Immunomodulatory Therapeutic Proteins in COVID-19: Current Clinical Development and Clinical Pharmacology Considerations.

J Clin Pharmacol

Division of Inflammation and Immune Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Published: October 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2 has led to more than 600 000 deaths worldwide. Patients with severe disease often experience acute respiratory distress characterized by upregulation of multiple cytokines. Immunomodulatory biological therapies are being evaluated in clinical trials for the management of the systemic inflammatory response and pulmonary complications in patients with advanced stages of COVID-19. In this review, we summarize the clinical pharmacology considerations in the development of immunomodulatory therapeutic proteins for mitigating the heightened inflammatory response identified in COVID-19.

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