Medicines for the Treatment Of COVID-19 : Awaiting the Evidence

The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the cause of Coronavirus Disease 2019, a new illness with no effective treatment or vaccine that has reached pandemic proportions. In this document, we analyze how health authorities and agencies around the world position themselves regarding the off-label use of repurposed drugs or new investigational drugs to treat Coronavirus Disease 2019. We review the most promising candidate medicines, including available evidence, clinical recommendations and current options for access. Our concluding remarks stress the importance of administering off-label and investigational drugs in the setting of clinical trials, or at least in standardized scenarios, to generate as much scientific knowledge as achievable while engaging in the best efforts to treat patients and save lives.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Acta medica portuguesa - 33(2020), 7-8 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 500-504

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marto, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Monteiro, Emília C [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

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Adenosine Monophosphate
Alanine
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19/drug therapy
Chloroquine
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy
Drug Combinations
Drugs, Investigational
Hydroxychloroquine
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Journal Article
Lopinavir
Lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
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Remdesivir
Review
Ritonavir
Tocilizumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.20344/amp.13908

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310077303