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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2019

Combination treatment with the cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor baloxavir marboxil and a neuraminidase inhibitor in a mouse model of influenza A virus infection.

Keita Fukao, Takeshi Noshi, Atsuko Yamamoto, Mitsutaka Kitano, Yoshinori Ando, Takahiro Noda, Kaoru Baba, Kazumi Matsumoto, Naoko Higuchi, Minoru Ikeda and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05170009 (Randomized Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Single Center Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Baloxavir in Combination With Oseltamivir in Adult Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients With Influenza), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05170009 phase2 / phase3terminatednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Randomized Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Single Center Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Baloxavir in Combination With Oseltamivir in Adult Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients With Influenza

TypeinterventionalSponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityRan2022 to 2024Enrolled2ConditionsInfluenzaArmsBaloxavir Marboxil, Placebo, Oseltamivir
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keita FukaoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Takeshi NoshiDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Atsuko YamamotoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Mitsutaka KitanoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Yoshinori AndoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Takahiro NodaShionogi TechnoAdvance Research, Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Kaoru BabaShionogi TechnoAdvance Research, Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Kazumi MatsumotoShionogi TechnoAdvance Research, Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Naoko HiguchiDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Minoru IkedaDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Takao ShishidoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Akira NaitoDrug Discovery & Disease Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Shionogi (Japan) · JPFutaba (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesBaloxavir marboxil (formerly S-033188) is a first-in-class, orally available, cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor licensed in Japan and the USA for the treatment of influenza virus infection. We evaluated the efficacy of delayed oral treatment with baloxavir marboxil in combination with a neuraminidase inhibitor in a mouse model of lethal influenza virus infection.

methodsThe inhibitory potency of baloxavir acid (the active form of baloxavir marboxil) in combination with neuraminidase inhibitors was tested in vitro. The therapeutic effects of baloxavir marboxil and oseltamivir phosphate, or combinations thereof, were evaluated in mice lethally infected with influenza virus A/PR/8/34; treatments started 96 h post-infection.

resultsCombinations of baloxavir acid and neuraminidase inhibitor exhibited synergistic potency against viral replication by means of inhibition of cytopathic effects in vitro. In mice, baloxavir marboxil monotherapy (15 or 50 mg/kg twice daily) significantly and dose-dependently reduced virus titre 24 h after administration and completely prevented mortality, whereas oseltamivir phosphate treatments were not as effective. In this model, a suboptimal dose of baloxavir marboxil (0.5 mg/kg twice daily) in combination with oseltamivir phosphate provided additional efficacy compared with monotherapy in terms of virus-induced mortality, elevation of cytokine/chemokine levels and pathological changes in the lung.

conclusionsBaloxavir marboxil monotherapy with 96 h-delayed oral dosing achieved drastic reductions in virus titre, inflammatory response and mortality in a mouse model. Combination treatment with baloxavir acid and oseltamivir acid in vitro and baloxavir marboxil and oseltamivir phosphate in mice produced synergistic responses against influenza virus infections, suggesting that treating humans with the combination may be beneficial.

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Administration, OralAnimalsAntiviral AgentsDibenzothiepinsDisease Models, AnimalDrug SynergismDrug Therapy, CombinationInfluenza A virusMice, Inbred BALB CMorpholinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsOseltamivirOxazinesPyridinesPyridonesSurvival AnalysisAntiviral AgentsbaloxavirDibenzothiepinsMorpholinesOseltamivirOxazinesPyridinesPyridonesThiepinsTriazines

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PMID30476172
PMCPMC6376846
OpenAlexW2901730326

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