The Potential Role of Heparin in Patients With COVID-19: Beyond the Anticoagulant Effect. A Review.

COVID-19 clinical trials coagulopathy heparin pleiotropic activity

Journal

Frontiers in pharmacology
ISSN: 1663-9812
Titre abrégé: Front Pharmacol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101548923

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 15 06 2020
accepted: 07 08 2020
entrez: 25 9 2020
pubmed: 26 9 2020
medline: 26 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is responsible of variable clinical manifestations, ranging from no symptoms to severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, and multi-organ failure resulting in death. To date no specific antiviral drug have been approved for COVID-19, so the treatment of the disease is mainly focused on symptomatic treatment and supportive care. Moreover, there are no treatments of proven efficacy to reduce the progression of the disease from mild/moderate to severe/critical. An activation of the coagulation cascade leading to severe hypercoagulability has been detected in these patients, therefore early anticoagulation may reduce coagulopathy, microthrombus formation, and the risk of organ damages. The role of heparin in COVID-19 is supported by a lot of studies describing its pleiotropic activity but it must be proven in clinical trials. Several protocols have been designed to assess the risk-benefit profile of heparin (low-molecular-weight or unfractionated heparin) in hospitalized subjects. Although prophylactic doses may be adequate in most patients, it is important to wait the results of clinical trials in order to define the appropriate effective dose able to improve disease outcome.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32973526
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01307
pmc: PMC7472559
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

1307

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Gozzo, Viale, Longo, Vitale and Drago.

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Auteurs

Lucia Gozzo (L)

Clinical Pharmacology Unit/Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Pierluigi Viale (P)

Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Sant'Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Laura Longo (L)

Clinical Pharmacology Unit/Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Daniela Cristina Vitale (DC)

Clinical Pharmacology Unit/Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Filippo Drago (F)

Clinical Pharmacology Unit/Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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