Clinical outcomes of using remdesivir in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: A prospective randomised study

3/20 Late treatment study

Mahajan et al., Indian Journal of Anasthesia, doi:10.4103/ija.IJA_149_21 (Peer Reviewed)
Clinical outcomes of using remdesivir in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: A prospective randomised study

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Small RCT with 34 remdesivir patients and 36 controls finding no significant difference in clinical outcomes.

Mahajan et al., 3/20/2021, Randomized Controlled Trial, India, South Asia, peer-reviewed, 3 authors.

risk of death, 76.5% higher, RR 1.76, p = 0.47, treatment 5 of 34 (14.7%), control 3 of 36 (8.3%).

risk of mechanical ventilation, 111.8% higher, RR 2.12, p = 0.42, treatment 4 of 34 (11.8%), control 2 of 36 (5.6%).

Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. For an individual study the most serious outcome may have a smaller number of events and lower statistical signficance, however this provides the strongest evidence for the most serious outcomes when combining the results of many trials.

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