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- Title
Development and Characterization of Inhaled Ethanol as a Novel Pharmacological Strategy Currently Evaluated in a Phase II Clinical Trial for Early-Stage SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
- Authors
Castro-Balado, Ana; Mondelo-García, Cristina; Barbosa-Pereira, Letricia; Varela-Rey, Iria; Novo-Veleiro, Ignacio; Vázquez-Agra, Néstor; Antúnez-López, José Ramón; Bandín-Vilar, Enrique José; Sendón-García, Raquel; Busto-Iglesias, Manuel; Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós, Ana; García-Quintanilla, Laura; González-Barcia, Miguel; Zarra-Ferro, Irene; Otero-Espinar, Francisco J.; Rey-Bretal, David; Lago-Quinteiro, José Ramón; Valdés-Cuadrado, Luis; Rábade-Castedo, Carlos; del Río-Garma, María Carmen
- Abstract
Inhaled administration of ethanol in the early stages of COVID-19 would favor its location on the initial replication sites, being able to reduce the progression of the disease and improving its prognosis. Before evaluating the efficacy and safety of this novel therapeutic strategy in humans, its characterization is required. The developed 65° ethanol formulation is stable at room temperature and protected from light for 15 days, maintaining its physicochemical and microbiological properties. Two oxygen flows have been tested for its administration (2 and 3 L/min) using an automated headspace gas chromatographic analysis technique (HS-GC-MS), with that of 2 L/min being the most appropriate one, ensuring the inhalation of an ethanol daily dose of 33.6 ± 3.6 mg/min and achieving more stable concentrations during the entire treatment (45 min). Under these conditions of administration, the formulation has proven to be safe, based on histological studies of the respiratory tracts and lungs of rats. On the other hand, these results are accompanied by the first preclinical molecular imaging study with radiolabeled ethanol administered by this route. The current ethanol formulation has received approval from the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices for a phase II clinical trial for early-stage COVID-19 patients, which is currently in the recruitment phase (ALCOVID-19; EudraCT number: 2020-001760-29).
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; DRUG efficacy; CLINICAL trials; COVID-19; CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 3, p342
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics13030342