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Tocilizumab plus dexamethasone versus dexamethasone in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A randomised clinical trial from the CORIMUNO-19 study group

Olivier Hermine (1, 2) , Xavier Mariette (3, 4) , Raphael Porcher (5, 6) , Felix Djossou (7, 8) , Yann Nguyen (9, 10) , Jean-Benoît Arlet (10, 11) , Laurent Savale (12, 3) , Jean Luc Diehl (11, 10) , Sophie Georgin-Lavialle (13, 14) , Jacques Cadranel (15, 14) , Gilles Pialoux (16, 14) , Karine Lacombe (17, 18, 19) , Arsène Mekinian (20, 17) , Hélène Gros (21) , Xavier Lescure (22) , Jade Ghosn (23) , Elisabeth Coupez (24) , Kevin Grapin (24) , Christophe Rapp (25) , Marc Michel (26, 27) , Anne Lise Lecapitaine (28) , Jean Marie Michot (29, 4, 30) , Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau (31, 32) , Liem Binh Luong Nguyen (31, 33) , Luca Semerano (34, 17) , François Raffi (35, 36) , Claire Aguillar (2, 37) , Claire Rouzaud (2, 38) , Jacques Eric Gottenberg (39, 40) , Yves Hansmann (39, 40) , Boris Bienvenu (41) , Jonathan London (42) , Franklin Samou Fantchou (43) , Felix Ackermann (44) , Antoine Gros (45) , Alexandre Morel (46) , Nicolas Gambier (47) , Damien Sène (48, 49) , Bruno Mégarbane (48, 50, 49) , Elie Azoulay (51, 49) , Serge Bureau (51, 52) , Maxime Dougados (31, 52) , Joseph Emmerich (38, 37) , Muriel Fartoukh (16, 14) , Bertrand Guidet (18, 14, 19) , Marc Humbert (11, 4) , Mathieu Mahevas (53, 27) , Frédéric Pène (31, 37) , Frédéric Schlemmer (53, 27) , Valérie Pourcher-Martinez (54, 14) , Annick Tibi (55) , Gabriel Baron (6, 5) , Elodie Perrodeau (5, 6) , Stéphanie Baron (11) , Gabriel Steg (22, 49) , Yazdan Yazdapanah (22, 10) , Tabassome Simon (18) , Matthieu Resche-Rigon (5, 51) , Pierre-Louis Tharaux (56) , Philippe Ravaud (5, 6)
1 Imagine - U1163 - Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU)
2 CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]
3 Hôpital Bicêtre
4 Université Paris-Saclay
5 CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153) - Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité
6 Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu [Paris]
7 CIIL - Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204
8 UMIT - Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
9 Hôpital Beaujon [AP-HP]
10 UPCité - Université Paris Cité
11 HEGP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP]
12 HPPIT - Hypertension pulmonaire : physiopathologie et innovation thérapeutique
13 Service de Médecine Interne = Hôpital de jour de médecine [CHU Tenon]
14 USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité
15 Service de Pneumologie = Pneumologie - Oncologie Thoracique - Maladies Pulmonaires Rares [CHU Tenon]
16 CHU Tenon [AP-HP]
17 Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
18 CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP]
19 iPLESP - Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique
20 Service de médecine interne [CHU Saint-Antoine]
21 Hôpital Robert Ballanger [Aulnay-sous-Bois]
22 AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris]
23 IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137) - Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution
24 CHU Gabriel Montpied [Clermont-Ferrand]
25 Hôpital Américain de Paris
26 Hôpital Henri Mondor
27 UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12
28 CHCN - Centre Hospitalier Compiègne-Noyon
29 IGR - Institut Gustave Roussy
30 Département d'hématologie [Gustave Roussy]
31 Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP]
32 SU - Sorbonne Université
33 CIC 1417 - CIC Cochin Pasteur
34 Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP]
35 Hôtel-Dieu de Nantes
36 CIC Nantes - Centre d’Investigation Clinique de Nantes
37 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5
38 Centre hospitalier Saint-Joseph [Paris]
39 Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)
40 UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg
41 Hôpital Saint-Joseph [Marseille]
42 Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon
43 Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Franck Joly [Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Guyane Française]
44 Hôpital Foch [Suresnes]
45 CHV - Centre Hospitalier de Versailles André Mignot
46 HPA-RS - Hôpital privé d'Antony - Ramsay Santé
47 Hôpital Delafontaine
48 Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand-Widal [APHP]
49 UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7
50 OPTeN (UMR_S_1144 / U1144) - Optimisation thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie
51 AP-HP - Hopital Saint-Louis [AP-HP]
52 UPE - Université Paris-Est
53 Hôpital Henri Mondor
54 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
55 AGEPS - Agence Générale des Equipements et Produits de Santé [Paris]
56 PARCC (UMR_S 970/ U970) - Paris-Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire
Xavier Mariette

Abstract

Background: In moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia, dexamethasone (DEX) and tocilizumab (TCZ) reduce the occurrence of death and ventilatory support. We investigated the efficacy and safety of DEX+TCZ in an open randomized clinical trial. Methods: From July 24, 2020, through May 18, 2021, patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia requiring oxygen (>3 L/min) were randomly assigned to receive DEX (10 mg/d 5 days tapering up to 10 days) alone or combined with TCZ (8 mg/kg IV) at day 1, possibly repeated with a fixed dose of 400 mg i.v. at day 3. The primary outcome was time from randomization to mechanical ventilation support or death up to day 14, analysed on an intent-to-treat basis using a Bayesian approach. ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04476979. Findings: A total of 453 patients were randomized, 3 withdrew consent, 450 were analysed, of whom 226 and 224 patients were assigned to receive DEX or TCZ+DEX, respectively. At day 14, mechanical ventilation or death occurred in 32/226 (14%) and 27/224 (12%) in the DEX and TCZ+DEX arms, respectively (hazard ratio [HR] 0·85, 90% credible interval [CrI] 0·55 to 1·31). At day 14, the World health Organization (WHO) clinical progression scale (CPS) was significantly improved in the TCZ+DEX arm (OR 0·69, 95% CrI, 0·49 to 0.97). At day 28, the cumulative incidence of oxygen supply independency was 82% in the TCZ+DEX arms and 72% in the DEX arm (HR 1·36, 95% CI 1·11 to 1·67). On day 90, 24 deaths (11%) were observed in the DEX arm and 18 (8%) in the TCZ+DEX arm (HR 0·77, 95% CI 0·42-1·41). Serious adverse events were observed in 25% and 21% in DEX and TCZ+DEX arms, respectively. Interpretation: Mechanical ventilation need and mortality were not improved with TCZ+DEX compared with DEX alone. The safety of both treatments was similar. However, given the wide confidence intervals for the estimate of effect, definitive interpretation cannot be drawn. Funding: Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique [PHRC COVID-19-20-0151, PHRC COVID-19-20-0029], Fondation de l'Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (Alliance Tous Unis Contre le Virus) and from Fédération pour la Recherche Médicale" (FRM). Tocilizumab was provided by Roche.
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inserm-03787576 , version 1 (25-09-2022)

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Olivier Hermine, Xavier Mariette, Raphael Porcher, Felix Djossou, Yann Nguyen, et al.. Tocilizumab plus dexamethasone versus dexamethasone in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A randomised clinical trial from the CORIMUNO-19 study group. EClinicalMedicine, 2022, 46, pp.101362. ⟨10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101362⟩. ⟨inserm-03787576⟩
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