Kaletra (lopinavir–ritonavir) did not work in COVID-19 :(

Trials are starting to come in. I'm not going to belabor the fact but it appears that Kaletra, also known as lopinavir–ritonavir (400 mg and 100 mg, respectively) does not work for patients with COVID-19. I'm not going to dissect the article for you all as this is more intended to be a news bulletin of sorts. It is important to note that they used the sickest of the sick patients in the study. This does not mean that data in the future will say that it cannot help in those less ill but I really don’t see anyone trying at this point.

No difference in clinical improvement, mortality, nor decrease in viral load. Please read the article for yourself if you're using this at your institution. I do not provide medical advice. A 🎩 tip to the authors.

I have seen it in the protocols for several institutions that have been sent to me. I will never EVER disclose any information that you all send me via email without discussing it with you all first.

Tomorrow is my 38th birthday so I'll be celebrating it with a ton of social distancing and maybe a trip to a more secluded beach.

Thank you for your support. The page is growing fast but I wish it was slower and I didn’t have so much to post about regarding a deadly virus that is changing our lives so rapidly. ☹️

-EJ

Link to Abstract

Link to FULL FREE PDF

Cao B, Wang Y, Wen D, et al. A trial of lopinavir–ritonavir in adults hospitalized with severe Covid-19. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001282.

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