Candidate: Combination of anti-PD-1 antibody and thymosin
Category: ANTIBODY
Type: Humanized monoclonal antibody targeting PD-1; 5-Da polypeptide hormone secreted by the thymus gland (thymosin)
Status: Chinese clinical trials assessing the combination treatment have been registered by Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital (Wuhan Infectious Diseases Hospital), which identified the anti-PD-1 antibody it is assessing as camrelizumab (120 patients; ChiCTR2000029806); West China Hospital, Sichuan University (ChiCTR2000030028); and Southeast University (120 patients; NCT04268537).
COVID-19: 200 Candidates and Counting
To navigate through the >200 potential therapeutic and vaccine options for COVID-19, GEN has grouped the candidates into four broad categories based on their developmental and (where applicable) clinical progress:
● FRONT RUNNER – the most promising therapeutics/vaccines based on clinical progress, favorable data or both.
● DEFINITELY MAYBE – earlier phases with promising partners, or more advanced candidates in development that have generated uneven data
● KEEPING AN EYE ON… – interesting technology, attracting notable partners, or both, but preliminary data.
● TOO SOON TO TELL – longshots pending additional experimental and/or clinical data.
GEN has also tagged the most common treatment types:
● ANTIVIRAL
● VAX
● ANTIBODY
● RNA
