{"id":485654,"date":"2025-05-03T18:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=485654"},"modified":"2025-05-03T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T12:40:12","slug":"us-scientists-launch-clinical-trial-for-long-acting-antibody-against-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/us-scientists-launch-clinical-trial-for-long-acting-antibody-against-long-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"US Scientists Launch Clinical Trial for Long-Acting Antibody Against Long Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A team of <strong>US scientists<\/strong> has initiated a <strong>clinical trial<\/strong> to evaluate the effectiveness of <strong>sipavibart<\/strong>, a <strong>long-acting monoclonal antibody<\/strong> designed to combat <strong>Long Covid<\/strong>, a condition affecting <strong>at least 65 million people worldwide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study, led by researchers from <strong>Nova Southeastern University (NSU)<\/strong> and the <strong>Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid (SILC)<\/strong>, aims to determine whether <strong>sipavibart<\/strong>, previously approved for <strong>Covid-19 prevention in Japan and the EU<\/strong>, can help alleviate <strong>Long Covid symptoms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>multi-year research<\/strong>, reviewed and cleared by the <strong>FDA<\/strong>, has enrolled <strong>100 patients<\/strong> to assess the antibody\u2019s safety and efficacy. Experts believe that <strong>finding an effective treatment<\/strong> could be <strong>life-changing<\/strong> for those suffering from the <strong>more than 200 symptoms<\/strong> associated with Long Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. <strong>Nancy Klimas<\/strong>, director of the <strong>Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine at NSU<\/strong>, emphasized the <strong>complexity of Long Covid<\/strong>, while <strong>Dr. John Redd<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>SILC<\/strong>, highlighted the <strong>debilitating health impacts<\/strong> of the condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This trial is one of <strong>three Long Covid treatment studies<\/strong> expected to begin in <strong>2025<\/strong>, marking a significant step toward <strong>advancing knowledge and improving patient outcomes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of US scientists has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of sipavibart, a long-acting monoclonal antibody designed to combat Long Covid, a condition affecting at least 65 million people worldwide. The study, led by researchers from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and the Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid (SILC), aims to determine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":485655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}