Combined Prophylactic and Therapeutic Use Maximizes Hydroxychloroquine Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Effects in vitro
Clementi et al.,
Combined Prophylactic and Therapeutic Use Maximizes Hydroxychloroquine Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Effects in vitro,
Front. Microbiol., 10 July 2020, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01704 (date from earlier preprint) (In Vitro)
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Abstract: ORIGINAL RESEARCH
published: 10 July 2020
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01704
Combined Prophylactic and
Therapeutic Use Maximizes
Hydroxychloroquine
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Effects in vitro
Nicola Clementi 1,2 , Elena Criscuolo 1 , Roberta Antonia Diotti 1 , Roberto Ferrarese 1 ,
Matteo Castelli 1 , Lorenzo Dagna 3 , Roberto Burioni 1 , Massimo Clementi 1,2 and
Nicasio Mancini 1,2*
1
Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, 2 Laboratory of Microbiology and
Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, 3 Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases
(UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Edited by:
Lars Kaderali,
Universitätsmedizin
Greifswald, Germany
Reviewed by:
Sibylle Haid,
Twincore Center for Experimental and
Clinical Infection Research GmbH,
Germany
Alexander Freiberg,
The University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston, United States
*Correspondence:
Nicasio Mancini
mancini.nicasio@hsr.it
Specialty section:
This article was submitted to
Virology,
a section of the journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Received: 09 April 2020
Accepted: 29 June 2020
Published: 10 July 2020
Citation:
Clementi N, Criscuolo E, Diotti RA,
Ferrarese R, Castelli M, Dagna L,
Burioni R, Clementi M and Mancini N
(2020) Combined Prophylactic and
Therapeutic Use Maximizes
Hydroxychloroquine Anti-SARS-CoV-2
Effects in vitro.
Front. Microbiol. 11:1704.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01704
While the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is heavily hitting the world, it is of extreme importance
that significant in vitro observations guide the quick set up of clinical trials. In this study, we
evidence that the anti-SARS-CoV2 activity of a clinically achievable hydroxychloroquine
concentration is maximized only when administered before and after the infection of Vero
E6 and Caco-2 cells. This suggests that only a combined prophylactic and therapeutic
use of hydroxychloroquine may be effective in limiting viral replication in patients.
Keywords: hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, prophylaxis, therapy
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