Blockage of interleukin-1β with canakinumab in patients with Covid-19

Abstract There is the urgent need to study the effects of immunomodulating agents as therapy for Covid-19. An observational, cohort, prospective study with 30 days of observation was carried out to assess clinical outcomes in 88 patients hospitalized for Covid-19 pneumonia and treated with canakinum...

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Main Authors: Lorenza Landi, Claudia Ravaglia, Emanuele Russo, Pierluigi Cataleta, Maurizio Fusari, Andrea Boschi, Diana Giannarelli, Francesca Facondini, Ilaria Valentini, Ilaria Panzini, Luigi Lazzari-Agli, Paolo Bassi, Elisa Marchionni, Rossella Romagnoli, Raffaella De Giovanni, Marina Assirelli, Federica Baldazzi, Fabio Pieraccini, Giovanna Rametta, Lucia Rossi, Luca Santini, Ivana Valenti, Federico Cappuzzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78492-y