Choi, 1,402 patient HCQ late treatment study: 22% slower viral clearance [p=0.0001] https://c19p.org/choi
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Comparison of antiviral effect for mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases between lopinavir/ritonavir versus hydroxychloroquine: A nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study
et al., International Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.062
Health insurance database analysis failing to adjust for disease severity and not finding a significant difference in time to PCR- for LPV/r and HCQ.There are large differences in severity across groups. Authors did PSM but chose not to prioritize severity, resulting in incomparable groups, e.g., baseline pneumonia of 44% in the HCQ group and 15% in the control group (after PSM). Authors note this but offer no explanation for not correcting for severity: "However, the disease severity and proportion of accompanying pneumonia were still significantly higher in the LPV/r and HCQ-group".
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median time to PCR-, 22.0% higher, relative time 1.22, p < 0.001, treatment 701, control 701.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. Submit updates |
This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta
analysis:
excessive unadjusted differences between groups.
Choi et al., 10/27/2020, retrospective, database analysis, South Korea, Asia, peer-reviewed, 8 authors.
Late treatment
is less effective
is less effective
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