Nintedanib : a review of the properties, function, and usefulness to minimize COVID-19-induced lung injury

INTRODUCTION: In severe COVID-19 patients, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-induced lung injury regularly causes a pulmonary fibrotic phase. There is no approved therapy for the COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis. However, administration of an anti-fibrotic agent, in the early acute phase of the severe COVID-19 with ARDS, may improve the infection outcomes.

AREAS COVERED: In this review, the main characteristics of nintedanib and its usefulness to treat COVID-19-induced fibrosis were studied. In July 2022, a literature search was performed from PubMed, Google Scholar, and the WHO databases for studies focusing on the properties, function, efficacy, and safety of nintedanib against different lung injuries.

EXPERT OPINION: Nintedanib interferes with lung fibrosis and tumor angiogenesis by targeting multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Loss of RTKs activity leads to blocking downstream signaling cascades and inhibiting the proliferation and migration of lung fibroblasts. Targeting RTKs may be useful in the treatment of COVID-19 lung fibrosis. Nintedanib may be a superior agent compared to pirfenidone for the treatment of COVID-19 ARDS-related pulmonary fibrosis. Investigation of the efficacy and safety of nintedanib in the early stages of COVID-19-induced ARDS is critical since it may decrease the oxygen dependency and degree of lung fibrosis after the hospital discharge.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Expert review of anti-infective therapy - 21(2023), 1 vom: 21. Jan., Seite 7-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hashemian, Seyed MohammadReza [VerfasserIn]
Farhadi, Tayebeh [VerfasserIn]
Varahram, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Velayati, Ali Akbar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
G6HRD2P839
Journal Article
Nintedanib
Pulmonary fibrosis
Receptor tyrosine kinases
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 16.01.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14787210.2023.2153116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349533725