Potential effectiveness and safety of antiviral agents in children with coronavirus disease 2019: a rapid review and meta-analysis
- Authors
- Shi, Qianling; Zhou, Qi; Wang, Xia; Liao, Jing; Yu, Yang; Wang, Zijun; Lu, Shuya; Ma, Yanfang; Xun, Yangqin; Luo, Xufei; Li, Weiguo; Fukuoka, Toshio; Ahn, Hyeong Sik; Lee, Myeong Soo; Luo, Zhengxiu; Liu, Enmei; Chen, Yaolong; Li, Qubei; Yang, Kehu; Guan, Quanlin
- Issue Date
- 5월-2020
- Publisher
- AME PUBL CO
- Keywords
- Antiviral agents; children; COVID-19; meta-analysis; rapid review
- Citation
- ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, v.8, no.10
- Indexed
- SCIE
- Journal Title
- ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 10
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/56173
- DOI
- 10.21037/atm-20-3301
- ISSN
- 2305-5839
- Abstract
- Background: The COVID-19 outbreak presents a new, life-threatening disease. Our aim was to assess the potential effectiveness and safety of antiviral agents for COVID-19 in children. Methods: Electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane library, CBM, CNKI, and Wanfang Data) from their inception to March 31, 2020 were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), clinical controlled trials and cohort studies of interventions with antiviral agents for children (less than 18 years of age) with COVID-19. Results: A total of 23 studies with 6,008 patients were included. There was no direct evidence and all of evidence were indirect. The risks of bias in all studies were moderate to high in general. The effectiveness and safety of antiviral agents for children with COVID-19 is uncertain: For adults with COVID-19, lopinavir/ritonavir had no effect on mortality [risk ratio (RR) = 0.77; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.45 to 1.30]. Arbidol and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) had no benefit on probability of negative PCR test (RR = 1.27; 95% CI, 0.93 to 1.73; RR = 0.93; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.18) respectively. For adults with SARS, interferon was associated with reduced corticosteroid dose [weighted mean difference (WMD) = -0.14 g; 95% CI, -0.21 to -0.07] but had no effect on mortality (RR = 0.72; 95% CI, 0.28 to 1.88); ribavirin did not reduce mortality (RR = 0.68; 95% CI, 0.43 to 1.06) and was associated with high risk of severe adverse reactions; and oseltamivir had no effect on mortality (RR = 0.87; 95% CI, 0.55 to 1.38). Ribavirin combined with interferon was also not effective in adults with MERS and associated with adverse reactions. Conclusions: There is no evidence showing the effectiveness of antiviral agents for children with COVID-19, and the clinical efficacy of existing antiviral agents is still uncertain. We do not suggest clinical routine use of antivirals for COVID-19 in children, with the exception of clinical trials.
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