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105 ivermectin COVID-19 controlled studies,
52 RCTs
61% improvement
for early treatment, RR
0.39
[0.31-0.50]
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2+
Chowdhury (RCT)
81%
0.19 [0.01-3.96]
14mg
viral+
0/60
2/56
OT​1 ​ CT​2 ​
Improvement, RR [CI]
Dose (4d)
Treatment
Control
Espitia-Hernandez
97%
0.03 [0.01-0.10]
12mg
viral+
0/28
7/7
CT​2 ​
Carvallo
85%
0.15 [0.02-1.28]
36mg
death
1/32
3/14
CT​2 ​
Mahmud (DB RCT)
27%
0.73 [0.60-0.90]
12mg
recov. time
183 (n)
180 (n)
CT​2 ​
Szente Fonseca
-14%
1.14 [0.75-1.66]
24mg
hosp.
340 (n)
377 (n)
Cadegiani
78%
0.22 [0.01-4.48]
42mg
death
0/110
2/137
CT​2 ​
Ahmed (DB RCT)
85%
0.15 [0.01-2.70]
48mg
symptoms
0/17
3/19
Chaccour (DB RCT)
8%
0.92 [0.77-1.09]
28mg
viral+
12 (n)
12 (n)
Ghauri
92%
0.08 [0.01-0.88]
48mg
no recov.
0/37
7/53
Babalola (DB RCT)
49%
0.51 [0.29-0.88]
24mg
viral time
20 (n)
20 (n)
OT​1 ​
Ravikirti (DB RCT)
89%
0.11 [0.01-2.05]
24mg
death
0/55
4/57
Bukhari (RCT)
82%
0.18 [0.07-0.46]
12mg
viral+
4/41
25/45
RIVET-COV
Mohan (DB RCT)
24%
0.76 [0.53-1.09]
28mg
viral+
21/40
31/45
Biber (DB RCT)
39%
0.61 [0.29-1.07]
36mg
viral+
13/47
21/42
Elalfy
87%
0.13 [0.06-0.27]
36mg
viral+
7/62
44/51
CT​2 ​
López-Me.. (DB RCT)
43%
0.57 [0.16-1.87]
84mg
progression
4/200
7/198
Roy
6%
0.94 [0.52-1.93]
n/a
recov. time
14 (n)
15 (n)
CT​2 ​
Chahla (CLUS. RCT)
87%
0.13 [0.03-0.54]
24mg
no disch.
2/110
20/144
Mourya
89%
0.11 [0.05-0.25]
48mg
viral+
5/50
47/50
Loue (QR)
70%
0.30 [0.04-2.20]
14mg
death
1/10
5/15
Merino (QR)
74%
0.26 [0.11-0.57]
24mg
hosp.
77,381 (all patients)
censored, see notes CS​5 ​
Faisal (RCT)
68%
0.32 [0.14-0.72]
48mg
no recov.
6/50
19/50
Aref (RCT)
63%
0.37 [0.22-0.61]
n/a
recov. time
57 (n)
57 (n)
Krolewiecki (RCT)
66%
0.34 [0.10-1.16]
168mg
decay rate
20 (n)
14 (n)
Vallejos (DB RCT)
33%
0.67 [0.34-1.28]
24mg
hosp.
14/250
21/251
TOGETHER
Reis (DB RCT)
10%
0.90 [0.70-1.16]
84mg
hosp./ER
100/679
111/679
impossible data, see notes
COVER
Buonfrate (DB RCT)
20%
0.80 [0.36-1.76]
336mg
viral load
28 (n)
29 (n)
Mayer
55%
0.45 [0.32-0.63]
151mg
death
3,266 (n)
17,966 (n)
Borody
93%
0.07 [0.04-0.13]
96mg
hosp.
5/600
70/600
MD​3 ​ CT​2 ​ SC​4 ​
Abbas (DB RCT)
36%
0.64 [0.43-0.96]
84mg
no recov.
26/99
42/103
de Jesús Ascenci..
59%
0.41 [0.36-0.47]
12mg
death/hosp.
7,898 (n)
20,150 (n)
CT​2 ​
Manomai.. (DB RCT)
5%
0.95 [0.62-1.45]
48mg
viral+
19/36
20/36
de la Ro.. (DB RCT)
-187%
2.87 [0.12-67.5]
36mg
misc.
1/30
0/26
Rezai (DB RCT)
-5%
1.05 [0.07-16.7]
84mg
death
1/268
1/281
Mirahma.. (DB RCT)
46%
0.54 [0.21-1.42]
24mg
hosp.
6/131
11/130
PLATCOV
Schilling (RCT)
-9%
1.09 [0.88-1.27]
168mg
viral rate
45 (n)
45 (n)
COVID-OUT
Bramante (DB RCT)
-4%
1.04 [0.81-1.31]
90mg
progression
105/407
96/391
OT​1 ​
Mikamo (DB RCT)
-4%
1.04 [0.90-1.21]
63mg
no improv.
502 (n)
527 (n)
FINCOV
Siripongbo.. (RCT)
6%
0.94 [0.65-1.35]
168mg
viral+
30 (n)
30 (n)
CT​2 ​
Wijewic.. (DB RCT)
51%
0.49 [0.26-0.93]
96mg
viral load
80 (n)
81 (n)
Tau​2 ​ = 0.30, I​2 ​ = 85.8%, p < 0.0001
Early treatment
53%
0.47 [0.38-0.59]
341/15,944
619/42,983
53% lower risk
Gorial
71%
0.29 [0.01-5.76]
14mg
no recov.
0/16
2/71
Improvement, RR [CI]
Dose (4d)
Treatment
Control
Kishoria (RCT)
-8%
1.08 [0.57-2.02]
12mg
viral+
11/19
7/13
Podder (RCT)
16%
0.84 [0.55-1.12]
14mg
recov. time
32 (n)
30 (n)
Khan
87%
0.13 [0.02-1.00]
12mg
death
1/115
9/133
Chachar (RCT)
10%
0.90 [0.44-1.83]
36mg
no recov.
9/25
10/25
Soto-Becerra
-39%
1.39 [0.88-2.22]
14mg
death
47/203
401/2,630
Rajter (PSM)
67%
0.33 [0.12-0.84]
14mg
death
26/173
27/107
Hashim (SB RCT)
92%
0.08 [0.00-1.44]
28mg
death
0/59
6/70
CT​2 ​
CamprubÃ
-25%
1.25 [0.43-3.63]
14mg
viral+
5/13
4/13
Spoorthi
21%
0.79 [0.64-0.98]
n/a
recov. time
50 (n)
50 (n)
CT​2 ​
Budhiraja
99%
0.01 [0.00-0.15]
n/a
death
0/34
103/942
OkumuÅŸ (DB RCT)
16%
0.84 [0.55-1.30]
56mg
no improv.
16/30
19/30
Shahbazn.. (DB RCT)
19%
0.81 [0.67-0.97]
14mg
recov. time
35 (n)
34 (n)
Lima-Morales
78%
0.22 [0.12-0.41]
12mg
death
15/481
52/287
CT​2 ​
Beltran .. (DB RCT)
-20%
1.20 [0.77-1.87]
12mg
hosp. time
36 (n)
37 (n)
Pott-Junior (RCT)
-11%
1.11 [0.21-5.93]
14mg
viral+
10/27
1/3
censored, see notes
Huvemek (DB RCT)
32%
0.68 [0.38-1.23]
84mg
no improv.
13/50
19/50
Ahsan
50%
0.50 [0.28-0.90]
21mg
death
17/110
17/55
CT​2 ​
Abd-Elsalam (RCT)
25%
0.75 [0.17-3.06]
36mg
death
3/82
4/82
Hazan
93%
0.07 [0.00-1.02]
24mg
hosp.
0/24
synthetic
CT​2 ​ SC​4 ​
Elavarasi
20%
0.80 [0.61-1.06]
n/a
death
48/283
311/1,475
Rezk
80%
0.20 [0.01-4.13]
72mg
death
0/160
2/160
I-TECH
Lim (RCT)
-25%
1.25 [0.87-1.80]
112mg
progression
52/241
43/249
Ozer
75%
0.25 [0.06-1.13]
28mg
death
2/60
8/60
Ferreira
-5%
1.05 [0.32-3.43]
n/a
death
3/21
11/81
Jamir (ICU)
-53%
1.53 [0.88-2.67]
n/a
death
32/76
69/190
ICU patients
Baguma
97%
0.03 [0.00-11.7]
n/a
death
7 (n)
474 (n)
Mustafa
64%
0.36 [0.12-1.14]
varies
death
3/73
42/371
Shimizu
48%
0.52 [0.29-0.93]
14mg
ventilation
39 (n)
49 (n)
Zubair
-9%
1.09 [0.33-3.64]
12mg
death
5/90
5/98
Thairu (PSM)
88%
0.12 [0.01-2.14]
56mg
death
0/21
4/26
Efimenko (PSM)
69%
0.31 [0.20-0.48]
n/a
death
1,072 (n)
40,536 (n)
self-censored, see notes OT​1 ​
Soto
-41%
1.41 [1.16-1.76]
n/a
death
280/484
374/934
Ravikirti
3%
0.97 [0.74-1.24]
varies
death
53/171
254/794
George (RCT)
30%
0.70 [0.25-1.93]
24mg
death
5/35
8/39
ACTIV-6
Naggie (DB RCT)
2%
0.98 [0.89-1.09]
168mg
recovery
708 (n)
724 (n)
Rezai (DB RCT)
31%
0.69 [0.35-1.39]
84mg
death
13/311
18/298
Qadeer
58%
0.42 [0.31-0.56]
48mg
viral+
35/105
84/105
Aref (RCT)
74%
0.26 [0.12-0.55]
n/a
recov. time
49 (n)
47 (n)
LONG COVID
Ochoa-Ja.. (DB RCT)
-37%
1.37 [0.53-3.57]
28mg
ICU
8/37
6/38
Sarojvisut (RCT)
-104%
2.04 [0.19-22.3]
112mg
ICU
2/157
1/160
Munir
48%
0.52 [0.22-1.21]
n/a
death
92 (n)
908 (n)
Llenas-GarcÃa
23%
0.77 [0.35-1.69]
14mg
progression
96 (n)
96 (n)
Wada (DB RCT)
-4%
1.04 [0.76-1.43]
14mg
viral+
106 (n)
106 (n)
Osati
32%
0.68 [0.45-0.92]
n/a
death
448 (n)
849 (n)
PRINCIPLE
Hayward (RCT)
-1%
1.01 [0.61-1.68]
73mg
death/hosp.
34/2,157
27/1,806
Varnaseri (DB RCT)
82%
0.18 [0.04-0.78]
84mg
ventilation
2/55
11/55
REMAP-CAP
Hashmi (RCT)
15%
0.85 [0.45-1.62]
56mg
death
81 (n)
69 (n)
ICU patients
Tau​2 ​ = 0.16, I​2 ​ = 80.2%, p < 0.0001
Late treatment
29%
0.71 [0.61-0.83]
750/8,849
1,959/55,459
29% lower risk
Shouman (RCT)
91%
0.09 [0.03-0.23]
36mg
symp. case
15/203
59/101
Improvement, RR [CI]
Dose (1m)
Treatment
Control
Carvallo
96%
0.04 [0.00-0.63]
14mg
cases
0/131
11/98
see notes CT​2 ​
Behera
54%
0.46 [0.29-0.71]
42mg
cases
41/117
145/255
Carvallo
100%
0.00 [0.00-0.02]
48mg
cases
0/788
237/407
see notes CT​2 ​
Hellwig (ECO.)
78%
0.22 [0.06-0.76]
14mg
cases
ecological
Bernigaud
99%
0.01 [0.00-0.10]
84mg
death
0/69
150/3,062
Alam
91%
0.09 [0.04-0.25]
12mg
cases
4/58
44/60
IVERCOR PREP
73%
0.27 [0.15-0.48]
48mg
cases
13/389
61/486
MD​3 ​
Chahla (RCT)
84%
0.16 [0.04-0.46]
48mg
cases
4/117
25/117
CT​2 ​
Behera
83%
0.17 [0.12-0.23]
42mg
cases
45/2,199
133/1,147
Tanioka (ECO.)
