Taieb et al., J. Clin. Med. 2021,
doi:10.3390/jcm10132954 (Peer Reviewed)
Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin Treatment of Hospitalized Patients Infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Senegal from March to October 2020
Retrospective 926 patients in Senegal, 674 treated with HCQ+AZ, showing significantly higher hospital discharge at day 15 with treatment.
Taieb et al., 6/30/2021, retrospective, Senegal, Africa, peer-reviewed, 29 authors.
risk of no hospital discharge, 38.7% lower, RR 0.61, p = 0.02, treatment 674, control 252, multivariate.
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.