Monoclonal antibody and antiviral therapy for treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in pediatric patients

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Abstract

The recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) coincided with new treatment options for mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in high-risk adolescents and adults. In this report we describe patient characteristics, treatment-related process measures and outcomes associated with early Covid-19 therapy in high-risk pediatric patients.

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    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.


    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Limitations of this study include its observational nature, small sample size at a single center, short follow up period and the possibility that not all adverse events and outcomes were reported in the medical record. As symptomatic patients with severe underlying conditions were more likely to have therapies requested and approved, true assessment of treatment impact on outcomes on a broader population is not possible. Though we saw no clear indicator of disparities in our approval process, we are doing further work to explore potential equity issues as have been seen in the distribution of Covid-19 therapies for adult populations nationwide [9].

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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