Experiment 1072282

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIV
OrganismBrucea antidysenterica (SIMAROUBACEAE)
CitationGARNICK,MB: BLUM,RH: CANELLOS,GP: MAYER,RJ: PARKER,L: SKARIN,AT: LI,FP: HENDERSON,IC: FREI III,E:. (1979). PHASE I TRIAL OF BRUCEANTIN.. 63()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseasePHASE I TRIAL IN 33 PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED SOLID TUMORS OR HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS ANOREXIA AND NAUSEA WERE THE MOST COMMOM COMPLAINTS AND LASTED 24-36 HOURS AFTER DRUG ADMINISTRATION.VOMITING LASTED 3 DAYS. HEMATOLOGIC TOXICITY(WBC,RBC,PLATELET,CLOTTING)DID NOT OCCUR IN ANY PATIENT ALOPECIA WAS MILD AND REVERSIBLE RENAL TOXICITY WAS NOT OBSERVED DOSE WAS FOUR TIMES WEEKLY AT ONE DOSE LEVEL FOLLOWED BY A 2 WEEK "NO TREATMENT" PERIOD:THIS PROGRAM BEING REPEATED EVERY 6 WEEKS SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC HYPOTENSION WAS BOTH DOSE-RELATED AND DOSE LIMITING AT HIGHER DOSE LEVELS FEBRILE REACTIONS WERE NOTED IN 70 OF 156 DOSES(45%) GASTRO INTESTINAL TOXICITY IN 55 OF 156 DOSES(35%),BUT NO CLEAR DOSE RELATIONSHIP ONE PATIENT WITH INSULIN-REQUIRING DIABETES MELLITUS REQUIRED A DOUBLING OF THE INSULIN DOSE AFTER RECEIVING BRUCEANTIN
Dose amount5.5 MG
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitSQ M BODY SURFACE
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES