The Pipeline of Therapeutics Testing During the Emergency Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak.

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 antivirals clinical trials drug development immunomodulators research protocols

Journal

Frontiers in medicine
ISSN: 2296-858X
Titre abrégé: Front Med (Lausanne)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101648047

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 17 04 2020
accepted: 01 09 2020
entrez: 19 10 2020
pubmed: 20 10 2020
medline: 20 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a serious threat to the sustainability of healthcare systems and is currently having a significant effect on living conditions worldwide. No therapeutic agent has yet proven to be effective for the treatment of COVID-19. The management of this disease currently relies on supportive care and the off-label and compassionate use of antivirals and immunomodulators. Nevertheless, there has been a great worldwide effort to progress research and test the efficacy and safety/tolerability profiles of numerous candidate agents that may positively affect the various clinical syndromes associated with COVID-19. In parallel, vaccination and chemoprophylaxis strategies are being investigated. This article provides a summary of interventional studies targeting COVID-19 during the emergency phase of the outbreak to broadly inform clinicians and researchers on what happened and what they can expect in upcoming months. The clinicaltrials.gov database and the European Union (EU) Clinical Trials Register were investigated on March 31, 2020, to identify all ongoing phase 1-4 research protocols testing pharmacological interventions targeting SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or clinical syndromes associated with COVID-19. Overall, six phase 1, four phase 1-2, 14 phase 2, ten phase 2-3, 19 phase 3, and nine phase 4 studies were identified, and the features of these studies are described in the present review. We also provide an updated overview of the change overtime in the pipeline following this emergency phase and based on the current epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33072781
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.552991
pmc: PMC7542224
doi:

Types de publication

Systematic Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

552991

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Canevelli, Remoli, Trentin, Riccardi, Tariciotti, Risoleo, Ancidoni, Bruno, Cesari, Vanacore and Raparelli.

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Auteurs

Marco Canevelli (M)

National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Giulia Remoli (G)

Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Federica Trentin (F)

Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Gabriele Riccardi (G)

Department of Sense Organ, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Leonardo Tariciotti (L)

Unit of Neurosurgery, IRCSS Fondazione Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Giovanni Risoleo (G)

Department of Radiology, ASTT Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Antonio Ancidoni (A)

National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.

Giuseppe Bruno (G)

Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Matteo Cesari (M)

Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Geriatric Unit, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Milan, Italy.

Nicola Vanacore (N)

National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.

Valeria Raparelli (V)

Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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