This is a pilot, open label, single center study in 30 women undergoing breast augmentation. The study will assess and collect information on pharmacokinetics and safety of EXPAREL administered as a pectoral plane block. A total of 15 subjects will be enrolled in each of the 2 cohorts.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension
1.3%, 13.3 mg/mL
HD Research
Bellaire, Texas, United States
Pharmacokinetic 1 (area under the plasma concentration)
Area under the plasma concentration-versus-time curve (AUC)
Time frame: predose (up to 15 min before block), 15 min(±10min), 30 min(±5min), and 1(±15min), 2(±15min), 6(±30min), 10(±30min), 18(±1), 26(±1), 36(±2), 48(±2), 60(±2), 72(±3), and 96 (±3) hours from start of study drug administration
Pharmacokinetic 2 (Cmax)
Maximum plasma concentration
Time frame: predose (up to 15 min before block), 15 min(±10min), 30 min(±5min), and 1(±15min), 2(±15min), 6(±30min), 10(±30min), 18(±1), 26(±1), 36(±2), 48(±2), 60(±2), 72(±3), and 96 (±3) hours from start of study drug administration
Pharmacokinetic 3 (half-life)
The apparent terminal elimination half-life (t1/2el)
Time frame: predose (up to 15 min before block), 15 min(±10min), 30 min(±5min), and 1(±15min), 2(±15min), 6(±30min), 10(±30min), 18(±1), 26(±1), 36(±2), 48(±2), 60(±2), 72(±3), and 96 (±3) hours from start of study drug administration
Pharmacokinetic 4 (apparent clearance)
Apparent Clearance (CL/F)
Time frame: predose (up to 15 min before block), 15 min(±10min), 30 min(±5min), and 1(±15min), 2(±15min), 6(±30min), 10(±30min), 18(±1), 26(±1), 36(±2), 48(±2), 60(±2), 72(±3), and 96 (±3) hours from start of study drug administration
Pharmacokinetic 5 (Mean residence time)
Mean residence time (MRT)
Time frame: predose (up to 15 min before block), 15 min(±10min), 30 min(±5min), and 1(±15min), 2(±15min), 6(±30min), 10(±30min), 18(±1), 26(±1), 36(±2), 48(±2), 60(±2), 72(±3), and 96 (±3) hours from start of study drug administration
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