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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Anticipated pharmacological role of Aviptadil on COVID-19.

Tuhin Mukherjee, Tapan Behl, Sanchay Sharma, Aayush Sehgal, Sukhbir Singh, Neelam Sharma, Bijo Mathew, Jasleen Kaur, Ratandeep Kaur, Mayukh Das and 2 more

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Aviptadil in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome-Promise or Mirage?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025
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  3. Phytochemicals ofMicroorganisms · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Tuhin Mukherjee *Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Tapan Behl *Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. tapanbehl31@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-7708
Sanchay SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Aayush SehgalChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Sukhbir SinghChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Neelam SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Bijo MathewDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Science Campus, Kochi, India.
Jasleen KaurGuru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Ratandeep KaurGuru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Mayukh DasGuru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Lotfi AleyaChrono-Environment Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6249, Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Besançon, France.
Simona BungauDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania.
Chitkara University · INNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research · INAmrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham · INCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Oradea · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a neuropeptide that is produced by the lymphoid cells and plays a major role in immunological functions for controlling the homeostasis of the immune system. VIP has been identified as a potent anti-inflammatory factor, in boosting both innate and adaptive immunity. Since December 2019, SARS-Cov-2 was found responsible for the disease COVID-19 which has spread worldwide. No specific therapies or 100% effective vaccines are yet available for the treatment of COVID-19. Drug repositioning may offer a strategy and several drugs have been repurposed, including lopinavir/ritonavir, remdesivir, favipiravir, and tocilizumab. This paper describes the main pharmacological properties of synthetic VIP drug (Aviptadil) which is now under clinical trials. A patented formulation of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), named RLF-100 (Aviptadil), was developed and finally got approved for human trials by FDA in 2001 and in European medicines agency in 2005. It was awarded Orphan Drug Designation in 2001 by the US FDA for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome and for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in 2005. Investigational new drug (IND) licenses for human trials of Aviptadil was guaranteed by both the US FDA and EMEA. Preliminary clinical trials seem to support Aviptadil's benefit. However, such drugs like Aviptadil in COVID-19 patients have peculiar safety profiles. Thus, adequate clinical trials are necessary for these compounds.

Indexed as

COVID-19Vasoactive Intestinal PeptideDrug CombinationsHumansPhentolamineSARS-CoV-2aviptadilDrug CombinationsPhentolamineVasoactive Intestinal PeptideCOVID-19MacrophagesRLF-100 AviptadilSARS-CoV-2Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Identifiers

PMID34846667
PMCPMC8630992
OpenAlexW3215785444

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