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Interferon β-1a (IFNβ-1a) in COVID-19 patients (INTERCOP): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
2020-08-18
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<h4>Background: </h4> Pharmacological therapies of proven efficacy in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are still lacking. We have identified IFNβ-1a as the most promising drug to be repurposed for COVID-19. The rationale relies on the evidence of IFNβ anti-viral activity in vitro against SARS-CoV-2 and animal models resembling SARS-CoV-2 infection and on a recent clinical trial where IFNβ was indicated as the k...
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- Literature Corpus work
- fec48268-0efa-5f90-9ae2-9aae853e284a
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-42306/v1
