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. 2014 Dec 23;59(1):67–75. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03857-14

TABLE 2.

Key CI pharmacokinetic parameters for free plasma, subcutaneous tissue, cancellous bone, and cortical bone

Pharmacokinetic parametera Mean (95% confidence interval) values in:
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)
a

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.

b

SCT, subcutaneous tissue.