Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Int J Rheum Dis. 2020 May;23(5):613-619. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13842. Epub 2020 Apr 27.
The pandemic coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has pushed the global healthcare system to a crisis and amounted to a huge economic burden. Different drugs for prophylaxis against COVID-19 including chloroquine (CQ) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been tried. This study was performed to systematically review the role of CQ and HCQ in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
PubMed, EMBASE, ClinicalTrials.gov, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and Cochrane Library databases were searched for studies that evaluated the prophylactic role of CQ or HCQ on SARS-CoV-2 (pre-clinical studies) or COVID-19 (clinical studies) until 30 March 2020. The available literature was critically appraised.
A total of 45 articles were screened and 5 (3 in vitro pre-clinical studies and 2 clinical opinions) were included. The pre-clinical studies showed the prophylactic effects of CQ and HCQ against SARS-CoV-2. On the other hand, the clinical opinions advocated the prophylactic use of CQ and HCQ against COVID-19. However, no original clinical studies on the prophylactic role of CQ or HCQ on COVID-19 were available.
Although pre-clinical results are promising, to date there is a dearth of evidence to support the efficacy of CQ or HCQ in preventing COVID-19. Considering potential safety issues and the likelihood of imparting a false sense of security, prophylaxis with CQ or HCQ against COVID-19 needs to be thoroughly evaluated in observational studies or high-quality randomized controlled studies.
大流行的冠状病毒病-19(COVID-19)使全球医疗体系陷入危机,造成了巨大的经济负担。人们尝试了多种预防 COVID-19 的药物,包括氯喹(CQ)或羟氯喹(HCQ)。本研究旨在系统地评估 CQ 和 HCQ 在预防 COVID-19 传播中的作用。
检索了 PubMed、EMBASE、ClinicalTrials.gov、国际临床试验注册平台和 Cochrane 图书馆数据库,以评估 CQ 或 HCQ 在预防 SARS-CoV-2(临床前研究)或 COVID-19(临床研究)中的作用,检索截至 2020 年 3 月 30 日。对现有文献进行了严格评价。
共筛选出 45 篇文章,其中 5 篇(3 篇临床前研究和 2 篇临床意见)被纳入。临床前研究显示 CQ 和 HCQ 对 SARS-CoV-2 具有预防作用。另一方面,临床意见主张预防性使用 CQ 和 HCQ 来预防 COVID-19。然而,目前尚无关于 CQ 或 HCQ 预防 COVID-19 的临床研究。
尽管临床前结果令人鼓舞,但迄今为止,尚无证据支持 CQ 或 HCQ 预防 COVID-19 的疗效。考虑到潜在的安全问题和产生虚假安全感的可能性,需要在观察性研究或高质量随机对照研究中对 CQ 或 HCQ 预防 COVID-19 的作用进行彻底评估。