An investigator-led Phase II trial investigating AbbVie’s nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) asset cenicriviroc (CVC) in hospitalised Covid-19 patients has so far recruited 45 patients of its 183-participant target, said principal investigator Dr Frank Tacke, professor of medicine, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. The trial started recruiting in July 2020.