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. 2011 Jun;55(6):3018–3021. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01460-10

Table 2.

Concentrations of raltegravir in blood plasma and cervicovaginal fluids and concurrent viral loads in both compartmentsa

Patientb Time (h:min) between last drug intake and sampling of:
BP RAL concn (ng/ml) CVF RAL concn (ng/ml) Ratio of RAL to CVF in BP BP HIV-1 RNA (copies/ml) CVF HIV-1 RNA (copies/ml)
BP CVF
1 16:28 16:39 90 112 1.2 169 <200
2 Data missing Data missing 46 113 2.5 <40 <200
3 15:00 15:30 47 904 19.2 <40 <200
4* 13:17 13:32 38 77 2.0 <40 <200
5 12:00 14:15 96 127 1.3 88 <200
6 05:45 06:00 873 273 0.3 <40 <200
7 14:20 15:00 358 197 0.6 <40 <200
8 12:05 13:15 609 1,062 1.7 <40 <200
9* 14:00 14:30 117 1,154 9.9 <40 <200
10* 12:20 13:00 130 4,782 36.8 <40 <200
11 14:20 14:50 73 273 3.7 <40 <200
12 14:00 13:00 179 389 2.2 <40 <200
13 13:45 13:10 51 160 3.1 <40 <200
14 14:00 13:15 46 193 4.2 <40 <200
Median 13:38 93 235 2.3
IQR 25% 13:00 48 135 1.4
IQR 75% 14:27 167 775 4.1
a

The interindividual variabilities for the raltegravir concentrations in BP and in CVF and for the ratio of the raltegravir concentration in CVF to that in BP are 127%, 176%, and 159%, respectively. RAL, raltegravir.

b

*, patient with bacterial vaginosis.