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Proportion of Hospitalizations Preventable with Increased Oral SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Treatment

Levy, M. E.; Chilunda, V.; Heaton, P. R.; Grzymski, J.; Pawloski, P. A.; Goldman, J. D.; Luo, S.

2023-12-21 infectious diseases
10.1101/2023.12.19.23300241 medRxiv
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We estimated the proportion of hospitalizations that could have been averted had all eligible high-risk adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection in a clinical cohort been treated with an oral SARS-CoV-2 antiviral agent early in infection. Among 3,037 patients with risk factors for progressing to severe COVID-19, 946 (31.1%) received an oral antiviral prescription (834 nirmatrelvir and 112 molnupiravir). Only 3.0% of treated patients vs 9.1% of untreated patients were hospitalized (adjusted risk ratio [RR]=0.27; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.18-0.41). If all patients had been treated, an estimated 63.3% (95% CI: 50.4-75.1) of hospitalizations within 30 days could have been prevented. This finding is attributed to large gaps in treatment and a strong protective association of antiviral treatment with subsequent hospitalization.

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