meplazumab

meplazumab

meplazumab is a humanized anti-CD147 antibody, as add-on therapy in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

 

 

 

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Description meplazumab is a humanized anti-CD147 antibody, as add-on therapy in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
In vivo Compared to control group, meplazumab treatment significantly improved the discharged (p=0.006) and case severity (p=0.021) in critical and severe patients.?The time to virus negative in meplazumab group was reduced than that in control group (median 3, 95%CI[1.5-4.5] vs. 13, [6.5-19.5];?p=0.014, HR=0.37, 95%CI[0.155-0.833]).?The percentages of patients recovered to the normal lymphocyte count and CRP concentration were also increased remarkably and rapidly in meplazumab group.?No adverse effect was found in meplazumab-treated patients.?Interpretation:Meplazumab efficiently improved the recovery of patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia with a favorable safety profile.

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Molecular Weight N/A
CAS No. T9931

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1. Huijie Bian, Zhao-Hui Zheng, Ding Wei,et al.Meplazumab treats COVID-19 pneumonia: an open-labelled, concurrent controlled add-on clinical trial.bioRxiv.2020.

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