88%
0.12 [0.03-0.46]
14mg
death
ecological
Seet (CLUS. RCT)
6%
0.94 [0.61-1.19]
12mg
cases
398/617
433/619
OT​1 ​
Morgenstern (PSM)
74%
0.26 [0.10-0.71]
56mg
cases
5/271
18/271
Mondal
88%
0.12 [0.01-0.55]
n/a
symp. case
128 (n)
1,342 (n)
Samajdar
80%
0.20 [0.11-0.38]
n/a
cases
12/164
29/81
Kerr (PSM)
70%
0.30 [0.19-0.46]
56mg
death
25/3,034
79/3,034
SAIVE
Desort-H.. (DB RCT)
72%
0.28 [0.20-0.41]
203mg
cases
30/200
105/199
Tau​2 ​ = 0.97, I​2 ​ = 95.3%, p < 0.0001
Prophylaxis
83%
0.17 [0.10-0.29]
592/8,485
1,529/11,279
83% lower risk
All studies
51%
0.49 [0.43-0.56]
1,683/33,278
4,107/109,721
51% lower risk
All 105 ivermectin COVID-19 primary outcome results
c19 ivm .org
December 2024
Tau​2 ​ = 0.30, I​2 ​ = 89.1%, p < 0.0001
Effect extraction pre-specified, see appendix
​1 ​ OT: ivermectin vs. other treatment ​3 ​ MD: minimal detail available currently ​5 ​ CS: censored, see details
​2 ​ CT: study uses combined treatment ​4 ​ SC: study uses synthetic control arm
Favors ivermectin
Favors control
Figure S1. Random effects meta-analysis for
primary outcomes (as defined before the trial started).
Figure S2. Random effects meta-analysis for
peer-reviewed studies after exclusions.
Effect extraction is pre-specified, using the most serious outcome reported,
see the appendix for details.
Analysis validating pooled outcomes for
COVID-19 can be found below .
Figure S3. Random effects meta-analysis for
RCT studies after exclusions.
Effect extraction is pre-specified, using the most serious outcome reported,
see the appendix for details.
Analysis validating pooled outcomes for
COVID-19 can be found below .
Figure S4. Random effects meta-analysis for
mortality after exclusions.
Figure S5. Random effects meta-analysis for
mechanical ventilation after exclusions.
Figure S6. Random effects meta-analysis for
ICU admission after exclusions.
Figure S7. Random effects meta-analysis for
hospitalization after exclusions.
Figure S8. Random effects meta-analysis for
recovery results only after exclusions.
Figure S9. Random effects meta-analysis for
COVID-19 case results after exclusions.
Figure S10. Random effects meta-analysis for
viral clearance after exclusions.
Figure S11. Random effects meta-analysis
for studies grouped by strongyloides prevalence.
Data is by
country and from Buonfrate . Effect extraction follows the same
pre-specified protocol as detailed in the appendix.
Figure S12. Random effects meta-analysis
with SSC exclusions.
SSC has not reviewed late treatment and prophylaxis
trials. SSC exclusions are from Nov 27, 2021.
Figure S13. Random effects meta-analysis
with GMK exclusions.
Our main exclusion analyses already exclude all studies
where the GMK team believes there are major data issues. This analysis
corresponds with GMK's recommendation for meta analysis as of Oct 26, 2021.
GMK excludes most non-RCT studies, with the notable exception of several
studies with major issues that report negative or relatively poor results
— Szente Fonseca which is likely affected by multicollinearity among
treatments, Elavarasi which reports unadjusted results with no group
details and is subject to confounding by indication, and
Soto-Becerra which has several major issues described in the
details .
Figure S14. Comparison of results for RCTs versus observational studies.
For COVID-19 treatments, there is no significant difference between the results of RCTs and observational studies. Observational studies do not systematically over or underestimate efficacy. For high-cost treatments, there is a non-significant trend towards RCTs showing greater efficacy.
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