Experiment 1142631

Compounds isolated

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIV INFUSION
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationD'INCALCI,M: SESSA,C: ROSSI,C: ROVIARO,G: MANGIONI,C:. (1985). PHARMACOKINETICS OF ETOPOSIDE IN GESTOCHORIOCARCINOMA.. 69(1)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseETOPOSIDE LEVELS WERE DETERMINED IN 6 PATIENTS WITH GESTOCHORIOCARCINOMA UNDERGOING SURGERY. A SINGLE 100 OR 200 MG/M2 DOSE WAS GIVEN BY ONE HOUR INFUSION PRIOR TO SURGERY. THE TERMINAL PLASMA HALF LIFE WAS 4.1 HOURS, VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION WAS 9 L/M2, AND CLEARANCE WAS 21.5 ML/MIN./M2. CONCENTRATION IN MYOMETRIAL CARCINOMA AND NORMAL MYOMETRIUM WERE 40-50% AT 50 AND 740 MINUTES AFTER INFUSION. AFTER 25-180 MINUTES THE CONCENTRATION IN LUNG METASTASIS WAS 19-43%, AND IN NORMAL LUNG 38-61% OF THE PLASMA LEVELS. LEVELS IN SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE WERE ONLY 5-27% OF PLASMA LEVEL. IN 24 HOUR URINE 19-44% OF THE DRUG WAS UNCHANGED, AND 5-22% WAS CONJUGATED WITH GLUCURONIC ACID OR SULFATE.
Dose amountVAR
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderFEMALE