title: Respiratory syncytial virus, an ongoing medical dilemma: an expert commentary on respiratory syncytial virus prophylactic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals currently in clinical trials.
abstract: As the most important viral cause of severe respiratory disease in infants and increasing recognition as important in the elderly and immunocompromised, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for a massive health burden worldwide. Prophylactic antibodies were successfully developed against RSV. However, their use is restricted to a small group of infants considered at high risk of severe RSV disease. There is still no specific therapeutics or vaccines to combat RSV. As such, it remains a major unmet medical need for most individuals. The World Health Organisations International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO ICTRP) and PubMed were used to identify and review all RSV vaccine, prophylactic and therapeutic candidates currently in clinical trials. This review presents an expert commentary on all RSV-specific prophylactic and therapeutic candidates that have entered clinical trials since 2008.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Broadbent
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Groves
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.|The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Ultan F
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Power
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D022261:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D022261:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines
keywords: respiratory syncytial virus; respiratory syncytial virus antivirals; respiratory syncytial virus prophylactic antibodies; respiratory syncytial virus vaccines
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