Therapeutic role of corticosteroids in COVID-19: a systematic review of registered clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 as a global pandemic. Though antiviral drugs and antimalarial drugs are considered treatment options for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), no specific antivirals are currently available for its treatment. Efficient use of drug discovery approaches including repurposing or repositioning of drugs used in the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is considered recently. The widespread application of corticosteroid therapy in COVID-19 should be backed with careful documented pragmatic research of its use in this context.

Main body

This article aims to analyze various trials regist

SUBMITTER: Raju R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968560 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature