Federal researchers have completed a study of the effectiveness of Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients due to a lack of efficacy.
The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which funded the study, announced late Monday that the treatment had received little clinical benefit from the Independent Monitoring Board and recommended that it be discontinued.
The study was suspended earlier this month due to a potential safety issue, but NIAID said the monitoring board’s decision was driven by a lack of clinical benefit.
This study was conducted to evaluate the neutral antibody of Ally Lilly as a treatment for covid-19 in hospitalized patients in combination with the antiviral drug remidesivir. It was being investigated against a combination of remediwire and placebo.
The agency said the larger trial COVID-19 would continue to study other experimental treatments compared to hospitalized adult placebo.
Eli Lilly said he will continue to test his antibody drug in patients with moderate cases from now on, as a way to prevent covid-19 in residents and staff at people who have recently been diagnosed with COVD-19 and in long-term care facilities.
The decision to terminate the study is not likely to affect the Food and Drug Administration’s review of Eli Lilly’s application for authorization of emergency use of antibody drugs, based on evidence that improved the condition of recently diagnosed high-risk patients. Medium COVID-19.
Monoclonal antibodies are lab-generated versions of one of the main defenses of the human body against pathogens.
Among other companies AstraZeneca and Regeneron are also working on antibody treatments.
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