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COVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children) meta-analysis

Abella
 
NCT04329923
hydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)NA
65/65 safety concern
  • inconclusive 6 % increase in conversion to SARS-CoV- 2–positive status via NP swab (PE)
  • statistically significant 1.3-fold increase in conversion to SARS-CoV- 2–positive status via NP swab
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
      Seet (HCQ)
       
      NCT04446104
      RCThydroxychloroquinevitamin CCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)high
      432/619 suggested
        Syed
         
        NCT04359537
        RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)high
        154/46 safety concern
        • statistically significant 1.6-fold increase in infection (PCR positive symptomatic or not) but with a low degree of certainty due to high 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
        Grau-Pujol
         
        NCT04331834
        RCThydroxychloroquineplaceboCOVID-19 prophylaxis (excluding children)high
        142/127 inconclusive
          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
          1 study excluded by filtering options (0 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).