Experiment 1142696

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationSTEWART,DJ: NUNDY,D: MAROUN,JA: TETREAULT,L: PRIOR,J:. (1985). BIOAVAILABILITY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND CLINICAL EFFECTS OF AN ORAL PREPARATION OF ETOPOSIDE.. 69(3)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHIRTEEN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER WERE TREATED.DOSING CONSISTED OF ONE HOUR IV INFUSION AT A DOSE OF 100MG/SG.M./DAY FOR 4 DAYS.FOR THE SECOND COURSE OF TREATMENT 3 WEEKS LATER,3 PATIENTS RECEIVED 150,175 AND 200 MG/SG.M./DAY FOR 4 DAYS,PO. THE TEN ADDITIONAL PATIENTS WERE RANDOMIZED TO RECEIVE THE DRUG ORALLY AT 200/MG/DAY OR BY IV 1-HOUR INFUSION AT 100 MG/SG.M./DAY. THERE WERE 2 PARTIAL REMISSION, 1 MIXED RESPONSE AND 4 PATIENTS WITH STABLE DISEASE. GRANULOCYTOPENIA WAS SEEN IN PATIENTS. OTHER TOXICITY WAS NAUSEA AND VOMITING, AND ALOPECIA.
Dose amountVAR
Number2
Qualitative resultEQUIVOCAL
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE