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ReviewInternational journal of molecular medicine2020

Comprehensive analysis of drugs to treat SARS‑CoV‑2 infection: Mechanistic insights into current COVID‑19 therapies (Review).

George Mihai Nitulescu, Horia Paunescu, Sterghios A Moschos, Dimitrios Petrakis, Georgiana Nitulescu, George Nicolae Daniel Ion, Demetrios A Spandidos, Taxiarchis Konstantinos Nikolouzakis, Nikolaos Drakoulis, Aristidis Tsatsakis

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Review in International journal of molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. A Review of Antibiotic Efficacy in COVID-19 Control.Journal of immunology research · 2023
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  10. Azithromycin use and outcomes in patients with COVID-19: an observational real-world study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

George Mihai NitulescuFaculty of Pharmacy, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.
Horia PaunescuFaculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.
Sterghios A MoschosDepartment of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle‑Upon‑Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
Dimitrios PetrakisDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Georgiana NitulescuFaculty of Pharmacy, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.
George Nicolae Daniel IonFaculty of Pharmacy, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.
Demetrios A SpandidosLaboratory of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Taxiarchis Konstantinos NikolouzakisDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Nikolaos DrakoulisResearch Group of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, Faculty of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece.
Aristidis TsatsakisDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major impact produced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) focused many researchers attention to find treatments that can suppress transmission or ameliorate the disease. Despite the very fast and large flow of scientific data on possible treatment solutions, none have yet demonstrated unequivocal clinical utility against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19). This work represents an exhaustive and critical review of all available data on potential treatments for COVID‑19, highlighting their mechanistic characteristics and the strategy development rationale. Drug repurposing, also known as drug repositioning, and target based methods are the most used strategies to advance therapeutic solutions into clinical practice. Current in silico, in vitro and in vivo evidence regarding proposed treatments are summarized providing strong support for future research efforts.

Indexed as

Drug RepositioningAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersBetacoronavirusBromhexineChlorpromazineClinical Trials as TopicCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DiminazeneEstersGabexateGuanidinesHumansPandemicsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersBromhexinecamostatChlorpromazineDiminazeneEstersGabexateGuanidinesPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AReceptor, Angiotensin, Type 1Recombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32468014
PMCPMC7307820

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