EIDD-2801

EIDD-2801 is an experimental antiviral drug which is orally active and was developed for the treatment of influenza. It is a prodrug of the synthetic nucleoside derivative N4-hydroxycytidine, and exerts its antiviral action through introduction of copying errors during viral RNA replication.[1][2] Activity has also been demonstrated against coronaviruses including SARS, MERS and SARS-CoV-2.[3] In April, May and June 2020, the drug was tested in a preliminary human study for "Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics" in healthy volunteers in the UK and US.[4] This was in preparation for study of its efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19.[5]

EIDD-2801
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Legal status
  • US: Investigational drug
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC13H19N3O7
Molar mass329.31 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)

References

  1. Toots M, Yoon JJ, Cox RM, Hart M, Sticher ZM, Makhsous N, et al. (October 2019). "Characterization of orally efficacious influenza drug with high resistance barrier in ferrets and human airway epithelia". Science Translational Medicine. 11 (515): eaax5866. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aax5866. PMC 6848974. PMID 31645453.
  2. Toots M, Yoon JJ, Hart M, Natchus MG, Painter GR, Plemper RK (April 2020). "Quantitative efficacy paradigms of the influenza clinical drug candidate EIDD-2801 in the ferret model". Translational Research. 218: 16–28. doi:10.1016/j.trsl.2019.12.002. PMID 31945316.
  3. Sheahan TP, Sims AC, Zhou S, Graham RL, Pruijssers AJ, Agostini ML, et al. (April 2020). "An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice". Science Translational Medicine. 12 (541): eabb5883. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abb5883. PMC 7164393. PMID 32253226.
  4. "COVID-19 First In Human Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of EIDD-2801 in Healthy Volunteers". ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. Halford, Bethany. "An emerging antiviral takes aim at COVID-19". C&EN. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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