Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 genomic variation in response to molnupiravir treatment in the AGILE Phase IIa clinical trial

I Donovan-Banfield, R Penrice-Randal… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Molnupiravir is an antiviral, currently approved by the UK Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for treating at-risk COVID-19 patients, that induces …

Molnupiravir maintains antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants and exhibits a high barrier to the development of resistance

JM Strizki, JM Gaspar, JA Howe… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molnupiravir, an oral prodrug of N-hydroxycytidine (NHC), previously demonstrated broad in
vitro antiviral activity against multiple RNA viruses and has shown a high barrier to the …

Randomized controlled trial of molnupiravir SARS-CoV-2 viral and antibody response in at-risk adult outpatients

JF Standing, L Buggiotti, JA Guerra-Assuncao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Viral clearance, antibody response and the mutagenic effect of molnupiravir has not been
elucidated in at-risk populations. Non-hospitalised participants within 5 days of SARS-CoV-2 …

A proof-of-concept study on the genomic evolution of Sars-Cov-2 in molnupiravir-treated, paxlovid-treated and drug-naïve patients

C Alteri, V Fox, R Scutari, GJ Burastero, S Volpi… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Little is known about SARS-CoV-2 evolution under Molnupiravir and Paxlovid, the only
antivirals approved for COVID-19 treatment. By investigating SARS-CoV-2 variability in 8 …

A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes

T Sanderson, R Hisner, I Donovan-Banfield, H Hartman… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Molnupiravir, an antiviral medication widely used against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), acts by inducing mutations in the virus genome during …

Reduced interferon antagonism but similar drug sensitivity in Omicron variant compared to Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 isolates

D Bojkova, M Widera, S Ciesek, MN Wass, M Michaelis… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Omicron (B. 1.1. 529), is a heavily mutated and highly contagious SARS-CoV-2
variant, which is currently causing large outbreaks in many countries. Protection provided by …

Molnupiravir for the treatment of COVID-19 in immunocompromised participants: efficacy, safety, and virology results from the phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled …

MG Johnson, JM Strizki, ML Brown, H Wan… - Infection, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Immunocompromised patients have a potentially increased risk for progression to
severe COVID-19 and prolonged replication of SARS-CoV-2. This post hoc analysis …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is highly sensitive to molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir, and the combination

P Li, Y Wang, M Lavrijsen, MM Lamers, AC de Vries… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Since the first outbreak in late 2019, the RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2 has
been undergoing constant evolution. This is largely attributed to the viral polymerase that is …

Molnupiravir: from hope to epic fail?

D Focosi - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molnupiravir has been the first oral antiviral authorized for COVID-19 outpatients, reporting
extraordinary sales and preserved in vitro efficacy against Omicron sublineages so far …

Optimal dose and safety of molnupiravir in patients with early SARS-CoV-2: a Phase I, open-label, dose-escalating, randomized controlled study

SH Khoo, R Fitzgerald, T Fletcher… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives AGILE is a Phase Ib/IIa platform for rapidly evaluating COVID-19 treatments. In
this trial (NCT04746183) we evaluated the safety and optimal dose of molnupiravir in …