Benefit of Early Oseltamivir Therapy for Adults Hospitalized With Influenza A: An Observational Study
Nathaniel M. Lewis, Elizabeth Harker, Lauren Grant, Yuwei Zhu, Carlos G. Grijalva, James D. Chappell, Jillian P. Rhoads, Adrienne Baughman, Jonathan D. Casey, Paul W. Blair, Ian D. Jones, Cassandra A. Johnson, Adam S. Lauring, Manjusha Gaglani, Shekhar Ghamande, Cristie Columbus, Jay S. Steingrub, Nathan I. Shapiro, Abhijit Duggal, Laurence W. Busse, Jamie Felzer, Matthew E. Prekker, Ithan D. Peltan, Samuel M. Brown, David N. Hager, Michelle N. Gong, Amira Mohamed, Matthew C. Exline, Akram Khan, Catherine L. Hough, Jennifer G. Wilson, Jarrod Mosier, Nida Qadir, Steven Y. Chang, Adit A. Ginde, Amanda Martinez, Nicholas M. Mohr, Christopher Mallow, Estelle S. Harris, Nicholas J. Johnson, Vasisht Srinivasan, Kevin W. Gibbs, Jennie H. Kwon, Ivana A. Vaughn, Mayur Ramesh, Basmah Safdar, Anirudh Goyal, Lauren DeLamielleure, Jennifer DeCuir, Diya Surie, Fatimah S. Dawood, Mark W. Tenforde, Timothy M. Uyeki, Shikha Garg, Sascha Ellington, Wesley H. Self, for the Investigating Respiratory Viruses in the Acutely Ill (IVY) Network, Manjusha Gaglani, Tresa McNeal, SL Calhoun, Kempapura Murthy, Joselyn Cravens, Judy Herrick, Amanda McKillop, Eric P. Hoffman, Ashley Graves, Martha Zayed, Michael J. Smith, Manjusha Gaglani, Cristie Columbus, Ashley Bychkowski, Symone Dunkley, T. L. Fisher, Therissa Grefsrud, Mariana Hurutado-Rodriguez, Gabriela Pérez, Laurence W. Busse, Caitlin ten Lohuis, Jamie Felzer, Matthew E. Prekker, Audrey Hendrickson, Anne Frosch, Leyla Taghizadeh, Kowsar Hurreh, Mary O'Rourke, Laurynn Giles, Ivana A Vaughn, Mayur Ramesh, Lois Lamerato, Khaled Almawri, Ishraaq Atkins, J. Clark, Jean Ashley Lava, Catherine McKeon, Zina Pinderi, Melissa Resk, Sindhuja Koneru, Rachna Jayaprakash, Shruti Tirumala, Katrina Williams
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical guidelines recommend initiation of antiviral therapy as soon as possible for patients hospitalized with confirmed or suspected influenza. METHODS: A multicenter US observational sentinel surveillance network prospectively enrolled adults (aged ≥18 years) hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza at 24 hospitals during 1 October 2022-21 July 2023. A multivariable proportional odds model was used to compare peak pulmonary disease severity (no oxygen support, standard supplemental oxygen, high-flow oxygen/non-invasive ventilation, invasive mechanical ventilation, or death) after the day of hospital admission among patients starting oseltamivir treatment on the day of admission (early) versus those who did not (late or not treated), adjusting for baseline (admission day) severity, age, sex, site, and vaccination status. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to evaluate the odds of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, acute kidney replacement therapy or vasopressor use, and in-hospital death. RESULTS: A total of 840 influenza-positive patients were analyzed, including 415 (49%) who started oseltamivir treatment on the day of admission, and 425 (51%) who did not. Compared with late or not treated patients, those treated early had lower peak pulmonary disease severity (proportional adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.60, 95% confidence interval [CI]: .49-.72), and lower odds of intensive care unit admission (aOR: 0.24, 95% CI: .13-.47), acute kidney replacement therapy or vasopressor use (aOR: 0.40, 95% CI: .22-.67), and in-hospital death (aOR: 0.36, 95% CI: .18-.72). CONCLUSIONS: Among adults hospitalized with influenza, treatment with oseltamivir on day of hospital admission was associated reduced risk of disease progression, including pulmonary and extrapulmonary organ failure and death.