Carlo Torti, Pier Paolo Olimpieri, Paolo Bonfanti, Carlo Tascini, Simone Celant, Danilo Tacconi, Emanuele Nicastri, Evelina Tacconelli, Bruno Cacopardo, Alessandro Perrella, Giovanni Battista Buccoliero, Giustino Parruti, Matteo Bassetti, Carlo Biagetti, Andrea Giacometti, Elke Maria Erne, Maria Frontuto, Massimiliano Lanzafame, Valentina Summa, Alessandra Spagnoli, Annarita Vestri, Giovanni Di Perri, Pierluigi Russo, Giorgio Palù
BACKGROUND: Comparative data on mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with molnupiravir or with nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir are inconclusive. We therefore compared all-cause mortality in community-dwelling COVID-19 patients treated with these drugs during the Omicron era. METHODS: Data collected in the nationwide, population-based, cohort of patients registered in the database of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) were used. To increase completeness of the recorded deaths and date correctness, a cross-check with the National Death Registry provided by the Ministry of the Interior was performed...
August 2023: The Lancet regional health. Europe