Research Article

Pharmacokinetic Characterisation and Comparison of Bioavailability of Intranasal Fentanyl, Transmucosal, and Intravenous Administration through a Three-Way Crossover Study in 24 Healthy Volunteers

Table 6

Parametric point estimates for AUC0-tlast after dose adjustment.

AUC0-tlast
ComparisonPE (%)90% CI (%)CVANOVA (%)Power (%)

INTRANASALINTRAVENOUS74.7069.0180.8716.1099.74
INTRANASALTRANSMUCOSAL45.2741.6449.2317.0099.54
TRANSMUCOSALINTRAVENOUS165.01152.83178.1515.6099.83
TRANSMUCOSALINTRAVENOUS41.2538.2144.5415.6099.83
INTRANASALTRANSMUCOSAL198.18182.26215.4917.4099.54

Dose adjusted to 50 μg fentanyl. dose adjusted to 47 μg fentanyl.