Biologics in COVID-19 So Far: Systematic Review.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
; 15(7)2022 Jun 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1911506
ABSTRACT
This systematic review aimed to reevaluate the available evidence of the use of biologics as treatment candidates for the treatment of severe and advanced COVID-19 disease; what are the rationale for their use, which are the most studied, and what kind of efficacy measures are described? A search through Cochrane, Embase, Pubmed, Medline, medrxiv.org, and Google scholar was performed on the use of biologic interventions in COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 infection, viral pneumonia, and sepsis, until 11 January 2022. Throughout the research, we identified 4821 records, of which 90 were selected for qualitative analysis. Amongst the results, we identified five popular targets of use IL6 and IL1 inhibitors, interferons, mesenchymal stem cells treatment, and anti-spike antibodies. None of them offered conclusive evidence of their efficacy with consistency and statistical significance except for some studies with anti-spike antibodies; however, Il6 and IL1 inhibitors as well as interferons show encouraging data in terms of increased survival and favorable clinical course that require further studies with better methodology standardization.
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MEDLINE
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ph15070783
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