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Xiannuoxin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 2 studies

@CovidAnalysis, October 2024, Version 1V1
 
0 0.5 1 1.5+ All studies 38% 2 1,027 Improvement, Studies, Patients Relative Risk Recovery 38% 2 1,027 Viral clearance 38% 1 20 RCTs 38% 2 1,027 Early 38% 2 1,027 Xiannuoxin for COVID-19 c19early.org October 2024 Favorsxiannuoxin Favorscontrol
Abstract
Meta analysis using the most serious outcome reported shows 38% [-46‑73%] lower risk, without reaching statistical significance. Currently all studies are RCTs.
One study shows statistically significant improvement.
0 0.5 1 1.5+ All studies 38% 2 1,027 Improvement, Studies, Patients Relative Risk Recovery 38% 2 1,027 Viral clearance 38% 1 20 RCTs 38% 2 1,027 Early 38% 2 1,027 Xiannuoxin for COVID-19 c19early.org October 2024 Favorsxiannuoxin Favorscontrol
Studies to date are from only 2 different groups.
No treatment or intervention is 100% effective. All practical, effective, and safe means should be used based on risk/benefit analysis. Multiple treatments are typically used in combination, and other treatments may be more effective.
All data to reproduce this paper and sources are in the appendix.
Evolution of COVID-19 clinical evidence Meta analysis results over time Xiannuoxin p=0.28 Acetaminophen p=0.00000029 2020 2021 2022 2023 Lowerrisk Higherrisk c19early.org October 2024 100% 50% 0% -50%
Xiannuoxin for COVID-19 — Highlights
Meta analysis of studies to date shows no significant improvements with xiannuoxin.
Real-time updates and corrections, transparent analysis with all results in the same format, consistent protocol for 95 treatments, outcome specific analyses and combined evidence from all studies.
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0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2+ Cao (DB RCT) 17% 0.83 [0.74-0.94] recov. time 504 (n) 503 (n) Improvement, RR [CI] Treatment Control Wang (DB RCT) 68% 0.32 [0.10-1.03] recovery 12 (n) 8 (n) Tau​2 = 0.27, I​2 = 60.4%, p = 0.28 Early treatment 38% 0.62 [0.27-1.46] 516 (n) 511 (n) 38% lower risk All studies 38% 0.62 [0.27-1.46] 516 (n) 511 (n) 38% lower risk 2 xiannuoxin COVID-19 studies c19early.org October 2024 Tau​2 = 0.27, I​2 = 60.4%, p = 0.28 Effect extraction pre-specified(most serious outcome, see appendix) Favors xiannuoxin Favors control
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2+ Cao (DB RCT) 17% recovery Improvement Relative Risk [CI] Wang (DB RCT) 68% recovery Tau​2 = 0.27, I​2 = 60.4%, p = 0.28 Early treatment 38% 38% lower risk All studies 38% 38% lower risk 2 xiannuoxin C19 studies c19early.org October 2024 Tau​2 = 0.27, I​2 = 60.4%, p = 0.28 Effect extraction pre-specifiedRotate device for details Favors xiannuoxin Favors control
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-100% -50% 0% 50% 100% Timeline of COVID-19 xiannuoxin studies (pooled effects) 2020 2021 2022 2023 Favorsxiannuoxin Favorscontrol c19early.org October 2024
Figure 1. A. Random effects meta-analysis. This plot shows pooled effects, see the specific outcome analyses for individual outcomes. Analysis validating pooled outcomes for COVID-19 can be found below. Effect extraction is pre-specified, using the most serious outcome reported. For details see the appendix. B. Timeline of results in xiannuoxin studies.
Introduction
SARS-CoV-2 infection primarily begins in the upper respiratory tract and may progress to the lower respiratory tract, other tissues, and the nervous and cardiovascular systems, which may lead to cytokine storm, pneumonia, ARDS, neurological injury1-10 and cognitive deficits3,8, cardiovascular complications11-13, organ failure, and death. Minimizing replication as early as possible is recommended.
SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication involves the complex interplay of 50+ host and viral proteins and other factorsA,14-18, providing many therapeutic targets for which many existing compounds have known activity. Scientists have predicted that over 8,000 compounds may reduce COVID-19 risk19, either by directly minimizing infection or replication, by supporting immune system function, or by minimizing secondary complications.
