Drug Design, Development and Therapy (Mar 2021)
Anti-Inflammation, Immunomodulation and Therapeutic Repair in Current Clinical Trials for the Management of COVID-19
Abstract
Chenghai Li,1,2,* Hua Zhao,3,* Linna Cheng,4,* Bin Wang5 1Stem Cell Program of Clinical Research Center, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital and People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, People’s Republic of China; 2Henan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Immune Cell and Stem Cell Treatment, Zhengzhou, 450003, People’s Republic of China; 3Reproductive Medicine Institute, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital and People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Hematology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital and People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Neurosurgery, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital and People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bin Wang; Chenghai Li Email [email protected]; [email protected]: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread around the world. While prophylactic vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are making great progress, there is still a need to explore safe and effective therapies with biological products for COVID-19. Currently clinical trial efforts are planned and ongoing using different biological agents for anti-inflammatory therapies, immunomodulation, and therapeutic repair in COVID-19. Targeting inflammatory cytokines with antibodies or inhibitors may be an urgent therapeutic strategy for COVID-19. Importantly, it is critical for an in-depth understanding of these new clinical therapeutic agents in their conditions that are probably involved in both physiological and pathological host responses. In this article, we analyze the potential implications for the current clinical trials of therapeutic biologics and address issues for the development of the COVID-19-related biological therapies.Keywords: COVID-19, cytokine blockade, immunomodulation, therapeutic repair
