Clinical Trial Update on 2019-nCoV
A total of 233 trials are registered till date in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry[94] (dated Feb 24, 2020, keywords 2019-nCov and COVID-19). Among the pharmacotherapeutic agents evaluated, some of the highlighted agents, which are being evaluated, are high-dose Vitamin C, favipiravir, adalimumab, dihydro-artemisinin piperaquine, leflunomide, dipyridamole, chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, suramin sodium, lopinavir/ritonavir and arbidol (umifenovir) tablets, and IFN-alpha 2b. Other important agents being evaluated are Huo-Shen particles, Xiyanping injection, Shen-Fu injection, etc., many of which are from traditional Chinese medicines background. Use of stem cells is also evaluated frequently.[94]