AVIFAVIR for Treatment of Patients With Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Interim Results of a Phase II/III Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.

Ivashchenko, Andrey A; Dmitriev, Kirill A; Vostokova, Natalia V; Azarova, Valeria N; Blinow, Andrew A; Egorova, Alina N; Gordeev, Ivan G; Ilin, Alexey P et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

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Abstract

In May 2020 the Russian Ministry of Health granted fast-track marketing authorization to RNA polymerase inhibitor AVIFAVIR (favipiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In the pilot stage of Phase II/III clinical trial, AVIFAVIR enabled SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance in 62.5% of patients within 4 days, and was safe and well-tolerated. Clinical Trials Registration. NCT04434248.

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