Experiment 1030640

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIV
OrganismStreptomyces alanosinicus (STREPTOMYCETACEAE)
CitationDOSIK,GM: STEWART,D: VALDIVIESO,M: BURGESS,MA: BODEY,GP:. (1982). PHASE I STUDY OF L-ALANOSINE USING A DAILY X 3 SCHEDULE.. 66()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseA PHASE I STUDY OF THE TITLE COMPOUND WAS CARRIED OUT IN 19 CANCER PATIENTS FOR 117 COURSES. DOSING WAS THREE DAYS A WEEK EVERY THREE WEEKS. DOSE-LIMITING TOXIC EFFECT WAS MUCOSITIS. VOMITING,INFREQUENT MYELOSUPPRESSION, FEVER,HEADACHE,MALAISE AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES WERE DETECTED AT HIGHER DOSE LEVELS. NO ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY WAS SEEN. TOXICITY WITH THIS REGIMEN IS ACCEPTABLE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A PHASE II STUDY BE CARRIED OUT WITH DOSES OF 250 M/SQ M/DAY X 3 EVERY THREE WEEKS WHERE FEASIBLE.
Dose amount8-375 MG
Number2
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitSQ M BODY SURFACE
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES