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. 2017 May 24;61(6):e02213-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02213-16

TABLE 3.

Summary of drug concentrations and ratios between the placenta, PBMC, and plasma matrices

Drug characteristic Median value (minimum, maximum) for indicated druga
EVG (n = 10) COBI (n = 10) DTG (n = 3) FTC (n = 10) TFV (n = 10)
Concn in placenta (ng/g) 532.5 (10.1, 3,891) 146.5 (5.1, 2,673) 318 (10.1, 411) 188.5 (16.7, 3,990) 21.9 (0.5, 345)
Concn in maternal PBMCs (ng/106 cells) 0.64 (0.02, 6.64) 0.58 (0, 2.79) 0.26 (0.1, 2.87) 1.4 (0.39, 4.68)b 0.04 (0.03, 0.17)b
Concn in cord PBMCs (ng/106 cells) 0.53 (0.02, 6.65) 0.12 (0.01, 1.77) 0.26 (0.25, 1.47) 1.64 (0.08, 4.88)b 0.06 (0.05, 0.13)b
Concn in maternal plasma (ng/ml) 658.5 (1.1, 1,263) 604 (8.19, 1,651) 2,634 (1,697, 4,806) 667 (89.6, 2,045) 94.6 (22.6, 155)
Concn in cord plasma (ng/ml) 210 (41.3, 1,001) 11.5 (0.38, 1,595) 1,803 (1,778, 8,078) 545 (103, 1,487) 38.5 (6.07, 155)
Cord plasma/placenta ratio 1.01 (0.05, 58.5) 0.29 (0, 41.4) 19.7 (5.59, 178.5) 4.22 (0.28, 8.56) 1.98 (0.43, 12.1)
Cord plasma/maternal plasma ratio 0.71 (0.18, 181.8) 0.09 (0.01, 1.21) 1.06 (0.68, 1.68) 0.95 (0.35, 2.04) 0.62 (0.33, 1.38)
Cord PBMC/placenta ratio 0 (0, 0.11) 0 (0, 0.02) 0 (0, 0.02) 0.01 (0, 0.03) 0 (0, 0.01)
Cord PBMC/maternal PBMC ratio 1.36 (0.03, 60) 0.49 (0.12, 1.25) 1 (0.51, 2.5) 1.41 (0.06, 2.4) 1.45 (1.38, 1.62)
Cord plasma/cord PBMC ratio 537.3 (136.8, 6,150) 210 (6, 2,149) 7,212 (1,210, 31,069) 571.1 (21.1, 2,675) 721.6 (95.2, 2,691)
a

COBI, cobicistat; EVG, elvitegravir; DTG, dolutegravir; FTC, emtricitabine; TFV, tenofovir; PBMCs, peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

b

These data represent the phosphorylated metabolites in PBMCs (tenofovir diphosphate and emtricitabine triphosphate).