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. 2003 Dec;56(Suppl 1):17–23. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01994.x

Table 2.

Summary of mean pharmacokinetic parameters for voriconazole in plasma.

Voriconazole 200 mg Difference/ratio between means*(90% CI)
Parameter n Fasted Fed
Day 1
Cmax (ng ml−1) 12 956 ± 382 377 ± 388 39.5%
 (534–1830)  (83–1331) (28.3, 55.1)
AUCτ (ng·h ml−1) 12  3141 ± 2075  1787 ± 2257 56.9%
 (1807–8178)  (539–7159) (46.1, 70.1)
tmax (h) 12 1.0 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.9 1.2
(0.5–1.5) (1.5–4.0) (0.8, 1.6)
Day 7
Cmax (ng·ml−1) 12 2038 ± 1158 1332 ± 1105 65.4%
 (1101–4489)  (432–3902) (51.8, 82.4)
AUCτ (ng·h ml−1) 12 9598 ± 12107 7520 ± 11429 78.3%
 (4170–38545)  (2205–35350) (70.0, 87.7)
AUCt (ng·h ml−1) 12 12511 ± 23091 10284 ± 21372 82.2%
 (4838–69160)  (2703–63880) (74.4, 90.9)
AUC (ng·h ml−1) 7 19258 ± 27716 13065 ± 23945 83.4%
 (5077–70576)  (2901–64681) (69.4, 100.2)
tmax (h) 12 1.5 ± 0.6 2.6 ± 0.9 1.1
 (1.0–2.5)  (1.5–4.0) (0.5, 1.7)
kel (h−1) 7 0.0947 ± 0.0095 0.1086 ± 0.0245 0.0098
 (0.0850–0.1095)  (0.0771–0.1555) (− 0.0059, 0.0255)
t1/2 (h)§ 7 7.3 6.4
 (6.3–8.2) (4.5–9.0)
Accumulation ratios
Cmax (ng ml−1) 12 2.1 ± 0.9 3.5 ± 2.1 165.6%
 (1.1–4.0)  (1.7–8.0) (123.9, 221.4)
AUCτ (ng·h ml−1) 12 3.1 ± 1.8 4.2 ± 2.1 137.7%
 (1.6–8.2)  (2.5–9.5) (116.7, 162.6)
*

Ratio (%) between means shown for Cmax, AUC, AUCt, and AUCτ, difference between means for tmax and kel.

Geometric mean ± s.d. (range).

Arithmetic mean ± s.d. (range).

§

Harmonic mean ± s.d. (range). s.d., standard deviation.