CCR5 and COVID-19: However, as the current COVID-19 pandemics brought up challenging times while also emphazised a pre-existing demand for novel treatments to control the inflammatory response in the lungs, at least five clinical trials are being conducted to study CCR5 as potential drug target to treat lung inflammation during SARS-CoV-2 infection (NCT04441385, NCT04475991, NCT04710199, NCT04901676 NCT04901689).