Accelerating Clinical Evaluation of Repurposed Combination Therapies for COVID-19

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues, unabated and clinical trials demonstrate limited effective pharmaceutical interventions, there is a pressing need to accelerate treatment evaluations. Among options for accelerated development is the evaluation of drug combinations in the absence of prior monotherapy data. This approach is appealing for a number of reasons. First, combining two or more drugs with related or complementary therapeutic effects permits a multipronged approach addressing the variable pathways of the disease. Second, if an individual component of a combination offers a therapeutic effect, then in the absence of antagonism, a trial of combination therapy should still detect individual efficacy. Third, this strategy is time saving. Rather than taking a stepwise approach to evaluating monotherapies, this strategy begins with testing all relevant therapeutic options. Finally, given the severity of the current pandemic and the absence of treatment options, the likelihood of detecting a treatment effect with combination therapy maintains scientific enthusiasm for evaluating repurposed treatments. Antiviral combination selection can be facilitated by insights regarding SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology and cell cycle dynamics, supported by infectious disease and clinical pharmacology expert advice. We describe a clinical evaluation strategy using adaptive combination platform trials to rapidly test combination therapies to treat COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 103(2020), 4 vom: 22. Okt., Seite 1364-1366

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rayner, Craig R [VerfasserIn]
Dron, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jay J H [VerfasserIn]
Decloedt, Eric H [VerfasserIn]
Cotton, Mark F [VerfasserIn]
Niranjan, Vis [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Patrick F [VerfasserIn]
Dodds, Michael G [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Fran [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Gilmar [VerfasserIn]
Wesche, David [VerfasserIn]
Mills, Edward J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

145155-23-3
2494G1JF75
49717AWG6K
Antiviral Agents
Drug Combinations
Interferon beta-1b
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
O3J8G9O825
Ribavirin
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.10.2020

Date Revised 14.09.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4269/ajtmh.20-0995

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314017755