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

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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.
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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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Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis.

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Efficacy and Safety of Favipiravir, an Oral RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Inhibitor, in Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized, Comparative, Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase 3 Clinical Trial.

TL;DR: Significant improvement in time to clinical cure suggests favipiravir may be beneficial in mild-to-moderate COVID-19, and statistical significance on the primary endpoint was confounded by limitations of the RT-PCR assay.
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The efficacy and safety of Favipiravir in treatment of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review and meta-analysis of Favipiravir in the treatment of COVID-19 patients is presented. But, the results of the meta analysis revealed that the use of antiviral once the patient has symptoms is too late and this would explain their low efficacy in the clinical setting.
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Targeting TMPRSS2 and Cathepsin B/L Together May Be Synergistic Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection

TL;DR: It is found that drugs targeting the two pathways, although independent, could display strong synergy in blocking virus entry, and may help improve the deployability of drug combinations targeting host proteases required for the entry.
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Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro.

TL;DR: This study evaluated the antiviral efficiency of five FAD-approved drugs including ribavirin, penciclovir, nitazoxanide, nafamostat, chloroquine and two well-known broad-spectrum antiviral drugs remdesivir and favipiravir against a clinical isolate of 2019-nCoV in vitro.
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Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for COVID-19: An Open-Label Control Study.

TL;DR: In this open-label nonrandomized control study, FPV showed significantly better treatment effects on COVID-19 in terms of disease progression and viral clearance; if causal, these results should be important information for establishing standard treatment guidelines to combat the SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Sample size tables for exact single‐stage phase II designs

TL;DR: Tables for single-phase II trials based on the exact binomial distribution are presented, and if the upper success rate is accepted, the lower success rate may be included in the final confidence interval for the proportion being estimated.
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A review of the safety of favipiravir - a potential treatment in the COVID-19 pandemic?

TL;DR: Favipiravir demonstrates a favourable safety profile regarding total and serious AEs, however, safety concerns remain: hyperuricaemia, teratogenicity and QTc prolongation have not yet been adequately studied.
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Available Evidence and Ongoing Clinical Trials of Remdesivir: Could It Be a Promising Therapeutic Option for COVID-19?

TL;DR: This review is specifically aimed to summarize the available evidence and ongoing clinical trials of remdesivir as a potential therapeutic option for COVID-19, an investigational drug having broad spectrum antiviral activity with its target RNA dependent RNA polymerase.
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