The neuropharmacokinetics of temozolomide in patients with resectable brain tumors: potential implications for the current approach to chemoradiation.
The neuropharmacokinetics of temozolomide in patients with resectable brain tumors: potential implications for the current approach to chemoradiation.
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10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-1349
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2009-11-15
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Synold TW
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Portnow J;Badie B;Chen M;Liu A;Blanchard S;Synold TW
Intracerebral microdialysis (ICMD) is an accepted methodology for monitoring changes in neurochemistry from acute brain injury. The goal of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of using ICMD to examine the neuropharmacokinetics (nPK) of temozolomide (TMZ) in brain interstitium (BI) following oral administration. Patients with primary or metastatic brain tumors had a microdialysis catheter placed in peritumoral brain tissue at the time of surgical debulking. CT scan confirmed the catheter location. Patients received a single oral dose of TMZ (150 mg/m2) on the first post-operative day, serial plasma and ICMD samples were collected over 24 hrs, and TMZ concentrations were determined by tandem mass spectrometry. Nine patients were enrolled. Dialysate and plasma samples were successfully collected from 7 of the 9 patients. The mean TMZ area-under-the-concentration-time-curve (AUC) in plasma and BI were 17.1 and 2.7 μg/ml × hr, with an average BI/plasma AUC ratio of 17.8%. The mean peak TMZ concentration in brain was 0.6 ± 0.3 μg/ml, and the mean time to reach peak level in brain was 2.0 ± 0.8 hrs. The use of ICMD to measure the nPK of systemically administered chemotherapy is safe and feasible. Concentrations of TMZ in BI obtained by ICMD are consistent with published data obtained in a pre-clinical ICMD model, as well as from clinical studies of cerebrospinal fluid. However, the delayed time required to achieve maximum TMZ concentrations in brain suggests that current chemoradiation regimens may be improved by administering TMZ 2-3 hours before radiation.