Dose selection and population pharmacokinetics of PEG-Intron in patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia
Dose selection and population pharmacokinetics of PEG-Intron in patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02757.x
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Cutler, David
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作者:
Gupta, Samir;Jen, Juif;Cutler, David
Aims To assess the dose selection using population pharmacokinetics of Pegylated Intron-alpha 2b (PEG-Intron) in patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML).Methods PEG-Intron 3-6 mu g kg(-1) was administered subcutaneously once a week and blood samples were collected up to 48 weeks of treatment. A total of 624 samples collected from 137 patients were included in the analysis. Nonlinear mixed-effects modelling was used to analyse the sparsely sampled concentration data from a clinical efficacy trial. Covariates in the analysis included weight, sex, age, race, serum creatinine and estimated creatinine clearance (CLcr).Results The apparent clearance of PEG-Intron decreased after repeated dosing. The clearance at treatment week 4 was 42.3 l day(-1) (patients with CLcr 120 ml min(-1)) with interpatient variability 30%. At treatment week 48, the clearance value was reduced to 69% of its week 4 value. CLcr, a composite variable calculated from body weight, sex, age and serum creatinine, had a small but statistically significant influence on the clearance of PEG-Intron. The clearance of PEG-Intron in patients with CML was 40% higher than that of hepatitis C virus-infected patients.Conclusion The dose of PEG-Intron 6.0 mu g kg(-1) week(-1) appeared appropriate in the treatment of patients with CML.