Table 2.
Proposed Agents For Initial Ocular Surface anti-SARS-CoV-2 Intervention.
| Proposed Agents For Initial Ocular Surface anti-SARS-CoV-2 Intervention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | Anti- SARS-CoV-2 Effect | Ocular Surface Application (for SARS-CoV-2-unrelated disease) | |||
| In Vivo | In Vitro | Clinical | Human | Animal | |
| Chloroquine Phosphate | +72 | -a73 | ±74 | +75,76(0.03%) | 0 |
| OHChloroquine | +72 | 0 | ±74 | 0 | 0 |
| Azithromycin | +77 | 0 | ±77 | +78,79(1–1.5% | +80,81 (0.2–1.5%) |
| Zinc | +aa82s | 0 | 0 | +83(0.25% as SO4) | +84 (0.5%) |
+ denotes efficacy, - denotes inefficacy, ± denotes equivocal results, 0 denotes lack of studies.
For SARS-CoV.