GRFT+ CI at varying HIV inhibitiona Effectb
50% 75% 95%
Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
efavirenz 0.80 ± 0.28 0.48 ± 0.14 0.48 ± 0.08 +++
tenofovir 0.63 ± 0.11 0.67 ± 0.09 0.76 ± 0.06 ++
UC-781 0.51 ± 0.16 0.49 ± 0.12 0.65 ± 0.06 +++
etravirine 0.91 ± 0.31 0.87 ± 0.24 1.08 ± 0.12 Additivity
Integrase inhibitors
raltegravir 0.67 ± 0.17 0.59 ± 0.15 0.58 ± 0.14 +++
elvitegravir 0.37 ± 0.13 0.30 ± 0.14 0.64 ± 0.30 +++
Protease inhibitor
saquinavir N.A.a N.A.a N.A.a N.A.a
aMean CIs ± SEM up to 5 independent experiments are shown. N.A.: not applicable
bEffect of drug interaction based at CI95%, whereby CI<0.9 are synergistic; 0.9<CI<1.1 are additive and CI > 1.1 are antagonistic. The degree of synergy: 0.85<CI<0.9: + (slight synergy); 0.7<CI<0.85: ++ (moderate synergy); 0.3<CI<0.7: +++ (synergy); 0.1<0.3: ++++ (potent synergy).
Table 4: Combination index (CI) determination of GRFT/HIV enzyme inhibitor combinations in the HIV-1 induced cell-cell assay (giant cell assay).
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