New Lab Study Claims Common Drug Can Reduce COVID-19 Infection By Up To 70%

[MisterNiceKitty]

https://texasbreaking.com/2021/08/new-lab-study-claims-common-drug-can-reduce-covid-19-infection-by-up-to-70/

"Covid-19 infections could be reduced by as much as 70% by the use of a drug that has been approved by most countries in the world, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), according to a new study.

The study conducted in the laboratory by an international collaboration of researchers said that results showed a 70% reduced chance of infection by SARS-CoV-2 could be possible by a licensed drug generally used for the treatment of ailments like high levels of cholesterol and lipids in human blood.

The research team led by the University of Birmingham and Keele University in the U.K. and the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Italy said that the use of fenofibrate and its active form, fenofibric acid, has the ability to significantly reduce SARS-COV-2 infection in human cells."

[Lettuce Be]

1. If true this would be very good news

[cadoman]

2. fenofibrate and fenofibric acid, generics

IANAS. It appears the study referenced in the article was done on models.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.660490/full

Here's another study in progress that is a RCT of 700 participants:

https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04517396

"...fenofibrate...markedly inhibited SARS-CoV-2 viral replication. Fenofibrate also has immunomodulatory effects that may be beneficial in the setting of COVID-19."

That study ends October 31, 2021.

[cadoman]

3. another one in Israel to watch

https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04661930

[MisterNiceKitty]

5. Thanks for the info

Israel seems to be at the forefront of a lot of innovation

[TlalocW]

4. Oh, thank heavens it wasn't Hydroxychloroquine

We'd never hear the end of it.

TlalocW