Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned

G Li, R Hilgenfeld, R Whitley, E De Clercq - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has stimulated tremendous
efforts to develop therapeutic strategies that target severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Therapeutics for COVID-19

SS Toussi, JL Hammond, BS Gerstenberger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments to prevent severe coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) illness were available within a year of the pandemic being declared but there …

Small molecules in the treatment of COVID-19

S Lei, X Chen, J Wu, X Duan, K Men - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 has become a global crisis, and brought severe disruptions to
societies and economies. Until now, effective therapeutics against COVID-19 are in high …

Preparing for the next viral threat with broad-spectrum antivirals

M Karim, CW Lo, S Einav - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
There is a large global unmet need for the development of countermeasures to combat
hundreds of viruses known to cause human disease and for the establishment of a …

Favipiravir in early symptomatic COVID-19, a randomised placebo-controlled trial

JH McMahon, JSY Lau, A Coldham, J Roney… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Well tolerated antivirals administered early in the course of COVID-19 infection
when the viremia is highest could prevent progression to severe disease. Favipiravir inhibits …

Antiviral efficacy of favipiravir against Zika and SARS-CoV-2 viruses in non-human primates

R Marlin, D Desjardins, V Contreras, G Lingas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has exemplified that rigorous evaluation in large animal models is
key for translation from promising in vitro results to successful clinical implementation …

A comprehensive review of the clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug interactions of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir

J Gerhart, DS Cox, RSP Singh, PLS Chan… - Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Nirmatrelvir is a potent and selective inhibitor of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease that is used as an oral antiviral coronavirus …

Drug repositioning in the COVID-19 pandemic: fundamentals, synthetic routes, and overview of clinical studies

ES Vaz, SV Vassiliades, J Giarolla, MC Polli… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Drug repositioning is a strategy to identify a new therapeutic indication for
molecules that have been approved for other conditions, aiming to speed up the traditional …

Outpatient randomized controlled trials to reduce COVID‐19 hospitalization: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

DJ Sullivan, D Focosi, DF Hanley… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This COVID‐19 outpatient randomized controlled trials (RCTs) systematic review compares
hospitalization outcomes amongst four treatment classes over pandemic period, geography …

Real-world effectiveness and optimal dosage of favipiravir for treatment of COVID-19: results from a multicenter observational study in Thailand

P Rattanaumpawan, S Jirajariyavej, K Lerdlamyong… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum oral antiviral agent that shows in vitro activity against SARS-
CoV-2. Presently, data on the real-world effectiveness and optimal dosage of favipiravir for …