Research Article

Efficacy and Safety of Ergoferon in Children from 6 Months to 6 Years Old with Acute Respiratory Viral Infections in Contemporary Outpatient Practice: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial

Table 2

Results of multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays of patients.

Type of virusGroupStatistics
Ergoferon (n = 140), abs (%)Placebo (n = 142), abs (%)

hRV28 (20)29 (20.4)
IAV9 (6.4)6 (4.2)
hMPV5 (3.6)8 (5.6)
hPIV types 1, 2, 3, 45 (3.6)7 (4.9)
hCoV types OC43, 229E, HKU1, NL636 (4.3)1 (0.7)
hBoV4 (2.9)1 (0.7)
hAV B, C, E3 (2.1)2 (1.4)
IBV3 (2.1)5 (3.5)
hRSV1 (0.7)0 (0)
IAV + IAV H1N1pdm3 (2.1)2 (1.4)
IBV + hAV B, C, E6 (4.3)5 (3.5)
hRSV + hRV2 (1.4)1 (0.7)
hRSV + hCoV0 (0)1 (0.7)
hRSV + hMPV0 (0)1 (0.7)
hAV B, C, E + hRV1 (0.7)0 (0)
hAV B, C, E + hBoV0 (0)1 (0.7)
hBoV + hRV1 (0.7)0 (0)
hPIV + hRV1 (0.7)3 (2.1)
hPIV types 1, 2, 3, 4 + hAV types B, C, E + hRV0 (0)1 (0.7)
hMPV + hBoV1 (0.7)0 (0)
hMPV + hRV1 (0.7)3 (2.1)
hMPV + hRV + hBoV0 (0)1 (0.7)
No virus found60 (42.9)64 (45.1)
Statistics, CMHValue = 0.018;

hRV: human rhinovirus; IAV: influenza A virus; hMPV: human metapneumovirus; hPIV: human parainfluenza virus; hCoV: human coronaviruses; hBoV: human bocavirus; hAV: human adenovirus; IBV: influenza B virus; hRSV: human respiratory syncytial virus; IAV H1N1pdm: influenza A (H1N1) pdm virus. Fisher's exact test. CMH: Cochrane–Mantel–Haenszel test. CMH test applicability was accessed using Breslow–day test ().