PMID- 33003194 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210414 LR - 20240329 IS - 1477-4054 (Electronic) IS - 1467-5463 (Print) IS - 1467-5463 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Mar 22 TI - Adverse events associated with potential drugs for COVID-19: a case study from real-world data. PG - 1232-1238 LID - 10.1093/bib/bbaa234 [doi] LID - bbaa234 AB - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted as a global pandemic. The World Health Organization announced the most promising drugs in SOLIDARITY for the global trial, and several other drugs are under investigation through ongoing clinical trials to prove the effectiveness and safety of potential therapeutics. Here, we depicted the safety profile of these drugs and investigated their associated adverse events (AEs). We observed the associated AEs in different organs/systems, especially in skin and subcutaneous tissue, immune system and musculoskeletal and connective tissue. Furthermore, we observed strong bias of AEs in different groups of sex and age. Our study provides knowledge of the toxicity of potential COVID-19 drugs. While these drugs hold promise to fight the global pandemic, healthcare providers should pay attention to AEs to maximize the treatment benefit while minimizing toxicity. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Jing, Ying AU - Jing Y AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, USA. FAU - Diao, Lixia AU - Diao L AD - Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. FAU - Han, Leng AU - Han L AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, USA. LA - eng GR - R21 AI150085/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK090570/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Brief Bioinform JT - Briefings in bioinformatics JID - 100912837 RN - 0 (Antiviral Agents) SB - IM MH - Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems MH - Antiviral Agents/*adverse effects MH - COVID-19/virology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification MH - *COVID-19 Drug Treatment PMC - PMC7543289 OTO - NOTNLM OT - COVID-19 OT - adverse events OT - real-world data EDAT- 2020/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/15 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/08 CRDT- 2020/10/01 20:23 PHST- 2020/06/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/01 20:23 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 5917051 [pii] AID - bbaa234 [pii] AID - 10.1093/bib/bbaa234 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brief Bioinform. 2021 Mar 22;22(2):1232-1238. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbaa234.