Taşdemir, 179 patient famotidine late treatment study: 45% lower mortality [p=0.29], 37% lower ICU admission [p=0.36], 18% shorter hospitalization [p=0.003], and 20% faster recovery [p=0.04] https://c19p.org/tasdemir
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Famotidine in COVID-19 treatment
et al., Konuralp Tıp Dergisi, doi:10.18521/ktd.935888
Retrospective 179 hospitalized patients in Turkey, 85 treated with famotidine and 94 treated with pantoprazole, showing faster recovery with famotidine in unadjusted results.
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risk of death, 44.7% lower, RR 0.55, p = 0.29, treatment 5 of 85 (5.9%), control 10 of 94 (10.6%), NNT 21.
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risk of ICU admission, 36.8% lower, RR 0.63, p = 0.36, treatment 8 of 85 (9.4%), control 14 of 94 (14.9%), NNT 18.
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hospitalization time, 18.1% lower, relative time 0.82, p = 0.003, treatment 85, control 94.
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recovery time, 20.0% lower, relative time 0.80, p = 0.04, treatment 85, control 94, duration of fever.
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This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta
analysis:
excessive unadjusted differences between groups.
Taşdemir et al., 7/12/2021, retrospective, Turkey, Europe, peer-reviewed, 7 authors, this trial compares with another treatment - results may be better when compared to placebo.
Late treatment
is less effective
is less effective
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