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Table 3 Safety of remdesivir in human clinical trials

From: The nucleoside antiviral prodrug remdesivir in treating COVID-19 and beyond with interspecies significance

Characteristic

aBeigel

bWang

cGrein

dGoldman

eSpinner

Discontinued rate (Remdesivir) 10-day

9.8%

11.6%

7.5%

10.2%

4.1%

Discontinued rate (Remdesivir) 5-day

   

4.5%

2.1%

Discontinued rate (Control) 10-day

13.5%

5.1%

   

Discontinued rate (Remdesivir/control)

0.73

2.27

 

2.27f

 

Serious adverse events (Remdesivir-10 day)

24.6%

18.1%

22.6%

34.5%

5.2%

Serious adverse events (Remdesivir-5 day)

   

21.0%

4.7%

Serious adverse events (Control)

31.6%

25.6%

  

9.0%

Adverse events (Remdesivir/control)

0.78

0.69

 

1.64

 

Death (Remdesivir-10 day)

10.9%

14.2%

13.2%

10.7%

1.6%

Death (Remdesivir-5 day)

   

8.0% 

1.0%

Death (Control)

14.8%

12.8%

  

2.0%

  1. a Beigel et al. 2020; b Wang et al. 2020; c Grein et al. 2020; d Goldman et al. 2020; e Spinner et al. 2020
  2. f Comparison between 10-day and 5-day group