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INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 281-289Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006490226104
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nephrotoxicity; cisplatin; ifosfamide; protection; amifostine; hypomagnesemia
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This study evaluates the degree of kidney damage during cisplatin/ifosfamide-based combination chemotherapy and its possible prevention by amifostine. Thirty-one patients with solid tumors stratified according to pretreatment were randomized to receive VIP- or TIP-chemotherapy with or without amifostine (910 mg/m(2)) given as a short infusion prior to cisplatin. Chemotherapy consisted of cisplatin (50 mg/m(2)), ifosfamide (4 g/m(2)) and either etoposide (500 mg/m(2)) (= VIP) or paclitaxel (175 mg/m(2)) (= TIP) repeated at 3 weekly intervals. For all patients the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measured by creatinine-clearance, serum creatinine, electrolytes and differential urinary protein/enzyme excretion were determined prior to, during and after each cycle. A total of 62 cycles of chemotherapy were evaluable. In the amifostine-group GFR was fully maintained after application of two cycles of chemotherapy, whereas in the control group a > 30%-reduction of median GFR (108 to 80 ml/min) was observed (p < 0.001). Patients receiving amifostine had a lower degree of high molecular weight proteins excretion indicating less glomerular damage. In both groups significant increases of tubular marker profiles peaking at day 3 after chemotherapy were observed with a nearly complete reversibility of these changes prior to the next chemotherapy cycle. The number of patients with low magnesium serum levels during treatment was 17% after amifostine application versus 69% in control patients. The results seem to indicate that treatment with amifostine can preserve GFR after application of two cisplatin/ifosfamide-based chemotherapy cycles. This may be advantageous if repetitive cycles of chemotherapy or subsequent administration of high dose chemotherapy is planned.
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