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. 2020 Jun 20;286:198070. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198070

Table 1.

Summarizes main drugs against SARS-CoV-2 and clinical trials.

Drug Mechanism of action Trial/Phase
Hydroxychloroquine (Quiros Roldan et al., 2020; Gautret et al., 2020a; Devaux et al., 2020; Retallack et al., 2016; Bacharier et al., 2015; Chen et al., 2020c; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) Inhibition of endosomal acidification, inhibition of glycosylation of host receptors and proteolytic processing (Quiros Roldan et al., 2020). Immunomodulatory effect (Quiros Roldan et al., 2020; Devaux et al., 2020). Iron homeostasis alteration (Quiros Roldan et al., 2020). NCT04261517, Phase 3 (+)
ChiCTR2000029559 (+)
Remdesivir (Li and De Clercq, 2020; Gordon et al., 2020a; Sheahan et al., 2017; Brown et al., 2019; de Wit et al., 2020; Gordon et al., 2020b; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020; Wang et al., 2020b) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibition NCT04280705,
Phase 3 (+)
NCT04257656, Phase 3(-)
Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Li and De Clercq, 2020; Chu et al., 2004; de Wilde et al., 2014; Chan et al., 2015; Yao et al., 2020; Nutho et al., 2020; Cao et al., 2020) Main protease inhibitor ChiCTR2000029308(-)
NCT04276688(triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir–ritonavir, and ribavirin was superior to lopinavir/ritonavir alone)
Tocilizumab (Sanders et al., 2020; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020; Zhou et al., 2020b; Gong et al., 2020; Coomes and Haghbayan, 2020; Giamarellos-Bourboulis et al., 2020) IL-6 Receptor Inhibitor NCT04317092, Phase 2
Sarilumab (Lamb and Deeks, 2018; Sanders et al., 2020) IL-6 Receptor Inhibitor NCT04280588, Phase2
Fingolimod (Wang et al., 2020c; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) inactivating IL-6/STAT3 pathway NCT04280588, Phase2
Canakinumab (Ozdogan and Ugurlu, 2017; Rothman et al., 2018; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) monoclonal antibody against IL-1-beta NCT04362813, Phase2
Anakinra (COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020; Ramirez and Canete, 2018) monoclonal antibody against IL-1 Receptor NCT04339712,
Phase 2
NCT04324021, Phase2/3 (with Emapalumab)
Gimsilumab (Zhou et al., 2020c; Kivitz et al., 2016; Senolt, 2019; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) monoclonal antibody against GM-CSF NCT04351243, Phase 2
Heparin (Tang et al., 2020a, b; Poterucha et al., 2017; Young, 2008; Li, 2008; Fogarty et al., 2020; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory (Poterucha et al., 2017; Young, 2008; Li, 2008) NCT04345848,
antiviral (Shukla and Spear, 2001; Vicenzi et al., 2004) Phase 3
Baricitinib (Choi et al., 2018; Bekerman et al., 2017; Kubo et al., 2019; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) JAK-STAT signaling inhibitor (Choi et al., 2018) NCT04340232,
Inhibition of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (Bekerman et al., 2017) Phase 2/3
Ruxolitinib (Verstovsek et al., 2010; Vannucchi and Harrison, 2017; Mesa, 2010; Elli et al., 2019; COVID-19 Clinical Trials, 2020) Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor NCT04334044, Phase1/2