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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2011 May 17;1(3):256–276. doi: 10.1007/s13346-011-0029-z

Table 3.

Values of the predicted coated area and the scoring function (the “score” ) for the set of test gels: undiluted, after dilution by 20% with vaginal fluid simulant, and the average of those two values [10]

Undiluted gel
Diluted gel
Average of undiluted and diluted scores
Gel Area at 2 h (cm2) Score Gel Area at 2 h (cm2) Score Gel Score
KY Jelly 98.43 0.9688 Replens 101.83 0.9756 1% TFV 0.8971
1% TFV 98.31 0.9664 HEC placebo gel 110.09 0.8655 HEC placebo gel 0.8467
Carraguard 105.03 0.9329 1% TFV 112.92 0.8277 Carraguard 0.7535
HEC placebo gel 90.99 0.8279 Gynol II 83.36 0.6949 Replens 0.6895
Gynol II 72.71 0.5287 Carraguard 131.94 0.5741 KY Jelly 0.6418
Replens 63.51 0.4033 RepHresh 72.58 0.5268 Gynol II 0.6118
UC781 clinical 53.57 0.287 KY Jelly 151.39 0.3148 RepHresh 0.3281
RepHresh 35.98 0.1294 UC781 clinical 260.95 0 UC781 clinical 0.1435

The computations are based upon a 3.5-mL gel volume, and an upper bound on gel leakage VL =1.5 mL. Coated area is computed at 2 h after the onset of gel spreading