2-deoxy-d glucose: an adjuvant drug used for the effective treatment of covid-19

2-Deoxy D-glucose (2-DG) is used as an anti-Covid drug for moderate to severe cases of Corona virus infection. It is used as an adjuvant drug along with the standard treatment followed for Covid-19. It helps to reduce the supplemental oxygen dependence and thereby hasten the recovery of hospitalized patients and decreases the severity of the infection. The oxygen dependence of Covid-19 patients with 2-DG is reduced by 42% compared to 31% achieved by the standard treatment on Day 3 of infection and treatment. Clinical trials are being conducted to study the Efficacy and Safety of the drug and assessment done by setting various primary and secondary end points to study the improvement in symptoms, risk in mortality and duration of supplemental oxygen.