Likelihood of improvement in organ support-free days low in critically ill adults with COVID-19 receiving convalescent plasma
No Benefit Found for COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in High-Risk Outpatients
Disease progression was not reduced with convalescent plasma for outpatients aged 50 years or older with one or more risk factors
Convalescent Plasma May Cut Deaths in Hematologic Cancer and COVID-19
Lower 30-day mortality seen in hospitalized adults, including those admitted to ICU, requiring mechanical ventilation
Convalescent Plasma Use Inversely Linked to COVID-19 Mortality
Reduction in CCP use may have resulted in 29,000 excess deaths in the U.S. from mid-November 2020 to February 2021
FDA Approves Third COVID-19 Antibody Treatment for Emergency Use
Study found that patients who received sotrovimab showed an 85 percent reduction in their risk for hospitalization or death versus placebo
Antibody Cocktail May Curb Infection in Unvaccinated Exposed to COVID-19
Drug company will ask FDA to expand the drug’s EUA to allow it to be given for preventive purposes in ‘appropriate populations’
COVID-19 Antibody Treatments Exceed Expectations in Early Trials
Eli Lilly and Regeneron asking regulators to expand authorization of their drugs based on the new findings
IgG Level in Convalescent Plasma Affects COVID-19 Death Risk
Risk for death reduced with higher versus lower levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, but only in patients not receiving mechanical ventilation
Early High-Titer Plasma Reduces Progression of COVID-19
Early administration of high-titer convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2 reduces progression in mildly ill older adults