December 11, 2020

Efficacy and harms of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): treatment

• A systematic review and meta-analysis found inconclusive results on the efficacy of remdesivir for treating patients with COVID-19 due to the lack of adequately powered and fully reported randomized trials evaluating efficacy and harms of its use in adult hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Piscoya et al. (Dec 10, 2020). Efficacy and harms of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243705