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. 2008 Jan 28;8:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-8-1

Table 2.

Whole Blood Rapamycin Levels

24 hours 48 hours

Treatment Groups Rapamycin Level (ng/ml) p value* Number of Mice Rapamycin Level (ng/ml) p value** Number of Mice
Treatment Trial (Tumor bearing)
 0.4% Direct Topical Rapamycin 6.3 ± 0.6 0.02 3 2.3 ± 0.4 0.04 3
 0.8% Indirect Topical Rapamycin 11.9 ± 3.2 0.92 3 5.3 ± 0.8 0.25 3
 0.8% Direct Topical Rapamycin 12.3 ± 1.5 N/A 3 4.1 ± 0.5 N/A 3
 0.16 mg Rapamycin IP 55.9 ± 2.7 0.0005 2 17.4 ± 2.2 0.005 2
Non-Tumor bearing
 0.4% Topical Rapamycin (1 dose) 5.9 ± 0.5 0.01 3 1.7 ± 0.9 0.07 3
 0.8% Topical Rapamycin (1 dose) 13.0 ± 2.5 0.81 3 4.1 ± 2.3 0.98 3
 0.8% Topical Rapamycin + Bandage (1 dose) 3.4 ± 0.6 <0.0001 8 2.6 ± 0.7 0.28 8
 0.8% Topical Rapamycin + Collar (3 doses) 21.7 ± 3.7 0.13 6 Not done N/A Not done

* Compared to 0.8% direct treatment (tumor bearing) 24 hr blood level.

** Compared to 0.8% direct treatment (tumor bearing) 48 hr blood level

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