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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Blood cyclosporine pharmacokinetics were studied in 85 patients aged 1-52 (median: 22) years undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of hematologic disease. Pharmacokinetic studies were carried out during the first two weeks posttransplant after an intravenous dose of 2.1-4.4 mg/kg. Whole-blood cyclosporine concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. Multiple stepwise regression analysis indicated that age (P less than 0.001) and hematocrit (P less than 0.05) correlated with cyclosporine clearance (CL) while steady-state volume of distribution (Vss) did not correlate with any of the factors studied. Cyclosporine CL significantly differed among nonobese patients in different age groups; patients less than or equal to 10 years old had a higher mean CL (13.1 ml/min/kg) than patients 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, or greater than 40 years old (mean CL: 8.5-10.3 ml/min/kg) (P less than 0.05). No significant differences in cyclosporine CL and Vss were observed between obese (greater than 125% ideal body weight) patients and age-matched nonobese patients. Hematocrit values (range: 24-39) were inversely correlated with cyclosporine CL, which suggests that red blood cells function as important ligands in cyclosporine binding. These results show that blood cyclosporine CL is higher in marrow transplant recipients than in solid organ transplant recipients and that these differences may be related to lower hematocrits in marrow transplant recipients compared with solid organ transplant recipients. When compared with previously published serum cyclosporine CL data, our findings suggest that age-related changes in CL are primarily related to changes in plasma protein binding and that obesity does not significantly alter cyclosporine CL and Vss.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
399-402
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Blood cyclosporine pharmacokinetics in patients undergoing marrow transplantation. Influence of age, obesity, and hematocrit.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't