Xiannuoxin is a combination of simnotrelvir and ritonavir. Simnotrelvir is a first generation SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease inhibitor20. Ritonavir is a HIV drug used to boost the levels of simnotrelvir in the body by inhibiting its metabolism.
We analyze all significant controlled studies of xiannuoxin for COVID-19. Search methods, inclusion criteria, effect extraction criteria (more serious outcomes have priority), all individual study data, PRISMA answers, and statistical methods are detailed in Appendix 1. We present random effects meta-analysis results for all studies, individual outcomes, and Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs).
Figure 2 shows stages of possible treatment for COVID-19. Prophylaxis refers to regularly taking medication before becoming sick, in order to prevent or minimize infection. Early Treatment refers to treatment immediately or soon after symptoms appear, while Late Treatment refers to more delayed treatment. Currently all xiannuoxin studies use early treatment.
Figure 2. Treatment stages.
Preclinical Research
An In Vitro study supports the efficacy of xiannuoxin21.
An In Vivo animal study supports the efficacy of xiannuoxin21.
Preclinical research is an important part of the development of treatments, however results may be very different in clinical trials. Preclinical results are not used in this paper.
Results
Table 1 summarizes the results for all studies, for Randomized Controlled Trials, and for specific outcomes. Figure 3, 4, and 5 show forest plots for random effects meta-analysis of all studies with pooled effects, recovery, and viral clearance.
Table 1. Random effects meta-analysis for all studies, for Randomized Controlled Trials, and for specific outcomes. Results show the percentage improvement with treatment and the 95% confidence interval.
Improvement Studies Patients Authors
All studies38% [-46‑73%]2 1,027 48
Randomized Controlled TrialsRCTs38% [-46‑73%]2 1,027 48
Recovery38% [-46‑73%]2 1,027 48
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Figure 3. Random effects meta-analysis for all studies. This plot shows pooled effects, see the specific outcome analyses for individual outcomes. Analysis validating pooled outcomes for COVID-19 can be found below. Effect extraction is pre-specified, using the most serious outcome reported. For details see the appendix.
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Figure 4. Random effects meta-analysis for recovery.
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Figure 5. Random effects meta-analysis for viral clearance.
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
Currently all studies are RCTs.
Heterogeneity
Heterogeneity in COVID-19 studies arises from many factors including:
The time between infection or the onset of symptoms and treatment may critically affect how well a treatment works. For example an antiviral may be very effective when used early but may not be effective in late stage disease, and may even be harmful. Oseltamivir, for example, is generally only considered effective for influenza when used within 0-36 or 0-48 hours22,23. Baloxavir marboxil studies for influenza also show that treatment delay is critical — Ikematsu et al. report an 86% reduction in cases for post-exposure prophylaxis, Hayden et al. show a 33 hour reduction in the time to alleviation of symptoms for treatment within 24 hours and a reduction of 13 hours for treatment within 24-48 hours, and Kumar et al. report only 2.5 hours improvement for inpatient treatment.
Table 2. Studies of baloxavir marboxil for influenza show that early treatment is more effective.
Treatment delayResult
Post-exposure prophylaxis86% fewer cases24
<24 hours-33 hours symptoms25
24-48 hours-13 hours symptoms25
Inpatients-2.5 hours to improvement26
Figure 6 shows a mixed-effects meta-regression for efficacy as a function of treatment delay in COVID-19 studies from 95 treatments, showing that efficacy declines rapidly with treatment delay. Early treatment is critical for COVID-19.
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Figure 6. Early treatment is more effective. Meta-regression showing efficacy as a function of treatment delay in COVID-19 studies from 95 treatments.
Details of the patient population including age and comorbidities may critically affect how well a treatment works. For example, many COVID-19 studies with relatively young low-comorbidity patients show all patients recovering quickly with or without treatment. In such cases, there is little room for an effective treatment to improve results, for example as in López-Medina et al.
Efficacy may depend critically on the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants encountered by patients. Risk varies significantly across variants28, for example the Gamma variant shows significantly different characteristics29-32. Different mechanisms of action may be more or less effective depending on variants, for example the degree to which TMPRSS2 contributes to viral entry can differ across variants33,34.
Effectiveness may depend strongly on the dosage and treatment regimen.
The use of other treatments may significantly affect outcomes, including supplements, other medications, or other interventions such as prone positioning. Treatments may be synergistic35-45, therefore efficacy may depend strongly on combined treatments.
The quality of medications may vary significantly between manufacturers and production batches, which may significantly affect efficacy and safety. Williams et al. analyze ivermectin from 11 different sources, showing highly variable antiparasitic efficacy across different manufacturers. Xu et al. analyze a treatment from two different manufacturers, showing 9 different impurities, with significantly different concentrations for each manufacturer.
Across all studies there is a strong association between different outcomes, for example improved recovery is strongly associated with lower mortality. However, efficacy may differ depending on the effect measured, for example a treatment may be more effective against secondary complications and have minimal effect on viral clearance.
The distribution of studies will alter the outcome of a meta analysis. Consider a simplified example where everything is equal except for the treatment delay, and effectiveness decreases to zero or below with increasing delay. If there are many studies using very late treatment, the outcome may be negative, even though early treatment is very effective. All meta analyses combine heterogeneous studies, varying in population, variants, and potentially all factors above, and therefore may obscure efficacy by including studies where treatment is less effective. Generally, we expect the estimated effect size from meta analysis to be less than that for the optimal case. Looking at all studies is valuable for providing an overview of all research, important to avoid cherry-picking, and informative when a positive result is found despite combining less-optimal situations. However, the resulting estimate does not apply to specific cases such as early treatment in high-risk populations. While we present results for all studies, we also present treatment time and individual outcome analyses, which may be more informative for specific use cases.
Pooled Effects
For COVID-19, delay in clinical results translates into additional death and morbidity, as well as additional economic and societal damage. Combining the results of studies reporting different outcomes is required. There may be no mortality in a trial with low-risk patients, however a reduction in severity or improved viral clearance may translate into lower mortality in a high-risk population. Different studies may report lower severity, improved recovery, and lower mortality, and the significance may be very high when combining the results. "The studies reported different outcomes" is not a good reason for disregarding results.
We present both specific outcome and pooled analyses. In order to combine the results of studies reporting different outcomes we use the most serious outcome reported in each study, based on the thesis that improvement in the most serious outcome provides comparable measures of efficacy for a treatment. A critical advantage of this approach is simplicity and transparency. There are many other ways to combine evidence for different outcomes, along with additional evidence such as dose-response relationships, however these increase complexity.
Another way to view pooled analysis is that we are using more of the available information. Logically we should, and do, use additional information. For example dose-response and treatment delay-response relationships provide significant additional evidence of efficacy that is considered when reviewing the evidence for a treatment.
Trials with high-risk patients may be restricted due to ethics for treatments that are known or expected to be effective, and they increase difficulty for recruiting. Using less severe outcomes as a proxy for more serious outcomes allows faster collection of evidence.
For many COVID-19 treatments, a reduction in mortality logically follows from a reduction in hospitalization, which follows from a reduction in symptomatic cases, which follows from a reduction in PCR positivity. We can directly test this for COVID-19.
Analysis of the the association between different outcomes across studies from all 95 treatments we cover confirms the validity of pooled outcome analysis for COVID-19. Figure 7 shows that lower hospitalization is very strongly associated with lower mortality (p < 0.000000000001). Similarly, Figure 8 shows that improved recovery is very strongly associated with lower mortality (p < 0.000000000001). Considering the extremes, Singh et al. show an association between viral clearance and hospitalization or death, with p = 0.003 after excluding one large outlier from a mutagenic treatment, and based on 44 RCTs including 52,384 patients. Figure 9 shows that improved viral clearance is strongly associated with fewer serious outcomes. The association is very similar to Singh et al., with higher confidence due to the larger number of studies. As with Singh et al., the confidence increases when excluding the outlier treatment, from p = 0.00000053 to p = 0.000000028.
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Figure 7. Lower hospitalization is associated with lower mortality, supporting pooled outcome analysis.
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Figure 8. Improved recovery is associated with lower mortality, supporting pooled outcome analysis.
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Figure 7. Improved viral clearance is associated with fewer serious outcomes, supporting pooled outcome analysis.
