Patent ID: 8735372

Claim:
A method of treating a human infected by hepatitis C virus, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an NS5a inhibitor and an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula: wherein R 1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, where the substitutent of the substituted phenyl is at least one of a CH 3 , OCH 3 , F, Cl, Br, I, nitro, cyano, and a CH 3-q X q , where X is F, Cl, Br, or I, and q is 1-3; R 2 is hydrogen or CH 3 ; R 3a is H and R 3b is H, CH 3 , CH(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 , CH(CH 3 )CH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 Ph, CH 2 -indol-3-yl, —CH 2 CH 2 SCH 3 , CH 2 CO 2 H, CH 2 C(O)NH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 COOH, CH 2 CH 2 C(O)NH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NHC(NH)NH 2 , CH 2 -imidazol-4-yl, CH 2 OH, CH(OH)CH 3 , CH 2 ((4′-OH)-Ph), CH 2 SH, or lower cycloalkyl, or R 3a is CH 3 , CH(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 , CH(CH 3 )CH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 Ph, CH 2 -indol-3-yl, —CH 2 CH 2 SCH 3 , CH 2 CO 2 H, CH 2 C(O)NH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 COOH, CH 2 CH 2 C(O)NH 2 , CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NHC(NH)NH 2 , CH 2 -imidazol-4-yl, CH 2 OH, CH(OH)CH 3 , CH 2 ((4′-OH)-Ph), CH 2 SH, or lower cycloalkyl and R 3b is H; R 4 is hydrogen, CH 3 , Et, i Pr, n Pr, n Bu, 2-butyl, t Bu, benzyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, N-methyl-aziridin-2-yl, N-methyl-azetidin-3-yl, N-methyl-pyrrolidin-3-yl, N-methyl-pyrrolidin-4-yl, N-methyl-piperidin-4-yl, lower haloalkyl, or di(lower alkyl)amino-lower alkyl; and R 7 and R 8 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, I, OH, OCH 3 , SH, SCH 3 , NH 2 , NHCH 3 , N(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 3 , CH 3-q X q , where X is F, Cl, Br, or I and q is 1 to 3, vinyl, CO 2 H, CO 2 CH 3 , CONH 2 , CONHCH 3 , or CON(CH 3 ) 2 , wherein R′ is a C 1-20 alkyl; a C 1-20 cycloalkyl; a C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, a C 2 -C 6 alkynyl.