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ArticleViruses2022

In Silico Evaluation of Paxlovid's Pharmacometrics for SARS-CoV-2: A Multiscale Approach.

Ferenc A Bartha, Nóra Juhász, Sadegh Marzban, Renji Han, Gergely Röst

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Ferenc A BarthaBolyai Institute, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-7545-9145
Nóra JuhászBolyai Institute, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-6560-7581
Sadegh MarzbanBolyai Institute, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-9435-017X
Renji HanSchool of Sciences, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5899-9943
Gergely RöstBolyai Institute, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-9476-3284

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paxlovid is a promising, orally bioavailable novel drug for SARS-CoV-2 with excellent safety profiles. Our main goal here is to explore the pharmacometric features of this new antiviral. To provide a detailed assessment of Paxlovid, we propose a hybrid multiscale mathematical approach. We demonstrate that the results of the present in silico evaluation match the clinical expectations remarkably well: on the one hand, our computations successfully replicate the outcome of an actual in vitro experiment; on the other hand, we verify both the sufficiency and the necessity of Paxlovid's two main components (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) for a simplified in vivo case. Moreover, in the simulated context of our computational framework, we visualize the importance of early interventions and identify the time window where a unit-length delay causes the highest level of tissue damage. Finally, the results' sensitivity to the diffusion coefficient of the virus is explored in detail.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsDrug CombinationsHumansLactamsLeucineNitrilesProlineRitonavirAntiviral AgentsDrug CombinationsLactamsLeucinenirmatrelvir and ritonavir drug combinationNitrilesProlineRitonaviragent-based modelmultiscale mathematical modelingPaxlovidSARS-CoV-2spatio-temporal dynamicsvirus diffusion

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PMCPMC9146265

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