Famotidine Use Is Associated With Improved Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Retrospective Cohort Study

Famotidine Research Group

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192 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1129-1131.e3
JournalGastroenterology
Volume159
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank Dr Michael Wigler and Dr Richard Axel for useful suggestions. Additional members of the Famotidine Research Group, Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, MD, MPH (Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), David D. Markowitz, MD (Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS (Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Max R. O'Donnell, MD, MPH (Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Jianhua Li, MD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD (Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York), Zhezhen Jin, PhD (Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York), William C. Turner, MD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), and Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Daniel E. Freedberg, MD, MS (Conceptualization: Equal; Data curation: Equal; Formal analysis: Equal; Investigation: Equal; Methodology: Equal; Project administration: Equal; Validation: Equal; Writing – original draft: Equal; Writing – review & editing: Equal). Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH (Conceptualization: Equal). Timothy C. Wang, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Kevin J. Tracey, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Michael V. Callahan, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Julian A. Abrams, MD, MS (Conceptualization: Equal; Funding acquisition: Equal; Investigation: Equal; Methodology: Equal; Project administration: Equal; Writing – original draft: Equal; Writing – review & editing: Equal).

Funding

The authors thank Dr Michael Wigler and Dr Richard Axel for useful suggestions. Additional members of the Famotidine Research Group, Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, MD, MPH (Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), David D. Markowitz, MD (Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS (Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Max R. O'Donnell, MD, MPH (Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Jianhua Li, MD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD (Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York), Zhezhen Jin, PhD (Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York), William C. Turner, MD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), and Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD (Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York), Daniel E. Freedberg, MD, MS (Conceptualization: Equal; Data curation: Equal; Formal analysis: Equal; Investigation: Equal; Methodology: Equal; Project administration: Equal; Validation: Equal; Writing – original draft: Equal; Writing – review & editing: Equal). Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH (Conceptualization: Equal). Timothy C. Wang, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Kevin J. Tracey, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Michael V. Callahan, MD (Conceptualization: Equal). Julian A. Abrams, MD, MS (Conceptualization: Equal; Funding acquisition: Equal; Investigation: Equal; Methodology: Equal; Project administration: Equal; Writing – original draft: Equal; Writing – review & editing: Equal).

FundersFunder number
Cold Spring Harbor
Columbia University Irving Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York
Department of Biostatistics
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Department of Medicine, Georgetown University

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Hepatology
    • Gastroenterology

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