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Compassionate Use of Remdesivir in Pregnant Women with Severe Covid-19.
Clinical Infectious Diseases (2020)
  • Richard M Burwick, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Sigal Yawetz, Harvard University
  • Sigal Yawetz, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Kathryn E Stephenson, Harvard University
  • Kathryn E Stephenson, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Ai-Ris Y Collier, Harvard University
  • Ai-Ris Y Collier, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Pritha Sen, Harvard University
  • Brian G Blackburn, Stanford University
  • E Milunka Kojic, Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Adi Hirshberg, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jose F Suarez, Stanford University
  • Magdalena E Sobieszczyk, Columbia University
  • Kristen M Marks, Cornell University
  • Shawn Mazur, Cornell University
  • Cecilia Big, Beaumont Health
  • Oriol Manuel, University of Lausanne
  • Gregory Morlin, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA, United States.
  • Suzanne J Rose, Stamford Health, Stamford, CT, United States.
  • Mariam Naqvi, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Ilona T Goldfarb, Harvard University
  • Adam DeZure, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Laura Telep, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Susanna K Tan, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Yang Zhao, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Tom Hahambis, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Jason Hindman, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Anand P Chokkalingam, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Christoph Carter, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Moupali Das, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Anu O Osinusi, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Diana M Brainard, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, United States.
  • Tilly A Varughese, Rutgers University
  • Olga Kovalenko, Rutgers University
  • Matthew D Sims, Beaumont Health
  • Samit Desai, Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Geeta Swamy, Duke University
  • Jeanne S Sheffield, Johns Hopkins University
  • Rebecca Zash, Harvard University
  • Rebecca Zash, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • William R Short, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract
Background. Remdesivir is efficacious for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults, but data in pregnant women are limited. We describe outcomes in the first 86 pregnant women with severe COVID-19 who were treated with remdesivir.  Methods. The reported data span 21 March to 16 June 2020 for hospitalized pregnant women with polymerase chain reaction–confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and room air oxygen saturation ≤94% whose clinicians requested remdesivir through the compassionate use program. The intended remdesivir treatment course was 10 days (200 mg on day 1, followed by 100 mg for days 2–10, given intravenously).  Results. Nineteen of 86 women delivered before their first dose and were reclassified as immediate “postpartum” (median postpartum day 1 [range, 0–3]). At baseline, 40% of pregnant women (median gestational age, 28 weeks) required invasive ventilation, in contrast to 95% of postpartum women (median gestational age at delivery 30 weeks). By day 28 of follow-up, the level of oxygen requirement decreased in 96% and 89% of pregnant and postpartum women, respectively. Among pregnant women, 93% of those on mechanical ventilation were extubated, 93% recovered, and 90% were discharged. Among postpartum women, 89% were extubated, 89% recovered, and 84% were discharged. Remdesivir was well tolerated, with a low incidence of serious adverse events (AEs) (16%). Most AEs were related to pregnancy and underlying disease; most laboratory abnormalities were grade 1 or 2. There was 1 maternal death attributed to underlying disease and no neonatal deaths.  Conclusions. Among 86 pregnant and postpartum women with severe COVID-19 who received compassionate-use remdesivir, recovery rates were high, with a low rate of serious AEs.
Keywords
  • remdesivir,
  • pregnant,
  • COVID-19,
  • ventilation,
  • recovery
Publication Date
October 8, 2020
DOI
10.1093/CID/CIAA1466
Citation Information
Burwick RM, Yawetz S, Stephenson KE, Collier AY, Sen P, Blackburn BG, Kojic EM, Hirshberg A, Suarez JF, Sobieszczyk ME, Marks KM, Mazur S, Big C, Manuel O, Morlin G, Rose SJ, Naqvi M, Goldfarb IT, DeZure A, Telep L, Tan SK, Zhao Y, Hahambis T, Hindman J, Chokkalingam AP, Carter C, Das M, Osinusi AO, Brainard DM, Varughese TA, Kovalenko O, Sims MD, Desai S, Swamy G, Sheffield JS, Zash R, Short WR. Compassionate Use of Remdesivir in Pregnant Women with Severe Covid-19. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 8:ciaa1466. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1466. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33031500; PMCID: PMC7797739.