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ABSTRACT: Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma (CCP) reduces hospitalizations among outpatients treated early after symptom onset. It is unknown whether CCP reduces time to symptom resolution among outpatients.Methods
We evaluated symptom resolution at day 14 by trial arm using an adjusted subdistribution hazard model, with hospitalization as a competing risk. We also assessed the prevalence of symptom clusters at day 14 between treatments. Clusters were defined based on biologic clustering, impact on ability to work, and an algorithm.Results
Among 1070 outpatients followed up after transfusion, 381 of 538 (70.8%) receiving CCP and 381 of 532 (71.6%) receiving control plasma were still symptomatic (P = .78) at day 14. Associations between CCP and symptom resolution by day 14 did not differ significantly from those in controls after adjustment for baseline characteristics (adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio, 0.99; P = .62). The most common cluster consisted of cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, and headache and was found in 308 (57.2%) and 325 (61.1%) of CCP and control plasma recipients, respectively (P = .16).Conclusions
In this trial of outpatients with early COVID-19, CCP was not associated with faster resolution of symptoms compared with control. Overall, there were no differences by treatment in the prevalence of each symptom or symptom clusters at day 14.Clinical trials registration
NCT04373460.
SUBMITTER: Baksh SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baksh Sheriza N SN Heath Sonya L SL Fukuta Yuriko Y Shade David D Meisenberg Barry B Bloch Evan M EM Tobian Aaron A R AAR Spivak Emily S ES Patel Bela B Gerber Jonathan J Raval Jay S JS Forthal Donald D Paxton James J Mosnaim Giselle G Anjan Shweta S Blair Janis J Cachay Edward E Currier Judith J Das Piyali P Huaman Moises M Sutcliffe Catherine C Yarava Anusha A Casadevall Arturo A Sullivan David D Hanley Daniel D Gebo Kelly A KA
The Journal of infectious diseases 20230501 11
<h4>Background</h4>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma (CCP) reduces hospitalizations among outpatients treated early after symptom onset. It is unknown whether CCP reduces time to symptom resolution among outpatients.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated symptom resolution at day 14 by trial arm using an adjusted subdistribution hazard model, with hospitalization as a competing risk. We also assessed the prevalence of symptom clusters at day 14 between treatments. Clusters were defin ...[more]