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Editor, Senior Moderator
Ther Adv Infect Dis
. 2020 Sep 22;7:2049936120960646.
doi: 10.1177/2049936120960646. eCollection Jan-Dec 2020.
Convalescent Blood Products in COVID-19: A Narrative Review
Keegan Chua Vi Long[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abida Sayed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Priyanka Karki[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yogesh Acharya[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left the world in a state of desolation with overburdening public health systems in a short period. Finding possible preventative and therapeutic measures to counter severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, has been the priority. A possible solution is convalescent blood products (CBP), primarily convalescent plasma (CP) and immunoglobulins, as an adjunctive therapy. CBP has been tried on the previous coronavirus epidemics with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Therefore, we reviewed the clinical utility of CBP and available evidence in COVID-19. We found some of the current anecdotal studies demonstrate promising therapeutic potential, but many of these studies do not meet the academic rigours to substantiate its use with confidence. However, the compassionate use of CBP in critically ill COVID-19 patients can be an option while we await a definitive answer from ongoing randomised clinical trials.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; convalescent blood products; evidence; review.
. 2020 Sep 22;7:2049936120960646.
doi: 10.1177/2049936120960646. eCollection Jan-Dec 2020.
Convalescent Blood Products in COVID-19: A Narrative Review
Keegan Chua Vi Long[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abida Sayed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Priyanka Karki[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yogesh Acharya[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33014364
- PMCID: PMC7513012
- DOI: 10.1177/2049936120960646
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left the world in a state of desolation with overburdening public health systems in a short period. Finding possible preventative and therapeutic measures to counter severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, has been the priority. A possible solution is convalescent blood products (CBP), primarily convalescent plasma (CP) and immunoglobulins, as an adjunctive therapy. CBP has been tried on the previous coronavirus epidemics with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Therefore, we reviewed the clinical utility of CBP and available evidence in COVID-19. We found some of the current anecdotal studies demonstrate promising therapeutic potential, but many of these studies do not meet the academic rigours to substantiate its use with confidence. However, the compassionate use of CBP in critically ill COVID-19 patients can be an option while we await a definitive answer from ongoing randomised clinical trials.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; convalescent blood products; evidence; review.