Table 1 Scoring for the selection of the 3 confirmed hits

From: Safe drugs with high potential to block malaria transmission revealed by a spleen-mimetic screening

 

Pre-selected hitsa

Scoreb

(safety)

Scorec

(PK)

Score

(total)

1

NITD609

3

6

9

2

(S)-(-)-Tetrahydropalmatine

3

6

9

3

TD-6450

3

3

6

4

MMV-390048

3

2

5

5

Halofuginone

3

1

4

6

Mitoquinone mesylate

3

1

4

7

Digitoxin

3

0

3

8

NVP-BGT226

0

2

2

9

KDU731

1

0

1

10

Chlorproguanil hydrochloride

0

1

1

11

Atiprimod dimaleate

0

0

0

12

Quisinostat

0

0

0

13

Abexinostat

0

0

0

14

Leuco methylthioninium salt

0

0

0

15

N-tert-butylisoquine

0

0

0

16

Auranofin

0

0

0

17

DDD498

0

0

0

18

AR-42

0

0

0

19

Paranyline

0

0

0

20

Ceritinib

0

0

0

21

Lanatoside A

0

0

0

22

Givinostat hydrochloride

0

0

0

23

CUDC-907

0

0

0

24

MLN 576

0

0

0

25

CHR-3996

0

0

0

26

Cymarine

0

0

0

27

Proscillaridin

0

0

0

28

Panobinostat lactate

0

0

0

29

Stilbazium iodide

0

0

0

30

YM 161514

0

0

0

31

Pirtenidine

0

0

0

32

BRD-7929

0

0

0

  1. The 3 confirmed hits are in bold.
  2. a44 of the 76 DRA-confirmed hits from the ReFrame library (Fig. 1) were excluded because they were not orally administered to humans.
  3. bSerious adverse events reported in human subjects or no data available (Score = 0); Safe in animal models (Score = 1); No serious adverse events reported in human subjects (phase I or II) (Score = 3); No serious adverse events reported in human subjects (phase III or IV) (Score = 4).
  4. cData not available (Score = 0); Peak plasma concentration lower than 1/3 IC50 (Score = 1); Peak plasma concentration between 1/3 IC50 and IC50 (Score = 2); Peak plasma concentration between IC50 and 3 IC50 (Score = 3); Peak plasma concentration higher than 3 IC50 (Score = 6).