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. 2021 Aug 11;185(5):607–615. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0606

Table 4.

Pharmacokinetic summary of data comparing native testosterone (NT) with testosterone undecanoate (TU) and NT taken fasted and fed in hypogonadal men (baseline-adjusted pharmacokinetic set). Data are presented as mean (s.d.).

Cohort 1 Cohort 2
DITEST 120 mg TU 80 mg GLSM ratio (90% CI) Fed Fasted GLSM ratio (90% CI)
Testosterone
 Cmax
  ng/dL 554 (481) 911 (670) 55.6 (45–68.7) 769 (421) 882 (458) 85.1 (57.5–126.0)
  nmol/L 19.1 (16.6) 31.4 (23.1) 26.5 (14.5) 30.4 (15.8)
 AUC0–10 h
  h ng/dL 1726 (1578) 2958 (2480) 51.3 (34.7–75.7) 2523 (1615) 2569 (1496) 94.2 (66.1–134.2)
  h nmol/L 59.5 (54.4) 102 (85.5) 87.0 (55.7) 88.6 (51.6)
 Tmax h 1.4 (1.0) 4.2 (2.1) 1.4 (0.6) 1.2 (0.6)
TU
 Cmax
  ng/dL 20 900 (8500)
  nmol/L 458 (186)
 AUC0–10 h
  h ng/dL 47 200 (18500)
  h nmol/L 1034 (405)
 Tmax h
DHT 3.8 (2.3)
 Cmax
  ng/dL 84 (99) 194 (119) 119 (58) 131 (61)
  nmol/L 2.9 (3.4) 6.7 (4.1) 4.1 (2.0) 4.5 (2.1)
 AUC0–10 h
  h ng/dL 319 (351) 1053 (850) 467 (270) 484 (299)
  h nmol/L 11.0 (12.1) 36.3 (29.3) 16.1 (9.3) 16.7 (10.3)
 Tmax h 2.4 (2.1) 5.7 (1.9) 1.7 (0.6) 1.6 (0.7)

To convert testosterone nmol/L to ng/dL multiply by 29; To convert DHT nmol/L to ng/dL multiply by 29; To convert TU ug/L to ng/dL multiply by 100; To convert TU multiply ug/L by 2.19 to get nmol/L. Fed NT 120 mg vs TU 80 mg. NT 200 mg fed vs fasted.

GLSM, geometric least squared mean.