https://nypost.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-patient-in-spain-reportedly-
recovers-after-being-treated-with-hiv-drug/
A 62-year-old man who became Spain’s first coronavirus patient is believed
to have made a full recovery after being treated with an HIV drug,
according to a report.
Miguel Ángel Benítez was hospitalized at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in
Seville, where he received lopinavir-ritonavir, an antiretroviral drug
sold under the brand name Kaletra, according to Metro UK, which cited El
Pais.
The drug — which has been used to treat HIV and AIDS for over 10 years —
was combined with interferon beta, a protein that prevents cells from
becoming infected and is used on people with multiple sclerosis patients,
the news outlet reported.
Santiago Moreno, head of infectious diseases at the Ramón y Cajal hospital
in Madrid, said the “SARS-CoV-2 protease is very similar to that of HIV,”
using another name for the novel coronavirus.
“This enzyme is essential for the virus to replicate. The combination of
lopinavir and ritonavir inhibits and blocks HIV,” he said, according to
Metro.
“The results that we have so far regarding its use against coronaviruses
are encouraging.”
Researchers in Spain cautioned that not all coronavirus patients would
necessarily respond to the treatment the way Benítez did.
But a research professor at Imperial College London said that if the
widely available HIV drugs prove to be successful against COVID-19 on a
large scale, they could quickly be administered to the coronavirus
patients.
“There is some evidence from laboratory studies that some HIV drugs might
also be active against SARS-CoV-2 and a trial has been underway for a
while using these drugs against MERS,” Professor Graham Cooke told Metro,
referring to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
“A number of studies are looking at one drug in particular, Kaletra, but
there are no results available yet. If HIV drugs did show an effect, one
advantage is that it would potentially be possible to supply them
quickly,” he added.
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