ALTERATION OF THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF HIGH-DOSE ARA-C BY ITS METABOLITE, HIGH ARA-U IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE-LEUKEMIA
ALTERATION OF THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF HIGH-DOSE ARA-C BY ITS METABOLITE, HIGH ARA-U IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE-LEUKEMIA
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DOI:
10.1200/jco.1983.1.12.763
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
45.3
通讯作者:
CHENG, YC
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作者:
CAPIZZI, RL;YANG, JL;CHENG, YC
The pharmacokinetics of high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HiDAC) given as a 3-h i.v. infusion at 3 g/m2 were studied in 5 patients with acute leukemia during relapse and/or remission of their disease. Apparent steady state plasma levels of ara-C [cytosine arabinoside] during 13 infusions averaged 115 .+-. 32 .mu.M. Upon cessation of the infusion, ara-C was rapidly cleared from the plasma. The apparent postinfusion kinetics of ara-C were triexponential with a distribution half-life of 16 min and elimination half-lives of 1.8 h and 6 h. Total clearance averaged 86 l/h and mean residence time averaged 0.47 h. Disease status (relapse or remission) had no apparent effect on the pharmacokinetic characteristics of ara-C. Peak levels of ara-U [uridine arabinoside] averaged 310 .mu.M and the metabolite had an average apparent elimination half-life of 3.75 h. Despite the persistence of ara-U at about 100 .mu.M at the time of administration of subsequent infusions of ara-C, there was no further accumulation of ara-U in the plasma with repetitive infusions of HiDAC. In vitro studies indicate that ara-U can exert an inhibitory effect on deoxycytidine (dCyd) deaminase activity. The ratio of the Ki of ara-U to the Km of ara-C for cytidine (Cyd)-dCyd deaminase is 40:1. During the gamma phase of ara-C elimination, the ratio of ara-U:ara-C in plasma is at least 100:1. A retardation of systemic catabolism of ara-C by ara-U is possible. Two to three hours after the termination of the HiDAC infusion, the ara-C CSF: plasma ratio is 1-3:1, a feature of potential therapeutic significance. The slower elimination of ara-C from the CSF may also contribute to the plasma gamma half-life.