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Is late treatment with famotidine beneficial for COVID-19?
PSM retrospective 3,114 patients in China (January - August 2020)
Higher severe cases with famotidine (p=0.0001)
Zhou et al., Gut, doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323668
Favors famotidine
Favors control
Proton pump inhibitor or famotidine use and severe COVID-19 disease: a propensity score-matched territory-wide study
Zhou et al. ,
Proton pump inhibitor or famotidine use and severe COVID-19 disease: a propensity score-matched territory-wide.. ,
Gut, doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323668
Retrospective 4,445 COVID+ patients in China, showing higher risk of combined death/intubation/ICU with famotidine treatment.
risk of severe case, 81.0% higher , HR 1.81, p < 0.001 , treatment 72 of 519 (13.9%), control 198 of 2,595 (7.6%), death/intubation/ICU, propensity score matching, Cox proportional hazards.
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Zhou et al., 4 Dec 2020, retrospective, propensity score matching, China, peer-reviewed, 7 authors, study period 1 January, 2020 - 22 August, 2020.
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To cite Derkinderen P, Noble W, Neunlist M, et al. Gut
2021;70:2010–2012.
Received 26 October 2020
Revised 29 October 2020
Accepted 3 November 2020
Published Online First 17 November 2020
Gut 2021;70:2010–2012. doi:10.1136/
gutjnl-2020-323482
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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curve stratified by
proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use before and
after propensity score matching.
Given these conflicting findings, we
conducted this territory-
wide study to
investigate whether PPI or famotidine use
was associated with a higher risk of severe
disease using propensity score matching.
The detailed methodology of the present
analyses is shown in the online supplemental appendix. A total of 4445 patients
(median age 44.8 years old, 95% CI: (28.9
to 60.8)); 50% male) were diagnosed
with the COVID-19 infection between
Proton pump inhibitor or
famotidine use and severe
COVID-19 disease: a propensity
score-m
atched territory-
wide study
We read the recent articles published in
Gut on the relationship between proton
pump inhibitor (PPI) use and outcomes
in COVID-19 with great interest.1 2 In
the meta-
analysis, the authors found
that current or regular PPI users were
more likely to have severe outcomes
of COVID-19 than non-
users, but no
significant association was observed for
previous PPI use.2 The reason may be
reduced secretion of gastric acid that
can neutralise the SARS-
CoV-2. By
contrast, the use of famotidine, another
medication for gastric ulcers or gastro-
oesophageal reflux disease, was asso- Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curve stratified by
ciated with better clinical outcomes in famotidine use before and after propensity
some studies,3 4 but not others.5 6
score matching.
2012
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1 January 2020 and 22 August 2020 in
Hong Kong public hospitals or their associated ambulatory/outpatient facilities. On
follow-up until 8 September 2020, a total
of 212 patients (4.8%) met the primary
outcome of need for intensive care unit
(ICU) admission or intubation, or death
(online supplemental figure 1). The
median duration between hospitalisation
admission and ICU admission, intubation
or death were 35 (95% CI: 24.5 to 50.5),
33 (95% CI: 21.0 to 140.0)..
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