Ensitrelvir as a potential treatment for COVID-19

MW McCarthy - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction First-generation therapeutics have improved clinical outcomes in patients
infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, viral evolution has produced variants and subvariants …

[HTML][HTML] Ensitrelvir is effective against SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease mutants circulating globally

S Kawashima, Y Matsui, T Adachi, Y Morikawa… - Biochemical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been a public health concern …

Efficacy comparison of 3CL protease inhibitors ensitrelvir and nirmatrelvir against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro and in vivo

T Kuroda, H Nobori, K Fukao, K Baba… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become
established in the human population, making the need to develop safe and effective …

A randomized phase 2/3 study of ensitrelvir, a novel oral SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease inhibitor, in Japanese patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 or …

H Mukae, H Yotsuyanagi, N Ohmagari… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
This multicenter, double-blind, phase 2a part of a phase 2/3 study assessed the efficacy and
safety of ensitrelvir, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

[HTML][HTML] A phase 2/3 study of S-217622 in participants with SARS-CoV-2 infection (Phase 3 part)

H Yotsuyanagi, N Ohmagari, Y Doi, T Imamura… - Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Limited treatment options exist for patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), irrespective of vaccination history or risk status. Ensitrelvir is a …

Lessons learnt from the preclinical discovery and development of ensitrelvir as a COVID-19 therapeutic option

S Ferraro, I Convertino, E Cappello… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic stimulated the development of several therapeutic
tools with several degrees of success. Ensitrelvir, a protease inhibitor that blocks the …

In vitro and in vivo characterization of SARS-CoV-2 resistance to ensitrelvir

M Kiso, S Yamayoshi, S Iida, Y Furusawa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ensitrelvir, an oral antiviral agent that targets a SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro or
Nsp5), is clinically useful against SARS-CoV-2 including its omicron variants. Since most …

[HTML][HTML] Ensitrelvir in patients with SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective chart review

M Yamato, M Kinoshita, S Miyazawa, M Seki… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antivirals with proven effectiveness against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant are required
for COVID-19 treatment in hospitalized patients, particularly those with severe underlying …

Novel investigational anti-SARS-CoV-2 agent ensitrelvir “S-217622”: a very promising potential universal broad-spectrum antiviral at the therapeutic frontline of …

WA Eltayb, M Abdalla, AM Rabie - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lately, nitrogenous heterocyclic antivirals, such as nucleoside-like compounds, oxadiazoles,
thiadiazoles, triazoles, quinolines, and isoquinolines, topped the therapeutic scene as …

Structure-based development and preclinical evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease inhibitor simnotrelvir

X Jiang, H Su, W Shang, F Zhou, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The persistent pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants accentuates the great …