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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
The anticancer agent irinotecan has been demonstrated to improve the survival rate in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Its usage has been limited by severe toxicity. To modulate irinotecan pharmacokinetics and reduce the prevalence of severe toxicity, patients were treated with cyclosporine (INN, ciclosporin) and the irinotecan dose was increased from 25 to 72 mg/m2 weekly. Phenobarbital was then added, allowing dose escalation to 144 mg/m2. Dose-limiting toxicities were neutropenia and diarrhea. Irinotecan was well tolerated at the recommended phase II dose of 120 mg/m2, with a 6% prevalence of grade 4 neutropenia and an 18% prevalence of grade 3 diarrhea. Cyclosporine increased 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38) area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) by 23% to 630% and reduced irinotecan clearance by 39% to 64% when compared with historical controls. Phenobarbital increased irinotecan clearance by 27% (P < or =.001) and reduced SN-38 AUC by 75% (P < or =.001) when compared with patients treated with cyclosporine alone. Five partial responses were observed. Pharmacokinetic modulation of irinotecan with cyclosporine and phenobarbital has been demonstrated; further studies are necessary to evaluate whether this strategy improves the therapeutic index.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-9236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
490-502
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Area Under Curve, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Camptothecin, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Endpoint Determination, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Half-Life, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Hypnotics and Sedatives, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15536463-Phenobarbital
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A phase I trial of pharmacologic modulation of irinotecan with cyclosporine and phenobarbital.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Clinical Trial, Phase I