New York, March 16 (Ians) A team of researchers, including one of Indian-origin, has suggested that a leprosy drug holds promise as an at-home treatment for Covid-19.
The study showed that the leprosy drug clofazimine exhibits potent antiviral activities against Sars-CoV-2 and prevents the exaggerated inflammatory response associated with severe Covid-19.
"Clofazimine is an ideal candidate for Covid-19 treatment. It is safe, affordable, easy to make, taken as a pill and can be made globally available," said researcher Sumit Chanda from the Sanford Burnham Prebys in the US.
"We hope to test clofazimine in a Phase 2 clinical trial as soon as possible for people who test positive for Covid-19 but are not hospitalized. Since there is currently no outpatient treatment available for these individuals, clofazimine may help reduce the impact of the disease, which is particularly important now as we see new variants of the virus emerge and against which the current vaccines appear less efficacious,...
The study showed that the leprosy drug clofazimine exhibits potent antiviral activities against Sars-CoV-2 and prevents the exaggerated inflammatory response associated with severe Covid-19.
"Clofazimine is an ideal candidate for Covid-19 treatment. It is safe, affordable, easy to make, taken as a pill and can be made globally available," said researcher Sumit Chanda from the Sanford Burnham Prebys in the US.
"We hope to test clofazimine in a Phase 2 clinical trial as soon as possible for people who test positive for Covid-19 but are not hospitalized. Since there is currently no outpatient treatment available for these individuals, clofazimine may help reduce the impact of the disease, which is particularly important now as we see new variants of the virus emerge and against which the current vaccines appear less efficacious,...
- 3/16/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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