Sildenafil

A phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - theoretical effect

How it helps

Other treatment

Drug status

Used to treat other disease

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Contradictory references
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Clinical trials

General information

Sildenafil on PubChem


Synonyms

Viagra


Marketed as

SILDENAFIL; REVATIO; VIZARSIN

 

Structure image - Sildenafil

CCCC1=NN(C2=C1N=C(NC2=O)C3=C(C=CC(=C3)S(=O)(=O)N4CCN(CC4)C)OCC)C


Supporting references

Link Tested on Impact factor Notes Publication date
Molecular Features of Non-Selective Small Molecule Antagonists of the Bradykinin Receptors
Small molecule In silico
in silico 4.29

Predicted to non-selectively bind bradykinin receptors, which was theorised to alleviate SARS-CoV-2-related inflammation.

Sep/21/2020

AI-suggested references

Clinical trials

ID Title Status Phase Start date Completion date
NCT04489446 Sildenafil in COVID-19 Completed Phase 1|Phase 2 Aug/19/2020 Jun/30/2021
  • Alternative id - UNAB-003
  • Interventions - Drug: Sildenafil|Drug: Placebo
  • Study type - Interventional
  • Study results - No Results Available
  • Locations - Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña Del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile
  • Study designs - Allocation: Randomized|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment|Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)|Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Enrollment - 40
  • Age - 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
  • Outcome measures - Arterial Oxygenation|Alveolo-arterial gradient|Intensive care unit admission|Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation or Requirement of High-Flow Nasal Cannula|Invasive mechanical ventilation|Survival
NCT04304313 A Pilot Study of Sildenafil in COVID-19 Unknown status Phase 3 Feb/09/2020 Nov/09/2020
  • Alternative id - GST-G1
  • Interventions - Drug: Sildenafil citrate tablets
  • Study type - Interventional
  • Study results - No Results Available
  • Locations - Department and Institute of Infectious Disease, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • Study designs - Allocation: N/A|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment|Masking: None (Open Label)|Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Enrollment - 10
  • Age - 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
  • Outcome measures - Rate of disease remission|Rate of entering the critical stage|Time of entering the critical stage|Rate of no fever|Rate of respiratory symptom remission|Rate of lung imaging recovery|Rate of C-reactive protein (CRP) recovery|Rate of Biochemical criterion (CK, ALT, Mb) recovery|Rate of undetectable viral RNA (continuous twice)|Time for hospitalization|Rate of adverse event