Currently, 48 of the treatments we analyze show statistically significant efficacy or harm, defined as ≥10% decreased risk or >0% increased risk from ≥3 studies. 89% of these have been confirmed with one or more specific outcomes, with a mean delay of 5.1 months. When restricting to RCTs only, 56% of treatments showing statistically significant efficacy/harm with pooled effects have been confirmed with one or more specific outcomes, with a mean delay of 6.4 months. Figure 10 shows when treatments were found effective during the pandemic. Pooled outcomes often resulted in earlier detection of efficacy.
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Figure 10. The time when studies showed that treatments were effective, defined as statistically significant improvement of ≥10% from ≥3 studies. Pooled results typically show efficacy earlier than specific outcome results. Results from all studies often shows efficacy much earlier than when restricting to RCTs. Results reflect conditions as used in trials to date, these depend on the population treated, treatment delay, and treatment regimen.
Pooled analysis could hide efficacy, for example a treatment that is beneficial for late stage patients but has no effect on viral clearance may show no efficacy if most studies only examine viral clearance. In practice, it is rare for a non-antiviral treatment to report viral clearance and to not report clinical outcomes; and in practice other sources of heterogeneity such as difference in treatment delay is more likely to hide efficacy.
Analysis validates the use of pooled effects and shows significantly faster detection of efficacy on average. However, as with all meta analyses, it is important to review the different studies included. We also present individual outcome analyses, which may be more informative for specific use cases.
Jung et al. found that ritonavir (part of xiannuoxin) caused male reproductive toxicity by disrupting the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway with an in vitro study on boar spermatozoa. The study suggests that ritonavir may cause male reproductive toxicity at doses used for COVID-19 treatment.
Publishing is often biased towards positive results. Trials with patented drugs may have a financial conflict of interest that results in positive studies being more likely to be published, or bias towards more positive results. For example with molnupiravir, trials with negative results remain unpublished to date (CTRI/2021/05/033864 and CTRI/2021/08/0354242). For xiannuoxin, there is currently not enough data to evaluate publication bias with high confidence.
Summary statistics from meta analysis necessarily lose information. As with all meta analyses, studies are heterogeneous, with differences in treatment delay, treatment regimen, patient demographics, variants, conflicts of interest, standard of care, and other factors. We provide analyses for specific outcomes and by treatment delay, and we aim to identify key characteristics in the forest plots and summaries. Results should be viewed in the context of study characteristics.
Some analyses classify treatment based on early or late administration, as done here, while others distinguish between mild, moderate, and severe cases. Viral load does not indicate degree of symptoms — for example patients may have a high viral load while being asymptomatic. With regard to treatments that have antiviral properties, timing of treatment is critical — late administration may be less helpful regardless of severity.
Details of treatment delay per patient is often not available. For example, a study may treat 90% of patients relatively early, but the events driving the outcome may come from 10% of patients treated very late. Our 5 day cutoff for early treatment may be too conservative, 5 days may be too late in many cases.
Comparison across treatments is confounded by differences in the studies performed, for example dose, variants, and conflicts of interest. Trials with conflicts of interest may use designs better suited to the preferred outcome.
In some cases, the most serious outcome has very few events, resulting in lower confidence results being used in pooled analysis, however the method is simpler and more transparent. This is less critical as the number of studies increases. Restriction to outcomes with sufficient power may be beneficial in pooled analysis and improve accuracy when there are few studies, however we maintain our pre-specified method to avoid any retrospective changes.
Studies show that combinations of treatments can be highly synergistic and may result in many times greater efficacy than individual treatments alone35-45. Therefore standard of care may be critical and benefits may diminish or disappear if standard of care does not include certain treatments.
This real-time analysis is constantly updated based on submissions. Accuracy benefits from widespread review and submission of updates and corrections from reviewers. Less popular treatments may receive fewer reviews.
No treatment or intervention is 100% available and effective for all current and future variants. Efficacy may vary significantly with different variants and within different populations. All treatments have potential side effects. Propensity to experience side effects may be predicted in advance by qualified physicians. We do not provide medical advice. Before taking any medication, consult a qualified physician who can compare all options, provide personalized advice, and provide details of risks and benefits based on individual medical history and situations.
