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ArticleMicroorganisms2022

Ivermectin Does Not Protect against SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Syrian Hamster Model.

Caroline S Foo, Rana Abdelnabi, Laura Vangeel, Steven De Jonghe, Dirk Jochmans, Birgit Weynand, Johan Neyts

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Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Caroline S FooKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6380-4917
Rana AbdelnabiKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9771-7312
Laura VangeelKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8820-6617
Steven De JongheKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3872-6558
Dirk JochmansKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9265-6028
Birgit WeynandKU Leuven Department of Imaging and Pathology, Translational Cell and Tissue Research, Division of Translational Cell and Tissue Research, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4246-6303
Johan NeytsKU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0033-7514
Rega Institute for Medical Research · BEKU Leuven · BE

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-006366European Union's Horizon 2020 research No 101003627 (SCORE project)Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) No 101005077Research Foundation - Flanders G0G4820N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ivermectin, an FDA-approved antiparasitic drug, has been reported to have in vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2. Increased off-label use of ivermectin for COVID-19 has been reported. We here assessed the effect of ivermectin in Syrian hamsters infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant. Infected animals received a clinically relevant dose of ivermectin (0.4 mg/kg subcutaneously dosed) once daily for four consecutive days after which the effect was quantified. Ivermectin monotherapy did not reduce lung viral load and even significantly worsened SARS-CoV-2-induced lung pathology. Additionally, it did not potentiate the activity of molnupiravir (Lagevrio

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COVID-19hamster modelivermectinmolnupiraviroff-label use

Identifiers

PMID35336208
PMCPMC8955654
OpenAlexW4225660542

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