Effect of remdesivir on viral dynamics in COVID-19 hospitalized patients: a modelling analysis of the randomized, controlled, open-label DisCoVeRy trial.
Guillaume LingasNadège NéantAlexandre GaymardDrifa BelhadiGilles PeytavinMaya HitesThérèse StaubRichard GreilJose-Artur PaivaJulien PoissyNathan Peiffer SmadjaDominique CostagliolaYazdan YazdanpanahFlorent WalletAmandine Gagneux-BrunonFrance MentréFlorence AderCharles BurdetJeremie GuedjMaude Bouscambert-DuchampPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)
Remdesivir halved viral production, leading to a median reduction of 0.7 days in the time to viral clearance compared with SoC. The efficacy was larger in patients with high viral load at randomization.