Clinical experience of Raphamin therapy in outpatients after hospital treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia

Abstract

Post-infectious immunosuppression may cause repeated hospitalization after COVID-19 pneumonia. The results of the observational study of the Raphamin use for immunotherapy in the recovery period of COVID-19 pneumonia are presented. Aim: to estimate efficiency of Rafamin usage in patients who have completed the course of inpatient treatment for coronavirus pneumonia. Material and methods. Thirty patients aged 18 to 80 years after hospital treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia were included and randomized into 2 groups (1: 1). All patients received anticoagulants, antioxidants, metabolic drugs. Patients of the 1st group (n=15) were additionally prescribed Raphamin for 5 days. The primary endpoint was the number of repeated hospitalizations due to consequences of COVID-19 and/or new cases of acute respiratory infection for 28 days of follow-up. In addition, dynamic of immune and inflammatory markers (absolute lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein), proportion of patients with immune dysregulation, and duration of symptoms associated with COVID-19 were assessed. Results. The number of hospitalized patients in group 1 was 0 (vs 5 in group 2, p=0.0421). Study therapy reduced the risk of repeated hospitalizations in 1.44 times [relative risk 1.44;95% confidence interval 0.91–2.28];duration of breathlessness decreased from 24.5 to 15.3 days (p=0.0108), and duration of fatigue reduced from 23.6 to 16.8 days (p=0.0452). The proportion of patients with immune markers normalization was 2 times higher than in the comparison group on 14 day of observation. Conclusion. The immunomodulatory therapy may be recommended during the recovery period of COVID-19 pneumonia. © Eco-Vector, 2022.