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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2023 Apr 13;37(9):1409–1417. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003576

Table 2.

Dolutegravir steady-state pharmacokinetic parameters and published adult reference pharmacokinetic parameters

Pharmacokinetic visit at a
median of 4.5 weeks on ART
Pharmacokinetic visit at a median of
32 weeks on ART
Adults ≥ 40 kg
50 mg QD 50 mg BID
(N=25) (N=25) (N=10)[1] (N=23)[2, 3]
Parameter GM (CV%) Median (IQR) GM (CV%) Median (IQR) GM (CV%)$ GM (CV%)$
T1/2 9.7 (29.6%) 9.4 (8.3 – 11.2) 9.5 (40.8) 8.5 (7.4 – 11.0) 12.0 (22%)a
Tmax (h) 3.2 (52.4%) 4.0 (1.8 – 4.2) 2.8 (62.8%) 3.9 (1.0 – 4.1) 2.0 (0.97-4.0)b 2.0 (0-7.9)b
Cmax (mg/L) 7.6 (40.1%) 7.3 (5.8 – 9.7) 7.0 (46.0%) 7.0 (4.6 – 8.7) 3.34 (16%)a 5.41 (40%)a
C24h (mg/L) 1.6 (52.7%) 1.5 (1.3 – 2.3) 1.4 (47.1%) 1.4 (1.13 – 2.10) 0.83 (26%) 2.72 (70%)a
AUC0-24h (mg *h/mL) 101.8 (37.7%) 98.8 (86.8 – 138.2) 88.6 (40.5%) 86.6 (69.15 – 119.97) 43.4 (20%) 93.36 (50%)a
Vd/F (L) 6.9 (52.3%) 6.8 (4.0 – 9.3) 7.8 (75.8%) 7.0 (4.19 – 11.49)
CL/F (L/h) 0.49 (46.6%) 0.47 (0.35 – 0.57) 0.56 (74.6%) 0.51 (0.39 – 0.72) 1.15 (20%)c 0.54 (70%)c

GM, geometric mean, CV, coefficient of variation, QD, once daily, BID, twice daily

$

GM (CV%) or otherwise specified

a

geometric mean (coefficient of variation)

b

median (range), T1/2, half-life, Tmax, time to peak concentration; Cmax, peak concentration; C24h, concentration at 24 hours post-dose, AUC0-24h, total area under the curve from time 0 hours to 24hours; Vd/F, apparent volume of distribution, CL/F, apparent oral clearance.