Retrospective 2,011 hospitalized patients in France, median age 67, showing lower mortality with HCQ+AZ, and further benefit with the addition of zinc.
Lagier et al., 6/4/2021, retrospective, France, Europe, preprint, 32 authors.
risk of death, 32.0% lower, RR 0.68, p = 0.004, treatment 93 of 1270 (7.3%), control 146 of 841 (17.4%), adjusted per study, weighted multivariate Cox proportional hazards model.
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.