ISSN:
1432-0843
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The effect of combining the oxygen-transport-modifying drug BW12C with mitomycin C was investigated in a phase 1 study of 26 patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer. The dose of BW12C was increased from 20 mg/kg to 60 mg/kg. Dose-limiting toxicity of vomiting was experienced at doses greater than 50 mg/kg. This corresponded to whole blood levels ≥700 μg/ml and to 〉50% haemoglobin modification. Whole blood concentrations of BW12C and modification of the haemoglobin oxygen saturation curve were linearly dependent on dose. BW12C whole blood pharmacokinetics were best described by a one-compartment model and were clearly dose-dependent. The half-life increased from 2.1 h at a dose of 20 mg/kg to 7.2 h at a dose of 60 mg/kg. The AUC increased in a similar non-linear fashion with increasing dose. Mitomycin C was given at a fixed dose of 20 mg/m2 at the end of the BW12C infusion. Mitomycin C plasma pharmacokinetics fitted a two-compartment model, giving a mean beta half-life of 50±7 min and AUC of 1.1±0.08 μg/ml h, and were unaffected by the combined treatment. There was no evidence of increased mitomycin C toxicity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00685879
