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Role of Dupilumab in Approved Indications of COVID-19 Patient: an Efficacy-Based Nonsystematic Critical Analysis.

Pugazhenthan ThangarajuNanditha VenkatesanT Y Sree SudhaSajitha VenkatesanEswaran Thangaraju
Published in: SN comprehensive clinical medicine (2020)
With many drugs being tried in the management and treatment of COVID-19, dupilumab is one such monoclonal antibody that has come under the limelight for its possible role as an adjunct therapy in COVID-19 position. There are isolated case reports and series that document a milder course of COVID-19 infection in patients who have already been on dupilumab therapy for treatment of conditions such as atopic dermatitis and chronic rhino-sinusitis with nasal polyp. There is also an ongoing debate regarding the continuation of biologicals in the COVID patient. In this article, a non-systematic critical analysis of dupilumab was performed to delve into this hypothesis further.
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