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Study Ref. Design studied treatmentcontrol treatmentpatientsstudy risk of biassample sizes Results

COVID-19 severe or critically meta-analysis

Jianfeng OBScorticosteroidsstandard of careCOVID-19 severe or criticallyserious
-/- safety concern
  • statistically significant 1.8-fold increase in deaths,deaths (time to event analysis only) but with a low degree of certainty due to high risk of bias
  • statistically significant 2.0-fold increase in deaths,deaths (time to event analysis only) but with a low degree of certainty due to high risk of bias
Raef OBScorticosteroidsstandard of careCOVID-19 severe or criticallycritical
-/- suggested
  • suggested 55 % decrease in deaths but with a very low degree of certainty due to critical risk of bias
Lu OBScorticosteroidscontrolCOVID-19 severe or criticallyserious
151/93 inconclusive

    PE: primary endpoint; (a): to be demonstrated a result must be statistically significant on a primary endpoint (with multiplicity adjustment if necessary);
    Study risk of bias assessed for the study primary endpoint(s) or the main endpoints in case of no formally defined primary endpoint(s).