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. 2022 Jun 18;23:41. doi: 10.1186/s40360-022-00580-8

Table 2.

Antiviral activity of two-drug combinations treatment against SARS-CoV-2 in Vero E6 cells

Drug treatment IC50 (μM) qRT-PCR Fold reduction of IC50 (single/combined)
Niclosamide-ivermectin
Niclosamide 0.043
  Niclosamide + ivermectin 2.4 μM ND ND
  Niclosamide + ivermectin 1.2 μM ND ND
  Niclosamide + ivermectin 0.6 μM 0.018 2.399
  Niclosamide + ivermectin 0.3 μM 0.022 1.955
Ivermectin 1.27
  Ivermectin + niclosamide 0.09 μM ND ND
  Ivermectin + niclosamide 0.0045 μM ND ND
  Ivermectin + niclosamide 0.0225 μM 0.313 4.06
  Ivermectin + niclosamide 0.01125 μM 0.660 1.92
Niclosamide-chloroquine
Niclosamide 0.043
  Niclosamide + chloroquine 1.7 μM ND ND
  Niclosamide + chloroquine 0.85 μM ND ND
  Niclosamide + chloroquine 0.425 μM 0.013 3.308
  Niclosamide + chloroquine 0.2125 μM 0.029 1.483
Chloroquine 0.89
  Chloroquine + niclosamide 0.09 μM ND ND
  Chloroquine + niclosamide 0.0045 μM ND ND
  Chloroquine + niclosamide 0.0225 μM 0.249 3.57
  Chloroquine + niclosamide 0.01125 μM 0.531 1.68
Ivermectin-chloroquine
Ivermectin 1.27
  Ivermectin + chloroquine 1.7 μM ND ND
  Ivermectin + chloroquine 0.85 μM ND ND
  Ivermectin + chloroquine 0.425 μM 0.515 2.47
  Ivermectin + chloroquine 0.2125 μM 0.821 1.55
Chloroquine 0.89
  Chloroquine + ivermectin 2.4 μM ND ND
  Chloroquine + ivermectin 1.2 μM ND ND
  Chloroquine + ivermectin 0.6 μM 0.315 2.83
  Chloroquine + ivermectin 0.3 μM 0.514 1.73

ND not determined, cannot calculate IC50 with the least curve fit of the data sets