TABLE 2

Plasma protein binding of zoledronic acid and ibandronate

Unbound fractions (mean ± S.D., expressed in %) of 14C-zoledronic acid and 14C-ibandronate in pooled plasma from rat and dog and three individual human plasma samples. Concentrations are based on measurement of total 14C-radioactivity.



Nominal Concentration (ng/ml)

2
20
200
2000
Zoledronic acid
    Rat plasma 19.6 ± 1.4 13.1 ± 0.6 12.1 ± 0.8 16.4 ± 0.6
    Dog plasma 50.9 ± 2.1 54.7 ± 1.1 62.5 ± 1.7 64.0 ± 0.7
    Human plasma 59.6 ± 2.4 65.4 ± 2.0 71.7 ± 0.2 76.9 ± 1.9
Ibandronate
    Rat plasma 28.9 ± 1.4 24.2 ± 2.6 32.4 ± 1.3 48.5 ± 1.7
    Dog plasma 59.3 ± 3.8 64.7 ± 1.3 71.6 ± 0.6 75.1 ± 1.5
    Human plasma
68.9 ± 13.3
73.8 ± 1.0
76.3 ± 1.1
78.6 ± 1.0