Efficacy and safety of Molnupiravir in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Molnupiravir is an oral antiviral drug that received Emergency Use Authorization in three countries for the treatment of mild COVID-19. The aim of this systematic review was to find out the safety and efficacy of Molnupiravir in SARS-COV-2 infections.

Methods

The electronic databases such as PubMed, MedRxiv, BioRxiv, FDA, ClinicalTrials.Gov, ctri.nic.in and Google Scholar were searched for articles from January 2021 to March 2022 using the keywords such as "Molnupiravir", "COVID-19", "Oral antiviral pill", "MK-4482", "EIDD-280", "Efficacy" and "Safety". Details of published, unpublished with interim reports and ongoing studies of Molnupiravir in COVID-19 were retrieved, and a systematic review was performed.

Results

A total of 6 articles and 18 ongoing tria

SUBMITTER: Mali KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463664 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature