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Table 1 Safety of commonly used anti-COVID-19 drugs

From: The prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in patients treated with hemodialysis

Medicines

Cases (n)

AE (%)

SAE (%)

Common AE

Identifier

Convalescent plasma

468

NA

NA

Bleeding, Venous thromboembolism, Arterial thromboembolism

NCT04364737 [35]

Intravenous immunoglobulin

68

75.0%

32.0%

Abdominal or back pain, fever, headache, chills, rash, fatigue, nausea or vomiting

NCT04350580 [42]

REGN-COV2

3688

7.1–8.4%

1.1–1.7%

Infusion-related reactions and hypersensitivity reactions

NCT04425629 [46]

LY-CoV555 + LY-CoV016

518

13.3%

1.4%

Nausea, rash, dizziness, diarrhea and hypertension

NCT04427501 [47]

AZD7442

3461

35.3%

1.4%

Injection site reactions

NCT04625725 [48]

Paxlovid

1109

22.6%

1.6%

Dysphagia, diarrhea and vomiting

NCT04960202 [50]

Molnupiravir

710

30.4%

6.9%

Diarrhea, malignancy and dizziness

NCT04575597 [54]

VV116

384

67.4%

0.3%

Dysgeusia, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperlipidemia

NCT05341609 [58]

Azvudine

10

0.0%

0.0%

NA

ChiCTR2000029853 [60]

Metformin

663

NA

NA

Rhinorrhea, cough, fatigue, myalgia and headache

NCT04510194 [68]

  1. NA not available, AE adverse event, SAE serious adverse event, NCT national clinical trial, ChiCTR Chinese clinical trial register