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. 2020 Mar 13;3(3):547–558. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00011

Table 2. PK Comparison of Taxol vs Abraxane vs Genexol-PMa.

  Co Cmax T1/2 AUCall AUCinf Vd CL MRTinf Vss
  ng/mL ng/mL h ng·h/mL ng·h/mL mL/kg mL/h·kg h mL/kg
Taxol Total
avg 19294b 11066b 11 19737b 19770b 325b 324b 3b 964b
SD 4890 2303 2 5597 5635 66 85 1 325
Abraxane Total
avg 1726 1091 17 2291 2324 4115 2627 7 20512
SD 498 298 9 343 332 715 379 2 6780
Genexol-PM Total
avg 1413 853 15 2176 2214 4267 3060 8 16649
SD 481 264 2 896 897 1861 1083 3 5900
Taxol Unencapsulated
avg 12238b 9283b 12 17699b 17735b 469b 362b 3b 980b
SD 1765 2041 3 5014 5053 111 99 1 189
Abraxane Unencapsulated
avg 1772 1117 22 2319 2373 4063b 2600 7 18766
SD 631 347 14 466 450 1219 457 2 6697
Genexol-PM Unencapsulated
avg 995 744 18 2035 2066 5976 3251 8 21521
SD 354 237 4 786 797 1620 1126 3 4575
Taxol Unbound
avg 446b 239b 16 438b 442b 17525b 14523b 4b 52359b
SD 183 57 6 127 132 4649 3706 2 14110
Abraxane Unbound
avg 174 117 21 283 320 36518 20872b 8 303918
SD 38 23 9 73 123 11545 6582 3 248205
Genexol-PM Unbound
avg 145 99 19 199 202 38773 32603 8 259769
SD 34 50 5 77 78 16073 9470 2 131868
a

Displayed are the average animal pharmacokinetic parameters for the Taxol (generic), Abraxane, and Genexol-PM total, unencapsulated, and unbound drug profiles: concentration time zero (C0); half-life (T1/2); area under the time concentration curve to time infinity (AUCinf); maximum concentration (Cmax); area under the time concentration curve all time points (AUCall); volume of distribution (Vd); clearance (CL); mean residence time (MRTinf); volume of distribution steady state (Vss); half-life (T1/2).

b

Significantly different than other groups, p ≤ 0.05, ANOVA with Tukey’s posthoc test.