Massive taiwan study reveals COVID-19 treatment patterns
NCT ID NCT06085924
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study used health records from over 8 million people in Taiwan to understand the effects of COVID-19 and how well the oral treatment nirmatrelvir/ritonavir works. Researchers looked at who got severely ill, needed hospital care, or died, and compared those who took the treatment with those who did not. The goal was to learn more about the disease and the real-world use of this medication.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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2,315,187 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Study data will be retrospectively collected from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). The NHIRD is a nation-wide claims database in Taiwan, which contains anonymized patient-level claims data covering 99.9% of the entire 23 million Taiwanese population.
- Ages
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0 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Cohort 1: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients of all ages * Patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection between 01 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 * Cases of patients registered in the databases Exclusion Criteria: * Patients without COVID-19 diagnosis Cohort 2: Inclusion Criteria: * ≥12 years of age * Have COVID-19 diagnosis with international classification of diseases (ICD) code between 01 January 2022 and 31 December 2022 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients without COVID-19 diagnosis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pfizer Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
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