Trends, variation, and clinical characteristics of recipients of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies for covid-19 in community settings: retrospective, descriptive cohort study of 23.4 million people in OpenSAFELY

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Title: Trends, variation, and clinical characteristics of recipients of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies for covid-19 in community settings: retrospective, descriptive cohort study of 23.4 million people in OpenSAFELY
Authors: Ben Goldacre, David Evans, Sam Harper, Orla Macdonald, Alex J Walker, Richard Croker, William J Hulme, Colm D Andrews, Laurie A Tomlinson, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Henry Drysdale, Nicholas J DeVito, Ian J Douglas, Caroline E Morton, Jessica Morley, Bang Zheng, Brian MacKenna, Stephen J W Evans, Christopher T Rentsch, Helen J Curtis, Amir Mehrkar, Peter Inglesby, Jonathan Cockburn, John Parry, Frank Hester, Rose Higgins, Simon Davy, John Tazare, Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, George Hickman, Tom Ward, Rebecca M Smith, Amelia C A Green, Louis Fisher, Sebastian C J Bacon, Robin Y Park, Jon Massey, Iain Dillingham, Linda Nab, Christopher Bates, Lisa E M Hopcroft, Milan Wiedemann
Source: BMJ Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2023)
Publisher Information: BMJ Publishing Group, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: Medicine
More Details: Objective To ascertain patient eligibility status and describe coverage of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies (nMAB) as treatment for covid-19 in community settings in England.Design Retrospective, descriptive cohort study, approved by NHS England.Setting Routine clinical data from 23.4 million people linked to data on covid-19 infection and treatment, within the OpenSAFELY-TPP database.Participants Outpatients with covid-19 at high risk of severe outcomes.Interventions Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (paxlovid), sotrovimab, molnupiravir, casirivimab/imdevimab, or remdesivir, used in the community by covid-19 medicine delivery units.Results 93 870 outpatients with covid-19 were identified between 11 December 2021 and 28 April 2022 to be at high risk of severe outcomes and therefore potentially eligible for antiviral or nMAB treatment (or both). Of these patients, 19 040 (20%) received treatment (sotrovimab, 9660 (51%); molnupiravir, 4620 (24%); paxlovid, 4680 (25%); casirivimab/imdevimab, 50 (
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2754-0413
Relation: https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000276.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2754-0413
DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000276
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a60fb92626de4ac3ad60f635c2d29cc2
Accession Number: edsdoj.60fb92626de4ac3ad60f635c2d29cc2
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:27540413
DOI:10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000276
Published in:BMJ Medicine
Language:English