Multiple reviews cover xiannuoxin for COVID-19, presenting additional background on mechanisms and related results, including20,50.
SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication involves a complex interplay of 50+ host and viral proteins and other factors14-18, providing many therapeutic targets. Over 8,000 compounds have been predicted to reduce COVID-19 risk19, either by directly minimizing infection or replication, by supporting immune system function, or by minimizing secondary complications. Figure 11 shows an overview of the results for xiannuoxin in the context of multiple COVID-19 treatments, and Figure 12 shows a plot of efficacy vs. cost for COVID-19 treatments.
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Figure 11. Scatter plot showing results within the context of multiple COVID-19 treatments. Diamonds shows the results of random effects meta-analysis. 0.6% of 8,000+ proposed treatments show efficacy51.
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Figure 12. Efficacy vs. cost for COVID-19 treatments.
Meta analysis using the most serious outcome reported shows 38% [-46‑73%] lower risk, without reaching statistical significance. Currently all studies are RCTs. One study shows statistically significant improvement.
Studies to date are from only 2 different groups.
Recovery time 17% Improvement Relative Risk Xiannuoxin  Cao et al.  EARLY TREATMENT  DB RCT Is early treatment with xiannuoxin beneficial for COVID-19? Double-blind RCT 1,007 patients in China (August - December 2022) Faster recovery with xiannuoxin (p=0.0026) c19early.org Cao et al., New England J. Medicine, Jan 2023 Favorsxiannuoxin Favorscontrol 0 0.5 1 1.5 2+
Cao: RCT 1,208 outpatients with mild-moderate COVID-19 in China, showing faster symptom resolution (by 35.8 hours) and faster viral clearance with xiannuoxin (simnotrelvir plus ritonavir) twice daily for 5 days.
Recovery time, high dose 68% Improvement Relative Risk Recovery time, low dose 48% Viral load, high dose 38% Viral load, low dose 14% Xiannuoxin  Wang et al.  EARLY TREATMENT  DB RCT Is early treatment with xiannuoxin beneficial for COVID-19? Double-blind RCT 32 patients in China (May - August 2022) Faster recovery (p=0.057) and improved viral clearance (p=0.11), not sig. c19early.org Wang et al., The Lancet Regional Healt.., Sep 2023 Favorsxiannuoxin Favorscontrol 0 0.5 1 1.5 2+
Wang: RCT 32 adults with asymptomatic, mild or moderate COVID-19 in China showing greater viral load reduction and faster time to symptom alleviation with xuannuoxin (simnotrelvir plus ritonavir) compared to placebo. All adverse events were mild.
We perform ongoing searches of PubMed, medRxiv, Europe PMC, ClinicalTrials.gov, The Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Research Square, ScienceDirect, Oxford University Press, the reference lists of other studies and meta-analyses, and submissions to the site c19early.org. Search terms are xiannuoxin and COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. Automated searches are performed twice daily, with all matches reviewed for inclusion. All studies regarding the use of xiannuoxin for COVID-19 that report a comparison with a control group are included in the main analysis. This is a living analysis and is updated regularly.
We extracted effect sizes and associated data from all studies. If studies report multiple kinds of effects then the most serious outcome is used in pooled analysis, while other outcomes are included in the outcome specific analyses. For example, if effects for mortality and cases are both reported, the effect for mortality is used, this may be different to the effect that a study focused on. If symptomatic results are reported at multiple times, we used the latest time, for example if mortality results are provided at 14 days and 28 days, the results at 28 days have preference. Mortality alone is preferred over combined outcomes. Outcomes with zero events in both arms are not used, the next most serious outcome with one or more events is used. For example, in low-risk populations with no mortality, a reduction in mortality with treatment is not possible, however a reduction in hospitalization, for example, is still valuable. Clinical outcomes are considered more important than viral test status. When basically all patients recover in both treatment and control groups, preference for viral clearance and recovery is given to results mid-recovery where available. After most or all patients have recovered there is little or no room for an effective treatment to do better, however faster recovery is valuable. If only individual symptom data is available, the most serious symptom has priority, for example difficulty breathing or low SpO2 is more important than cough. When results provide an odds ratio, we compute the relative risk when possible, or convert to a relative risk according to54. Reported confidence intervals and p-values were used when available, using adjusted values when provided. If multiple types of adjustments are reported propensity score matching and multivariable regression has preference over propensity score matching or weighting, which has preference over multivariable regression. Adjusted results have preference over unadjusted results for a more serious outcome when the adjustments significantly alter results. When needed, conversion between reported p-values and confidence intervals followed Altman, Altman (B), and Fisher's exact test was used to calculate p-values for event data. If continuity correction for zero values is required, we use the reciprocal of the opposite arm with the sum of the correction factors equal to 157. Results are expressed with RR < 1.0 favoring treatment, and using the risk of a negative outcome when applicable (for example, the risk of death rather than the risk of survival). If studies only report relative continuous values such as relative times, the ratio of the time for the treatment group versus the time for the control group is used. Calculations are done in Python (3.12.7) with scipy (1.14.1), pythonmeta (1.26), numpy (1.26.4), statsmodels (0.14.4), and plotly (5.24.1).
