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. 2016 Mar;6(Suppl 1):S97–S102. doi: 10.1086/685428

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetic parameters of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel in plasma after single-dose administration of levonorgestrel-ethinylestradiol alone (treatment A) or with riociguat coadministration (treatment B) in the pharmacokinetic analysis set

Ethinylestradiol Levonorgestrel
Parameter Levonorgestrel-ethinylestradiol alone Levonorgestrel-ethinylestradiol plus riociguat Levonorgestrel-ethinylestradiol alone Levonorgestrel-ethinylestradiol plus riociguat
AUC, μg×h/L
 Geometric mean 0.858 0.874 46.5 46.6
 %CV (range) 30.1 (0.52–1.95) 28.5 (0.57–1.63) 40.1 (21.6–95.8) 33.3 (26.6–106)
Cmax, μg/L
 Geometric mean 0.0572 0.0688 3.26 3.41
 %CV (range) 28.6 (0.04–0.102) 30.6 (0.04–0.12) 34.4 (1.8–5.3) 29.7 (1.67–6.34)
tmax, hours, median (range) 1.50 (1.00–3.00) 1.00 (1.00–3.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.50) 1.00 (0.50–1.50)
t1/2, hours
 Geometric mean 22.1 20.51 39.4 39.0
 %CV (range) 22.1 (14.2–35.3) 24.7 (12.2–34.2) 23.5 (26.8–57.2) 22.8 (26.5–63.3)
Note

AUC: area under plasma concentration–time curve; Cmax: maximum concentration; CV: coefficient of variation; tmax: time to Cmax; t1/2: terminal elimination half-life.