Efficacy and harms of tocilizumab for the treatment of COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Alejandro Piscoya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unidad de Revisiones Sistemáticas y Meta-análisis (URSIGET), Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Lima, Peru, Hospital Guillermo Kaelin de La Fuente, Lima, Peru

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2419

  ⨯
• Angela Parra del Riego,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima, Peru

  ⨯
• Renato Cerna-Viacava,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-1543

  ⨯
• Jonathon Rocco,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Yuani M. Roman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Angel A. Escobedo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, National Institute of Gastroenterology, La Habana, Cuba

  ⨯
• Vinay Pasupuleti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cello Health, Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  ⨯
• C. Michael White,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Adrian V. Hernandez

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adrianhernandezdiaz@gmail.com

  Affiliations Unidad de Revisiones Sistemáticas y Meta-análisis (URSIGET), Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Lima, Peru, Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-4003

  ⨯