2644. Evaluation of Clinical Course and Heath-Related Quality-of-Life Following Treatment with Oseltamivir, Laninamivir, and Baloxavir Marboxil in Adult Patients with Seasonal Influenza: Prospective Observational Study

Abstract

BackgroundInfluenza is currently being treated in Japan with 4 types of neuraminidase inhibitors and the cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor baloxavir marboxil. Among these, baloxavir marboxil is the newest agent and currently available in limited countries, while the clinical efficacy of this drug in the real world remains to be determined.MethodsAdult patients with seasonal influenza during the 2018–2019 winter season, who received either oseltamivir (75 mg twice daily for 5 days), laninamivir (40 mg once), or baloxavir marboxil (40 or 80 mg once) at their physician’s discretion in one hospital, were enrolled. The course of the symptoms including fever were surveyed by questionnaire. Health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) was also examined by using Short Form-8 before and 7 days after admission. The main study endpoints were the time to defervescence and the extent of improvement of HRQOL after treatment initiation. Welch’s t-test and Fisher exact test were used for statistical analysis.ResultsForty-two patients (oseltamivir group; n = 12, laninamivir group; n = 16, baloxavir group; n = 14) could be followed up. There were no significant differences in clinical backgrounds of all groups. Although there were no significant differences between the oseltamivir and each other groups with the time of defervescence, the average time to defervescence in the baloxavir group was shorter than that in the oseltamivir group (average ± standard deviation; 1.57 ± 0.76 vs. 2.33 ± 1.23 days, P = 0.0853). There were significant differences between the baloxavir and laninamivir groups (2.50 ± 1.26 days, P = 0.0231). There were no significant differences between each group with respect to the change of HRQOL and the time of clearing of other symptoms.ConclusionRegarding the antipyretic effect, baloxavir marboxil is clinically superior to laninamivir. Although there was no significant difference between the baloxavir group and the oseltamivir group with respect to the time to defervescence, baloxiavir marboxil also might be clinically superior to oseltamivir because baloxavir marboxil has an advantage over oseltamivir with respect to medication adherence.Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.