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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2024

COVID-19 therapeutics.

Daniele Focosi, Massimo Franchini, Fabrizio Maggi, Shmuel Shoham

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Identification of Anti-Viral Compounds fromJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026
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  5. Hyaluronan Ameliorates Viral Pneumonia in Mice and Humans by Inhibiting Transcription Factor E2F1.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  6. Lipophilic Substances of the Leaves and Inflorescences ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. COVID-19 Infection, Drugs, and Liver Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  13. Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  15. Synthetic host defense peptide inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replicationAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Daniele FocosiNorth-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8811-195X
Massimo FranchiniDivision of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy.
Fabrizio MaggiNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Shmuel ShohamDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7276-7786

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SUMMARYSince the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, an unprecedented range of therapeutic options has been studied and deployed. Healthcare providers have multiple treatment approaches to choose from, but efficacy of those approaches often remains controversial or compromised by viral evolution. Uncertainties still persist regarding the best therapies for high-risk patients, and the drug pipeline is suffering fatigue and shortage of funding. In this article, we review the antiviral activity, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and safety of COVID-19 antiviral therapies. Additionally, we summarize the evidence from randomized controlled trials on efficacy and safety of the various COVID-19 antivirals and discuss unmet needs which should be addressed.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSARS-CoV-2HumansAntiviral Agentsantiviral therapiesconvalescent plasmaCOVID-19monoclonal antibodiesSARS-CoV-2small-molecule antivirals

Identifiers

PMID38771027
PMCPMC11237566

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.