Table 2: Primary outcome results for hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis randomized controlled trials.

 Study

 

N

Outcome

Control

HCQ

Relative risk1

(95% CI)

Absolute risk difference1

(95% CI)

n

event

n

event

Pre exposure prophylaxis

Abella, et al. [19]

125

PCR confirmed COVID-19

61

4

64

4

0.95 (0.25, 3.64)

-0.3%

(-8.9%, 8.3%)

Rajasingham, et al. [18]

1483

PCR confirmed or probable COVID-19

494

39

989

58

0.74 (0.50, 1.10)

-2.0%

(-4.8%, 0.8%)

Post exposure prophylaxis

Mitja, et al. [17]

2134

PCR confirmed symptomatic COVID-19

1198

64

1116

74

0.89

(0.54, 1.46)

-0.6%

(-2.5%, 2.5%)

Boulware, et al. [16]

821

PCR confirmed or probable COVID-19

407

58

414

49

0.83

(0.58, 1.18)

-2.4%

(-7.0%, 2.2%)

HCQ: Hydroxychloroquine; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction; Abella, et al. [19]: Treatment effects are presented for hydroxychloroquine compared to control arm; Rajasingham, et al. [18]: Rajasingham results are presented for pooled hydroxychloroquine arms; Mitja, et al. [17]: Risk differences for Mitja are calculated relative to event rate in control arm using reported relative risks to account for cluster study design.