Recommendation of immune-modulating therapeutics according to NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines as of November 2021 [16] and current status of clinical development according to ClinicalTrials.gov as of December 2021
Target | Drug | Clinical relevance and level of development |
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NFκB inhibition | Recommendation: hospitalized patients require supplemental oxygen, high-flow device or non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation, ECMO | |
IL-1Ra | Clinical trials (phase II/III)Insufficient evidence | |
IL-1 | Recommendation against, except clinical trials | |
JAK 1/2 kinaseJAK 1/3 kinase | Recommendation: hospitalized patients require high-flow device or non-invasive ventilation(Not in combination with anti-IL6R/anti-IL-6) | |
GM-CSF | Clinical trials (phase II)Clinical trials (phase II/III)Insufficient evidence | |
IL-6 | Recommendation: hospitalized patients require high-flow device or non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation, ECMO(Not in combination with JAK inhibition) | |
IL-4, IL-13 | Clinical trials (phase II) | |
IL-17 | Clinical trials (phase III) | |
IL-2 | Clinical trials (phase III) | |
ICAM-1 | - | - |
IL-10 | - | - |
IL-15 | Clinical trials (phase I) | |
IL-7 | Clinical trials (phase II) | |
TNF-α | Clinical trials (phase III)Clinical trials (phase II/III) | |
Complement C3 | Clinical trials (phase I/II)Clinical trials (phase II) | |
Complement C5 | Clinical trials (phase III)Clinical trials (phase II) | |
Complement C5a | Clinical trials (phase III)Clinical trials (phase II/III) | |
VCAM1 | - | - |
Mode of action is classified in: corticoids; antagonists; antibodies; small molecule; agonists. NFκB: nuclear factor kappa B; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; -: no targeting drug, no drug in development, no drug with clinical relevance
We thank Edith Walther for her tremendous technical support in performing elaborate cell experiments and sample preparation in the initial stages of conceptual work. Tremendous support by Petra and Peter Bauer, Davina Miglietta, Lars Kaiser, the staff at Riesling Apotheke (Ellerstadt, Germany), Europa Apotheke, (Bensheim, Germany), and Apotheke im Markt (Heidelberg, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged.
MB conceived the work; MB, OS, RC, and HPD wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Funding from the Institute of Precision Medicine and the Institute for Applied Research (IAF, Furtwangen University, Schwenningen, Germany) is gratefully acknowledged. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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