continuous (OR: 0.6; 95% CI 0.5–0.7) ACE-I was associated with ' 'reduced risk of death. ARB and metformin associations were similar in direction and magnitude ' 'and also statistically significant. Results were unchanged when accounting for pre-existing ' 'morbidity and propensity score ' 'adjustment.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Recent ' 'randomised clinical trials support the safety of continuing ACE-I and ARB treatment in ' 'patients with COVID-19 where indicated. Our study extends these findings to suggest a ' 'possible COVID-19 survival benefit for continuing or initiating ACE-I, ARB and metformin ' 'medications. 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