Identified as a culprit of a potential 'tripledemic' but with potential interventions on the horizon, RSV is this week's Clinical Trend.
against severe lower respiratory tract disease associated with RSV. Moderna has also begun a late-stage study of a messenger RNA RSV vaccine.has recommended marketing authorization
for nirsevimab , an immunization against RSV for newborns and infants. Nirsevimab is a long-acting antibody given as a single intramuscular injection. The US Food and Drug Administration granted nirsevimab breakthrough therapy designation in February 2019, although the product is still in the clinical trials stage and has not received marketing approval.
. Findings showed a 74.5% reduced incidence of medically attended lower respiratory tract infections associated with RSV in those receiving nirsevimab compared with placebo . The recommendation is now under review by the European Commission. Recent studies have showed the toll that RSV can take. It is the leading cause of US infant hospitalizations overall and across population subgroups,
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