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Ref. | SARS-CoV-2 strain tested | HCQ concentrations tested, time of treatment administration, MOI§ | Antiviral effect evaluation method | Results | EC50 and EC90 converted from μM to μg/ml |
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[79] | IHUMI-3 | 0.1–100 μM, 4 h before viral infection, MOI = 0.25 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification) 48 h p.i. | EC50 = 1.5 ± 0.3 μM EC90£ = 3.0 ± 1.9 μM | EC50 = 0.65 ± 0.13 EC90 = 1.29 ± 0.82 |
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[18] | IHUMI-3 | HCQ 5 μM + azithromycin 5 μM or 10 μM, 4 h before viral infection, MOI = 0.25 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification) 60 h p.i. | 97.5% and 99.1% viral inhibition, respectively | |
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[80] | hCoV-19/Italy/UniSR1/2020 | 0.1–10 μM, 1 h before viral infection | Inhibition of virus CEP, 72 h p.i. Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 72 h p.i. | EC50£ = 4.42 μM EC50 = 4.99 μM | EC50 = 1.9 EC50 = 2.15 |
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[81] | BetaCoV/Korea/SNU01/2020 | 1 or 2 μg/ml, 1 h p.i., MOI = 0.05 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 24 h and 48 p.i. | No effect compared to growth control | |
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[58] | C Tan nCoV Wuhan strain 01 | 0.032–100 µM, 2 h p.i., MOI = 0.01 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 24 h and 48 h p.i. | EC50 = 6.14 µM and 0.72 μM, at 24 h and 48 h exposure | EC50 = 2.64 and 0.31 at 24 h and 48 h |
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[82] | Human strain isolated at Universitas Airlangga Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia | 0.2–400 μg/mL, 48 h p.i., MOI = 0.04 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 24 h, 48 h and 72 h p.i. | EC50 = 9.5 µg/ml, 4.7 µg/ml, and 1.4 µg/ml at 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h p.i. No viral production at 37.5 µg/ml | |
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[83] | Provided by Egyptian Army | 1.1 ± 0.13 µg/ml, 2 h p.i., MOI = 0.1 | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 72 h p.i. | EC50 = 0.385 ± 0.01 µg/ml | |
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[84] | MT121215.1 | 2–5 µM of RAC-HCQ (same as HCQ), R-HCQ or S-HCQ sulphate&, 1 h before infection | Inhibition of viral replication (RT-PCR quantification), 48 h p.i. | EC50 = 5.09, 3.05, and 5.38 µM, for RAC-HCQ, R-HCQ, and S-HCQ sulphate, respectively | EC50 = 2.19, 1.31 and 2.31 |
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[85] | USA-WA1/2020 | 1–50 µM, 1 h before infection | Inhibition of viral CPE, 48 h p.i. Inhibition of viral RNA transcription (RT-PCR quantification), 48 h p.i. Inhibition of production of infectious progeny viruses (TCID method#), 48 h p.i. | EC50 = 16.5 µM EC90 = 23 µM EC50 = 18.6 µM EC90 = 25.1 µM EC50 = 21.7 µM EC90 = 24.3 µM | EC50 = 7.09 EC90 = 9.89 EC50 = 7.99 EC90 = 10.8 EC50 = 9.33 EC90 = 10.45 |
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