RCT with 44 favipiravir patients and 48 CQ patients, showing non-statistically significant lower mortality, ventilation, and hospitalization time with favipiravir.
Dabbous et al., 1/25/2021, Randomized Controlled Trial, Egypt, Middle East, peer-reviewed, 10 authors.
risk of death, 45.5% lower, RR 0.55, p = 0.12, treatment 1 of 44 (2.3%), control 2 of 48 (4.2%).
risk of mechanical ventilation, 88.5% lower, RR 0.12, p = 1.00, treatment 0 of 44 (0.0%), control 4 of 48 (8.3%), continuity correction due to zero event (with reciprocal of the contrasting arm).
hospitalization time, 16.4% lower, relative time 0.84, p = 0.06, treatment 44, control 48.
Effect extraction follows
pre-specified rules
prioritizing more serious outcomes. For an individual study the most serious
outcome may have a smaller number of events and lower statistical signficance,
however this provides the strongest evidence for the most serious outcomes
when combining the results of many trials.