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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Apr 8;54(9):1063–1071. doi: 10.1002/jcph.298

Table 2.

Total and Unbound Atazanavir and Darunavir Concentrations in Plasma and CSF

Atazanavir (n = 13)*
Darunavir (n = 14)*
Geometric Mean or Ratio 95%CI Geometric Mean or Ratio 95%CI
Total drug concentrations
    Plasma (ng/mL) 295.8 204.2–428.3 1907.0 1461.0–2491.2
    CSF (ng/mL) 8.7 7.2–10.5 8.5 6.0–12.1
    CSF/plasma ratio 0.03 0.02–0.04 0.005 0.004–0.006
Unbound drug concentrations
    Plasma (ng/mL) 7.1 5.1–10.0 54.4 42.1–70.4
    CSF (ng/mL) 0.6 0.4–0.9 2.3 1.4–3.7
    CSF/plasma ratio 0.09 0.06–0.1 0.04 0.03–0.06

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; CI, confidence interval.

*

Participants with total plasma drug concentrations <50 ng/mL were excluded from analyses due to medication nonadherence, resulting in n = 13 for ATV and n = 14 for DRV.