Nirmatrelvir for Vaccinated or Unvaccinated Adult Outpatients with Covid-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nirmatrelvir in combination with ritonavir is an antiviral treatment for mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The efficacy of this treatment in patients who are at standard risk for severe Covid-19 or who are fully vaccinated and have at least one risk factor for severe Covid-19 has not been established.

Methods

In this phase 2-3 trial, we randomly assigned adults who had confirmed Covid-19 with symptom onset within the past 5 days in a 1:1 ratio to receive nirmatrelvir-ritonavir or placebo every 12 hours for 5 days. Patients who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and who had at least one risk factor for severe disease, as well as patients without such risk factors who had never been vaccinated against Covid-19 or had not been vaccinated withi

SUBMITTER: Hammond J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11156287 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature