Study Exclusion reasons Remarks Reference(s)
Del Amo, 2020 -

Del Amo Ann. Intern. Med. 2020; : 10.7326/M20-3689

 
BCN PEP-CoV-2-Study 2 (Mitja Lancet-preprint), 2020 randomized controlled trial

Mitja O et al. Lancet preprint

 
HYDRA, 2020 randomized controlled trial Initially found in Axfors et al. meta-analysis results published by Hernadez et al  
NCT04425850 (Caravallo), 2020 non randomized controlled trial

Caravallo HE Journal of Biomedical Research and Clinical Investigation https://doi.org/10.31546/2633-8653.1007

 
Elgazzar, 0 - preprint withdrew on 14 July 2021 due to verifiable concerns (https://grftr.news/why-was-a-major-study-on-ivermectin-for-covid-19-just-retracted/)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-100956/v3

 
CloroCOVID19, 2020 randomized controlled trial inadequate or absent control group This paper reports partial results from an unplanned interim analysis.Efficacy and safety criteria do not appear to have ever been assessed on the same number of patients (denominators are different for almost every criterion and are less than the number of patients randomized). Compared to the registration record, the patient eligibility criteria were changed.

Borba JAMA Netw Open 2020; 3:e208857 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8857

Mayla Borba for CloroCovid-19 Team medRxiv 2020.04.07.20056424

 
Raquel, 2019 randomized controlled trial other reason

Raquel Benedita Terrabuio Hepatol Commun 2019; 3:116-128 10.1002/hep4.1275

 
ChiCTR2000029975, 0 single-arm not relevant study design  
Ye et al., 2020 observational study not relevant study design

Ye Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 24:3390-3396 10.26355/eurrev_202003_20706

 
Jacobson, 2016 randomized controlled trial not relevant study design

Jacobson AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 2016; 32:636-47 10.1089/AID.2015.0336

 
Sperber, 1995 randomized controlled trial not relevant outcome

Sperber Clin Ther ; 17:622-36 10.1016/0149-2918(95)80039-5

 
Paton, 2012 randomized controlled trial not relevant outcome

Paton JAMA 2012; 308:353-61 10.1001/jama.2012.6936

 
ChiCTR2000029826 (Cancelled by the investigator), 0 randomized controlled trial cancelled by investigator  
Duke university (Hydroxychloroquine), 2020 randomized controlled trial cancelled by investigator  
Duke University azithromycin, 2020 randomized controlled trial cancelled by investigator Discontinuated : Poor recruitment, strong evidence from larger trials of no therapeutic benefit  
Patel, 2020 prospective cohort cancelled by investigator Surgisphere corporation : retracted publication

Patel

 
SIMPLE (Grein), 0 single-arm no control group single-arm with external control group

Grein N. Engl. J. Med. 2020; 382:2327-2336 10.1056/NEJMoa2007016

 
Million, 2020 single-arm no control group

Million Travel Med Infect Dis 2020; :101738 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101738

 
Mohana, 2020 retrospective cohort (claims database) no control group

Mohana A Int J Infect Dis 2020 Oct 16;S1201-9712(20)32235-9. 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.031

 
IDEA, 2020 prospective cohort no control group

Carvallo H medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.10.20191619

 
Morgenstern, 2020 single-arm no control group

Morgenstern J medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.29.20222505

 
Erdem, 2020 retrospective cohort (registry) no control group

Erdem HA Turk J Med Sci 2020 Nov 25. 10.3906/sag-2008-33

 
Yamamura, 2020 single-arm no control group

Yamamura H Crit Care 2020 Jul 9;24(1):413. 10.1186/s13054-020-03137-5

 
Murohashi, 2020 prospective cohort no control group

Murohashi K Respir Investig 2020 Aug 28;58(6):430-434. 10.1016/j.resinv.2020.08.001

 
Chamie-Quintero,, 2020 population based cohort retrospective no control group No statistical analyses just a comparison of death between several peruvian states with or without mass distribution of ivermectin

Chamie-Quintero, J Open Science Foundation

 
Hazan, 2021 case series no control group

Hazan S et al. medrxiv;2021.07.06.21259924v1 10.1101/2021.07.06.21259924

 
Hazan, 2021 case series no control group

Hazan S et al. medrxiv;2021.07.06.21259924v1 10.1101/2021.07.06.21259924

 
Delliere, 2020 retrospective cohort no clinically relevant endpoint The main objective of this study was to determine invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) incidence in the COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), describe the patient characteristics associated with its occurrence and evaluate the impact on prognosis.

Delliere S et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.005

 
Nasir, 2020 non randomized controlled trial no clinically relevant endpoint

Nasir A et al. 10.2139/ssrn.3734478

 
Nasir, 2020 non randomized controlled trial no clinically relevant endpoint

Nasir A et al. 10.2139/ssrn.3734478

 
Thakar, 2021 randomized controlled trial no clinically relevant endpoint

Thakar A Indian J Med Res 2021 Jan 21. 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3665_20

 
Barbosa, 2020 retrospective cohort other the only document variable for this study is a copy of a submission to NEJM. It is impossible to verify the veracity of this document. The paper was submitted apr 4th and since this date ther is no publication in NEJM or in other media (included preprint server).  
Mallat, 2020 retrospective cohort other inapropriate statistical analysis. Time to events analyszed with means without taken into account the censure due to death or lost to follow-up

Jihad Mallat, Fadi Hamed, Maher Balkis, Mohamed A Mohamed, Mohamad Mooty, Asim Malik, Ahmad Nusair, Fernanda Bonilla medRxiv 2020.04.27.20082180 10.1101/2020.04.27.20082180

 
Mehra, 2020 retrospective cohort other the paper was retracted by 3 authors on June 4, 2020

Mehra MR Lancet 2020 May 22;S0140-6736(20)31180-6. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31180-6

Mehra MR Lancet 2020 Jun 13;395(10240):1820. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31324-6

 
Mehra, 2020 retrospective cohort other the paper was retracted by 3 authors on June 4, 2020

Mehra MR Lancet 2020 May 22;S0140-6736(20)31180-6. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31180-6

Mehra MR Lancet 2020 Jun 13;395(10240):1820. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31324-6

 
Guerin, 2020 non randomized controlled trial other no binary endpoints

Guérin, Preprints 2020, 2020050486 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202005.0486.v1).

 
Guerin, 2020 non randomized controlled trial other no binary endpoints

Guérin, Preprints 2020, 2020050486 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202005.0486.v1).

 
Kanran M, 2020 randomized controlled trial other randomization process unclear : Thepatients who did not give consent for treatment with HCQ or had a known allergy to HCQ orchloroquine or had another known contraindication to treatment with the study drug, includingretinopathy, G6PD deficiency and QT prolongation served as controls

sultan mehmood kamran medRxiv 10.1101/2020.07.30.20165365

 
Alberici, 2020 retrospective cohort other HCQ efficacy or safety evaluation wasn't a prespecified endpoint

Alberici F Kidney Int 2020 Jul;98(1):20-26. 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.030

 
IFORS (Pott-Junior), 2020 randomized controlled trial other The article has been retracted by Toxicology Reports

Pott-Junior H Toxicol Rep 2021;8:505-510. 10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.03.003

 
Elgazzar - treatment, 2020 randomized controlled trial other withdrawal of the publication

Elgazzar A et al. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-100956/v2

 
Elgazzar - prophylaxis, 2020 randomized controlled trial other withdrawal of the publication

Elgazzar A et al. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-100956/v2

Elgazzar A et al. researchsquare 10.21203/rs.3.rs-100956/v1

 
Niaee (vs placebo), 2020 randomized controlled trial other On 8 October 2021 and 9 October 2021, two articles were published by subject-matter experts outlining concerns about various aspects of the study and, in particular, calling into question the randomization of participants. The authors and publishing journal have been alerted to these issues, and this note will be updated with any new information related to the publication.

Niaee MS et al. researchsquare 10.21203/rs.3.rs-109670/v1

Niaee MS et al. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 10.4103/1995-7645.318304

 
Cadegiani -Iver, 2020 observational study other unappropriated control group

Cadegiani FA medrxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.31.20223883

 
Dabbous, 2021 randomized controlled trial other Withdrawal of the publication.

Dabbous HM Arch Virol 2021 Jan 25;1-6. 10.1007/s00705-021-04956-9

 
Thakar, 2021 randomized controlled trial other chloroquine nasal drops

Thakar A Indian J Med Res 2021 Jan & Feb;153(1 & 2):151-158. 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3665_20

 
Samaha, 2021 randomized controlled trial other withdrawal of the publication

Samaha AA Viruses 2021 May 26;13(6):989. 10.3390/v13060989