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CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 167-174Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-003-0619-7
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dexrazoxane; metabolism; ADR-925; etoposide; doxorubicin
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Purpose. The study was undertaken to determine the metabolism of dexrazoxane (ICRF-187) to its one-ring open hydrolysis products and its two-rings opened metal-chelating product ADR-925 in cancer patients with brain metastases treated with high-dose etoposide. In this phase I/II trial dexrazoxane was used as a rescue agent to reduce the extracerebral toxicity of etoposide. Methods. Dexrazoxane and its one-ring open hydrolysis products were determined by HPLC and ADR-925 was determined by a fluorescence flow injection assay. Results. The two one-ring open hydrolysis intermediates of dexrazoxane appeared in the plasma at low levels upon completion of dexrazoxane infusion and then rapidly decreased with half-lives of 0.6 and 2.5 h. A plasma concentration of 10 muM ADR-925 was also detected at the completion of the dexrazoxane i.v. infusion period, indicating that dexrazoxane was rapidly metabolized in vivo. A plateau level of 30 muM ADR-925 was maintained for 4 h and then slowly decreased. The pharmacokinetics of dexrazoxane were found to be similar to other reported data in other settings and at lower doses. Conclusions. The rapid appearance of ADR-925 in plasma may make ADR-925 available to be taken up by heart tissue and bind free iron. These results suggest that the dexrazoxane intermediates are enzymatically metabolized to ADR-925 and provide a pharmacodynamic basis for the antioxidant cardioprotective activity of dexrazoxane.
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