The correlation between viral clearance and biochemical outcomes of 94 COVID-19 infected discharged patients.

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The correlation between viral clearance and biochemical outcomes of 94 COVID-19 infected discharged patients.

Inflamm Res. 2020 Jun;69(6):599-606

Authors: Yuan J, Zou R, Zeng L, Kou S, Lan J, Li X, Liang Y, Ding X, Tan G, Tang S, Liu L, Liu Y, Pan Y, Wang Z

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the correlation between viral clearance and blood biochemical index of 94 discharged patients with COVID-19 infection in Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, enrolled from Jan 5 to Feb 13, 2020.
METHODS: The clinical and laboratory findings were extracted from the electronic medical records of the patients. The data were analysed and reviewed by a trained team of physicians. Information on clinical signs and symptoms, medical treatment, virus clearance, and laboratory parameters including interleukin 6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein were collected.
RESULTS: COVID-19 mRNA clearance ratio was identified significantly correlated with the decline of serum creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels. Furthermore, COVID-19 mRNA clearance time was positively correlated with the length of hospital stay in patients treated with either IFN-α + lopinavir/ritonavir or IFN-α + lopinavir/ritonavir + ribavirin.
CONCLUSIONS: Therapeutic regimens of IFN-α + lopinavir/ritonavir and IFN-α + lopinavir/ritonavir + ribavirin might be beneficial for treatment of COVID-19. Serum LDH or CK decline may predict a favorable response to treatment of COVID-19 infection.

PMID: 32227274 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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