Forest plots are computed using PythonMeta58 with the DerSimonian and Laird random effects model (the fixed effect assumption is not plausible in this case) and inverse variance weighting. Results are presented with 95% confidence intervals. Heterogeneity among studies was assessed using the I2 statistic. Mixed-effects meta-regression results are computed with R (4.4.0) using the metafor (4.6-0) and rms (6.8-0) packages, and using the most serious sufficiently powered outcome. For all statistical tests, a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Grobid 0.8.0 is used to parse PDF documents.
We have classified studies as early treatment if most patients are not already at a severe stage at the time of treatment (for example based on oxygen status or lung involvement), and treatment started within 5 days of the onset of symptoms. If studies contain a mix of early treatment and late treatment patients, we consider the treatment time of patients contributing most to the events (for example, consider a study where most patients are treated early but late treatment patients are included, and all mortality events were observed with late treatment patients). We note that a shorter time may be preferable. Antivirals are typically only considered effective when used within a shorter timeframe, for example 0-36 or 0-48 hours for oseltamivir, with longer delays not being effective22,23.
We received no funding, this research is done in our spare time. We have no affiliations with any pharmaceutical companies or political parties.
A summary of study results is below. Please submit updates and corrections at the bottom of this page.
A summary of study results is below. Please submit updates and corrections at https://c19early.org/xnxmeta.html.
Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules as detailed above and gives priority to more serious outcomes. For pooled analyses, the first (most serious) outcome is used, which may differ from the effect a paper focuses on. Other outcomes are used in outcome specific analyses.
Cao, 1/29/2023, Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial, placebo-controlled, China, peer-reviewed, median age 35.0, 31 authors, study period 19 August, 2022 - 16 December, 2022, trial NCT05506176 (history). recovery time, 16.6% lower, relative time 0.83, p = 0.003, treatment mean 180.1 (±226) n=504, control mean 216 (±141) n=503.
Wang, 9/30/2023, Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial, placebo-controlled, China, peer-reviewed, median age 39.5, 17 authors, study period 12 May, 2022 - 29 August, 2022, average treatment delay 4.1 days, trial NCT05369676 (history). recovery time, 67.5% lower, HR 0.32, p = 0.06, treatment 12, control 8, inverted to make HR<1 favor treatment, high dose.
recovery time, 47.7% lower, HR 0.52, p = 0.23, treatment 10, control 8, inverted to make HR<1 favor treatment, low dose.
viral load, 38.3% lower, relative load 0.62, p = 0.11, treatment mean 2.21 (±1.21) n=12, control mean 3.58 (±2.44) n=8, high dose, mid-recovery, day 7.
viral load, 14.2% lower, relative load 0.86, p = 0.63, treatment mean 3.07 (±2.17) n=12, control mean 3.58 (±2.44) n=8, low dose, mid-recovery, day 7.
Please send us corrections, updates, or comments. c19early involves the extraction of 100,000+ datapoints from thousands of papers. Community updates help ensure high accuracy. Treatments and other interventions are complementary. All practical, effective, and safe means should be used based on risk/benefit analysis. No treatment or intervention is 100% available and effective for all current and future variants. We do not provide medical advice. Before taking any medication, consult a qualified physician who can provide personalized advice and details of risks and benefits based on your medical history and situation. FLCCC and WCH provide treatment protocols.
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