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ReviewBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2021

Recent advances in management of COVID-19: A review.

Soraya Mouffak, Qamar Shubbar, Ekram Saleh, Raafat El-Awady

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Review in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. LC-MS/MS Method Validation for Quantification of Nirmatrelvir in Human Plasma.International journal of analytical chemistry · 2025
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  7. Adverse drug reactions associated with COVID-19 management.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024
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  15. Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Non-Structural Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Soraya MouffakCollege of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Qamar ShubbarCollege of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Ekram SalehClinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Cancer Biology department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
Raafat El-AwadyCollege of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: relawady@sharjah.ac.ae.
University of Sharjah · AECairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused and is still causing significant mortality and economic consequences all over the globe. As of today, there are three U.S Food and Drug administration (FDA) approved vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Also, the antiviral drug remdesivir and two combinations of monoclonal antibodies are authorized for Emergency use (EUA) in certain patients. Furthermore, baricitinib was approved in Japan (April 23, 2021). Despite available vaccines and EUA, pharmacological therapy for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 is still highly required. There are several ongoing clinical trials investigating the efficacy of clinically available drugs in treating COVID-19. In this study, selected novel pharmacological agents for the possible treatment of COVID-19 will be discussed. Point of discussion will cover mechanism of action, supporting evidence for safety and efficacy and reached stage in development. Drugs were classified into three classes according to the phase of viral life cycle they target. Phase I, the early infective phase, relies on supportive care and symptomatic treatment as needed. In phase II, the pulmonary phase, treatment aims at inhibiting viral entry or replication. Drugs used during this phase are famotidine, monoclonal antibodies, nanobodies, ivermectin, remdesivir, camostat mesylate and other antiviral agents. Finally, phase III, the hyper-inflammatory phase, tocilizumab, dexamethasone, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), and melatonin are used. The aim of this study is to summarize current findings and suggest gaps in knowledge that can influence future COVID-19 treatment study design.

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Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19Drug DevelopmentHumansMedication Therapy ManagementSARS-CoV-2Treatment OutcomeAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19DexamethasoneFamotidineFluoxetineFluvoxamineIvermectinMelatoninMonoclonal antibodiesNanobodiesRemdesivirSARS-CoV-2SerotoninSSRITocilizumab

Identifiers

PMID34488083
PMCPMC8390390
OpenAlexW3197033327

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