A method for delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject from a transdermal delivery system is described, where the therapeutic agent (i) has a half-life in the blood when delivered orally of greater than about 48 hours and (ii) is for the treatment of a chronic condition. The transdermal delivery system achieves transdermal delivery of the therapeutic agent at steady state that is bioequivalent to administration of the therapeutic agent orally, wherein bioequivalency is established by (a) a 90% confidence interval of the relative mean Cmax and AUC of the therapeutic agent administered from the transdermal delivery system and via oral delivery between 0.70 and 1.43 or between 0.80 and 1.25, or (b) a 90% confidence interval of the ratios for AUC and Cmax of the therapeutic agent administered from the transdermal delivery system and via oral delivery between 0.70 and 1.43 or between 0.80 and 1.25.
描述了一种通过透皮给药系统向受试者提供治疗剂的方法,其中治疗剂(i) 口服时在血液中的半衰期大于约 48 小时,(ii) 用于治疗慢性疾病。透皮给药系统在稳态时实现治疗剂的透皮给药,其
生物等效性与口服给药相等,其中
生物等效性的确定标准是:(a)透皮给药系统给药和口服给药的治疗剂相对平均 Cmax 和 AUC 的 90%置信区间在 0.70和1.43之间或0.80和1.25之间,或(b)透皮给药系统给药和通过口服给药的治疗剂的AUC和Cmax的比率的90%置信区间在0.70和1.43之间或0.80和1.25之间。