Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review.
Ba PhamPatricia RiosAmruta RadhakrishnanNazia DarveshJesmin AntonyChantal WilliamsNaveeta RamkissoonGordon V CormackMaura R GrossmanMelissa KampmanMilan PatelFatemeh YazdiReid RobsonMarco GhassemiErin MacdonaldRachel WarrenMatthew P MullerSharon E StrausAndrea C TriccoPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
This rapid scoping review characterised a growing body of comparative-effectiveness primary studies and evidence syntheses. The results suggest future studies should focus on children, elderly ≥65 years of age, patients with mild symptoms, outpatient treatment, multimechanism therapies, harms and active comparators. The results also suggest that future living evidence synthesis and network meta-analysis would provide additional information for decision-makers on managing COVID-19.