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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2018 Oct;8(5):1180–1190. doi: 10.1007/s13346-018-0538-0

Table 3.

Drug concentrations in vaginal tissues, vaginal fluids, and rectal fluids from N = 6 female pigtailed macaques treated vaginally with 0.5 or 1.5 ml IQB4012 gel containing 1% wt/wt each of IQP-0528 and TFV

IQP-0528 median drug concentration (min—max)
Vaginal tissues (ng/g) Vaginal fluids (ng/ml) Rectal fluids (ng/ml)
Proximalb Medial Distal Proximal Distal -
0.5 ml Gel 2 h N/A N/A N/A 6,758,116 (2474–46,372,550) 2,319,091 (BLLOQ-17,500,000) 20 (BLLOQ-1583)
4 h 128,443 (323–2,344,444) 290,086 (887–1,503,333) 95,000 (BLLOQ-1,839,7441 6,014,248 (1946–43,815,790) 2,038,462 (BLLOQ-17,891,890) 77 (BLLOQ-37,600)
24 h 43,878 (1622–962,500) 22,527 (714–458,763) 20,915 (545–224,753) 257,071 (BLLOQ-5,200,000) 328,205 (BLLOQ-11,034,8801 199 (BLLOQ-6288)
Ratio (measured/EC50a) N/A N/A N/A 2 h-6,758,116 2 h-2,319,091 2 h-20
4 h-6,014,248 4 h-2,038,462 4 h-77
24 h-257,071 24 h-328,205 24 h-199
1.5 ml Gel 2 h N/A N/A N/A 5,654,526 (4714–57,865,860) 6,022,388 (BLLOQ-83,227,270) 1004 (BLLOQ-56,000)
4 h 611,547 (449–4,760,736) 739,886 (278–6,377,273) 213,000 (BLLOQ-6,404,545) 4,925,373 (BLLOQ-60,750,000) 4,636,643 (BLLOQ-173,000,000) 411 (BLLOQ-120,000)
24 h 23,873 (1489–1,054,000) 46,315 (1087–2,031,746) 24,167 (BLLOQ-517,742) 475,000 (BLLOQ-159,000,000) 375,385 (BLLOQ-32,714,2901 1258 (BLLOQ-26,475)
Ratio (measured/EC50) N/A N/A N/A 2 h-5,654,526 2 h-6,022,388 2 h-1004
4 h-4,925,373 4 h-4,636,643 4 h-411
24 h-475,000 24 h-375,385 24 h-1258
TFV median drug concentration (min—maxi
Vaginal tissues (ng/g) Vaginal fluids (ng/ml) Rectal fluids (ng/ml)
Proximal Medial Distal Proximal Distal -
0.5 ml Gel 2 h N/A N/A N/A 158,146 (BLLOQ2-3,025,157) 232,128 (BLLOQ-3,968,750) 80 (BLLOQ-104)
4 h 4486 (484–60,000) 8857 (714–130,909) 13,367 (BLLOQ-72,051) 124,304 (BLLOQ-12,113,400) 132,458 (BLLOQ-1,971,250) 69 (BLLOQ-176)
24 h 16,932 (270–61,786) 3553 (BLLOQ-30,000) 5906 (BLLOQ-37,030) 48,942 (BLLOQ-9,600,000) 18,709 (BLLOQ-267,794) 53 (BLLOQ-139)
Ratio (measured/EC50) N/A N/A N/A 2 h-230 2 h-1009 2 h-0.12
4 h-180 4 h-192 4 h-0
24 h-71 24 h-27 24 h-0.08
1.5 ml Gel 2 h N/A N/A N/A 30,394 (BLLOQ-1,162,921) 37,183 (BLLOQ-1,776,786) 138 (BLLOQ-726)
4 h 35,081 (225–1,613,636) 10,181 (417–835,784) 19,250 (BLLOQ-1,200,000) 54,269 (BLLOQ-2,645,455) 152,548 (BLLOQ-6,993,750) 156 (BLLOQ-624)
24 h 2390 (BLLOQ202.466) 12,200 (BLLOQ-546,825) 5377 (BLLOQ-23,226) 17,976 (BLLOQ-2,883,333) 56,977 (BLLOQ-830,952) 127 (BLLOQ-791)
Ratio (measured/EC50) N/A N/A N/A 2 h-44.1 2 h-54 2 h-0.20
4 h-78.8 4 h-221 4 h-0.23
24 h-26.1 24 h-82.7 24 h-0.18

N/A not applicable, BLLOQ below lower limit of quantitation

a

EC50 values of 1.0 ng/ml for IQP-0528 and 689 ng/ml for TFV were used to calculate measured drug/EC50 ratios

b

P,M, and D refer to location of sample collection in relation to cervix. P proximal, M medial, D distal