TABLE 2.
Pharmacokinetic parametera | Mean (95% confidence interval) values in: |
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Free plasma | SCTb | Cancellous bone | Cortical bone | |
AUC0–last (min · μg/ml) | 3,437 (2,586–4,578) | 1,809 (1,240–2,636) | 1,296 (859–1,759) | 919 (471–1,545) |
Cmax (μg/ml) | 51.4 (28.0–94.2) | 12.7 (9.0–17.8) | 6.1 (3.8–8.3) | 2.5 (0.9–5.8) |
Tmax (min) | 2.7 (2.4–3.1) | 16.6 (14.3–19.4) | 39.9 (33.2–48.9) | 52.1 (31.4–95.8) |
fAUCtissue/fAUCplasma | 0.53 (0.33–0.84) | 0.38 (0.23–0.57) | 0.27 (0.13–0.48) |
AUC0–last, area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to the last measured value; Cmax, peak drug concentration; Tmax, time to Cmax; fAUCtissue/fAUCplasma, tissue penetration expressed as the ratio of free AUC tissue to free AUC plasma.
SCT, subcutaneous tissue.