US regulators have issued a green light for a Phase III clinical trial testing EUSA Pharma's for patients seriously ill with COVID-19 associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
A third of patients with COVID-19 taking EUSA Pharma's interleukin (IL)-6 targeted monoclonal antibody siltuximab have experienced a clinical improvement, according to early findings from an observational case-control trial in Italy.
The SISCO study will assess if the anti-IL-6 antibody siltuximab can aid patients suffering Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as a complication of the COVID-19 coronavirus.