TABLE 3

Tissue distribution of radioactivity in pregnant rats after a single oral dose of [14C]apixaban at 5 mg/kg

TissueApixaban
0.5 h1 h4 h8 h24 h48
μg Eq/g
Adrenal gland1.491.902.300.18N.S.N.S.
Blood1.431.441.300.09N.D.N.D.
Bone marrow0.500.330.460.06N.D.N.D.
Brain0.050.06BLQBLQN.D.N.D.
Brown fat1.080.950.870.06N.D.N.D.
Harderian gland1.001.091.10.19N.D.N.D.
Heart0.680.930.830.06N.D.N.D.
Kidney (cortex)2.112.031.930.210.05N.D.
Liver6.777.386.130.650.12N.D.
Lung1.651.561.330.15BLQN.D.
Muscle0.370.460.500.05N.D.N.D.
Pancreas0.890.750.990.09N.D.N.D.
Pituitary0.720.930.750.19N.S.N.S.
Salivary gland0.730.951.030.08N.D.N.D.
Spleen0.460.510.470.05BLQN.D.
Thymus0.380.580.540.05N.D.N.D.
Amnion1.452.1211.242.123.52N.S.
Placenta1.020.741.060.10BLQN.D.
Fetal blood0.270.310.510.07N.D.N.D.
Fetal brainBLQ0.050.06BLQN.D.N.D.
Fetal kidney0.240.200.46N.S.N.S.N.S.
Fetal liver0.160.220.320.06N.S.N.S.
  • N.S., not sampled because not visualized on autoradiograph, considered as BLQ; N.D., not detectable; BLQ, below limit of quantitation (0.037 μg Eq/g tissue).