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. 2018 Aug 22;13(8):e0201952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201952

Table 1. Summary of drug concentrations in key anatomic compartments on Day 7, immediately after pod-IVR removal (six participants in each group).

CVF, cervicovaginal fluid; VT, vaginal tissue; RF, rectal fluid. Measurements outside of the analytical ranges were not included in the analysis.

Pod-IVR Typea
Analyte, matrix TDF TDF-FTC TDF-FTC-MVC
Total TFV,b CVF, ng mg-1 51.3 (34.8–61.5) 40.8 (28.9–49.1) 67.4 (43.4–72.1)
FTC, CVF, ng mg-1 1,458 (881–2,073) 839 (818–1,572)
MVC, CVF, ng mg-1 367 (224–489)
TFV, VT c, ng mg-1 8.4 (4.7–11.2) 5.1 (0.77–10.1) 5.1 (3.3–9.7)
FTC, VT c, ng mg-1 74.5 (11.6–193) 104 (63.7–302)
MVC, VT c, ng mg-1 142 (82.5–212)d
TFV, RF, ng mg-1 0.62 (0.30–0.81)e 1.11 (0.36–2.15) 0.004f
FTC, RF, ng mg-1 20.3 (14.0–28.9) 0.11 (0.04–0.22)g
MVC, RF, ng mg-1 0.84 (0.32–1.10)

aMedian (Interquartile range, 25th to 75th percentile).

bMolar sum of paired TDF and TFV concentrations, reported as TFV.

cUsed with permission [9]

d33% of samples above the analytical quantification limit.

e83% of samples were above the analytical LLQ.

fOnly one sample was above the analytical LLQ.

g67% of samples were above the analytical LLQ.