AVIFAVIR for Treatment of Patients With Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Interim Results of a Phase II/III Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

Autor: Elena A Smolyarchuk, Natalia V. Vostokova, Andrew A. Blinow, Elena V Yakubova, Ruben N. Karapetian, Elena G. Tikhomolova, Nikolay Filippovich Savchuk, Tagir A. Sitdekov, Elena A. Merkulova, Kirill A. Dmitriev, Elena N Simakina, Elena P. Pavlikova, Valeria N Azarova, Natalia A. Papazova, Andrey Alexandrovich Ivashchenko, Alexandre V. Ivachtchenko, Alina N. Egorova, Nikita V. Lomakin, Dmitry V. Kravchenko, Alexey P. Ilin, Ivan G. Gordeev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1176
Popis: In May 2020 the Russian Ministry of Health granted fast-track marketing authorization to RNA polymerase inhibitor AVIFAVIR (favipiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In the pilot stage of Phase II/III clinical trial, AVIFAVIR enabled SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance in 62.5% of patients within 4 days, and was safe and well-tolerated. Clinical Trials Registration. NCT04434248.
Databáze: OpenAIRE