Immune-related adverse events of biological immunotherapies used in COVID-19

Copyright © 2022 Baracaldo-Santamaría, Barros-Arias, Hernández-Guerrero, De-La-Torre and Calderon-Ospina..

The use of biological immunotherapeutic drugs is one of the options currently being evaluated and employed to manage COVID-19, specifically monoclonal antibodies, which have shown benefit by regulating the excessive immune response seen in patients with severe infection, known as a cytokine storm. Tocilizumab has received particular importance for this clinical application, as has sarilumab. Both drugs share a substantial similarity in terms of pharmacodynamics, being inhibitors of the interleukin six receptor (IL-6Rα). Furthermore, sotrovimab, a neutralizing anti-SARS CoV-2 antibody, has gained the attention of the scientific community since it has recently been authorized under certain circumstances, positioning itself as a new therapeutic alternative in development. However, despite their clinical benefit, biological immunotherapies have the potential to generate life-threatening immune-related adverse events. Therefore it is essential to review their incidence, mechanism, and risk factors. This review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the safety of the biological immunotherapeutic drugs currently recommended for the treatment of COVID-19, provide a review of the known immune-mediated adverse events and explore the potential immune-related mechanisms of other adverse reactions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Frontiers in pharmacology - 13(2022) vom: 07., Seite 973246

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baracaldo-Santamaría, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Barros-Arias, Giovanna María [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Guerrero, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
De-La-Torre, Alejandra [VerfasserIn]
Calderon-Ospina, Carlos-Alberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse reactions
COVID-19
Journal Article
Monoclonal abs
Review
Sarilumab
Siltuximab
Sotrovimab
Tocilizumab

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Date Revised 13.09.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fphar.2022.973246

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NLM346087732