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Archives of virology
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Archives of virology · Mar 2021
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEfficacy of favipiravir in COVID-19 treatment: a multi-center randomized study.
No specific antiviral drugs have been approved for the treatment of COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of favipiravir in treatment of COVID-19. This was a multicenter randomized controlled study including 96 patients with COVID- 19 who were randomly assigned into a chloroquine (CQ) group and a favipiravir group. ⋯ One patient (2.3%) in the favipiravir group and two patients (4.2%) in the CQ group died (p = 1.00). Favipiravir is a promising drug for COVID-19 that decreases the hospital stay and the need for mechanical ventilation. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT04351295.