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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Infect Chemother
. 2022 May 26;S1341-321X(22)00161-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.05.012. Online ahead of print.
Clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab antibody combination treatment in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant
Naoyuki Miyashita[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yasushi Nakamori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makoto Ogata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Naoki Fukuda[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Akihisa Yamura[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yoshihisa Ishiura[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Introduction: Casirivimab-imdevimab, an antibody cocktail containing two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 neutralizing antibodies, reduces the viral load and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related hospitalization or death. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant in Japan.
Methods: This study was conducted at five institutions and assessed a total of 461 patients with COVID-19 who met the inclusion criteria. The treatment group received a dose of casirivimab-imdevimab consisting of a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies, (casirivimab 600 mg and imdevimab 600 mg intravenously). The control consisted of age- and sex-matched COVID-19 patients (n = 461) who sufficed the inclusion criteria but did not receive casirivimab-imdevimab. The outcome was the requirement of oxygen therapy.
Results: In the treatment group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 30), nasal canula (n = 23), high flow nasal cannula (n = 5), and mechanical ventilation (n = 2). In the control group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 56), nasal canula (n = 45), high flow nasal cannula (n = 8), and mechanical ventilation (n = 3). The administration of oxygen therapy was significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group (6.5% vs. 12.1%, P = 0.0044). All these patients admitted to our hospitals and received additional therapy and recovered.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the casirivimab-imdevimab combination antibody treatment is associated with reduced rates of requiring oxygen therapy among high-risk patients with COVID-19 Delta variant.
Keywords: COVID-19; Casirivimab-imdevimab treatment; Delta variant; Monoclonal antibody; SARS-CoV-2.
Naoyuki Miyashita[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yasushi Nakamori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makoto Ogata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Naoki Fukuda[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Akihisa Yamura[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yoshihisa Ishiura[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Introduction: Casirivimab-imdevimab, an antibody cocktail containing two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 neutralizing antibodies, reduces the viral load and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related hospitalization or death. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant in Japan.
Methods: This study was conducted at five institutions and assessed a total of 461 patients with COVID-19 who met the inclusion criteria. The treatment group received a dose of casirivimab-imdevimab consisting of a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies, (casirivimab 600 mg and imdevimab 600 mg intravenously). The control consisted of age- and sex-matched COVID-19 patients (n = 461) who sufficed the inclusion criteria but did not receive casirivimab-imdevimab. The outcome was the requirement of oxygen therapy.
Results: In the treatment group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 30), nasal canula (n = 23), high flow nasal cannula (n = 5), and mechanical ventilation (n = 2). In the control group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 56), nasal canula (n = 45), high flow nasal cannula (n = 8), and mechanical ventilation (n = 3). The administration of oxygen therapy was significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group (6.5% vs. 12.1%, P = 0.0044). All these patients admitted to our hospitals and received additional therapy and recovered.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the casirivimab-imdevimab combination antibody treatment is associated with reduced rates of requiring oxygen therapy among high-risk patients with COVID-19 Delta variant.
Keywords: COVID-19; Casirivimab-imdevimab treatment; Delta variant; Monoclonal antibody; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2022 May 26;S1341-321X(22)00161-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.05.012. Online ahead of print.
Clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab antibody combination treatment in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant
Naoyuki Miyashita[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yasushi Nakamori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makoto Ogata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Naoki Fukuda[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Akihisa Yamura[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yoshihisa Ishiura[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35637130
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.05.012
Abstract
Introduction: Casirivimab-imdevimab, an antibody cocktail containing two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 neutralizing antibodies, reduces the viral load and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related hospitalization or death. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant in Japan.
Methods: This study was conducted at five institutions and assessed a total of 461 patients with COVID-19 who met the inclusion criteria. The treatment group received a dose of casirivimab-imdevimab consisting of a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies, (casirivimab 600 mg and imdevimab 600 mg intravenously). The control consisted of age- and sex-matched COVID-19 patients (n = 461) who sufficed the inclusion criteria but did not receive casirivimab-imdevimab. The outcome was the requirement of oxygen therapy.
Results: In the treatment group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 30), nasal canula (n = 23), high flow nasal cannula (n = 5), and mechanical ventilation (n = 2). In the control group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 56), nasal canula (n = 45), high flow nasal cannula (n = 8), and mechanical ventilation (n = 3). The administration of oxygen therapy was significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group (6.5% vs. 12.1%, P = 0.0044). All these patients admitted to our hospitals and received additional therapy and recovered.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the casirivimab-imdevimab combination antibody treatment is associated with reduced rates of requiring oxygen therapy among high-risk patients with COVID-19 Delta variant.
Keywords: COVID-19; Casirivimab-imdevimab treatment; Delta variant; Monoclonal antibody; SARS-CoV-2.
Naoyuki Miyashita[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yasushi Nakamori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makoto Ogata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Naoki Fukuda[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Akihisa Yamura[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yoshihisa Ishiura[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35637130
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.05.012
Abstract
Introduction: Casirivimab-imdevimab, an antibody cocktail containing two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 neutralizing antibodies, reduces the viral load and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related hospitalization or death. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of casirivimab-imdevimab in patients with COVID-19 Delta variant in Japan.
Methods: This study was conducted at five institutions and assessed a total of 461 patients with COVID-19 who met the inclusion criteria. The treatment group received a dose of casirivimab-imdevimab consisting of a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies, (casirivimab 600 mg and imdevimab 600 mg intravenously). The control consisted of age- and sex-matched COVID-19 patients (n = 461) who sufficed the inclusion criteria but did not receive casirivimab-imdevimab. The outcome was the requirement of oxygen therapy.
Results: In the treatment group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 30), nasal canula (n = 23), high flow nasal cannula (n = 5), and mechanical ventilation (n = 2). In the control group, patients received oxygen therapy (n = 56), nasal canula (n = 45), high flow nasal cannula (n = 8), and mechanical ventilation (n = 3). The administration of oxygen therapy was significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group (6.5% vs. 12.1%, P = 0.0044). All these patients admitted to our hospitals and received additional therapy and recovered.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the casirivimab-imdevimab combination antibody treatment is associated with reduced rates of requiring oxygen therapy among high-risk patients with COVID-19 Delta variant.
Keywords: COVID-19; Casirivimab-imdevimab treatment; Delta variant; Monoclonal antibody; SARS-CoV-2.