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COVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children) meta-analysis

EPICOS (Polo) RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)some concern
231/223 inconclusive
    HERO-HCQ (Naggie)
     
    NCT04334148
    RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)some concern
    683/676 inconclusive
      Rojas-Serrano
       
      NCT04318015
      RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)some concern
      65/65 inconclusive
      • inconclusive 84 % decrease in symptomatic Covid-19,infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) (PE) with a moderate degree of certainty due to some concern in risk of bias
      Barnabas RV
       
      NCT04328961
      RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)low
      407/422 safety concern
      • inconclusive 10 % increase in infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) (PE) with a high degree of certainty due to low risk of bias
      • statistically significant 58 % increase in adverse events with a high degree of certainty due to low risk of bias
      BCN PEP-CoV-2-Study 1 (Mitja NEJM)
       
      NCT04304053
      RCThydroxychloroquinestandard of careCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)some concern
      1116/1198 safety concern
      • inconclusive 14 % decrease in infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) (PE) with a moderate degree of certainty due to some concern in risk of bias
      • statistically significant 19.3-fold increase in adverse events with a moderate degree of certainty due to some concern in risk of bias
      COVID PREP HCQ (2x week, Rajasingham)
       
      NCT04328467
      RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)low
      495/494 safety concern
      • inconclusive 26 % decrease in infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) (PE) with a high degree of certainty due to low risk of bias
      • statistically significant 1.0-fold increase in adverse events with a high degree of certainty due to low risk of bias
      COVID-PEP-Post exposure (Boulware)
       
      NCT04308668
      RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)low
      414/407 safety concern
      • statistically significant 2.3-fold increase in adverse events with a high degree of certainty due to low risk of bias
      PATCH-cohort 3 PreP (Abella)
       
      NCT04329923
      RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)some concern
      66/66 inconclusive
      • inconclusive 5 % decrease in infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) (PE) with a moderate degree of certainty due to some concern in risk of bias
      5 studies excluded by filtering options (4 RCT / 1 OBS)

      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).