title: Pharmacokinetics of mitoxantrone in patients after 2 h and 24 h intra-arterial administration.
abstract: The pharmacokinetic parameters of mitoxantrone in patients with liver metastasis after intra-arterial 2 h and 24 h infusion (dosage 12 mg/m2) were investigated. Peak plasma concentrations were 305 +/- 60 ng/ml at 2 h infusion and 244 +/- 89 ng/ml at 24 h infusion. These peak plasma concentrations occurred at 0.9 +/- 0.8 h during 2 h infusion and 5.5 +/- 3.4 h during 24 h infusion. No significant difference between both intra-arterial administrations in elimination half-life (50-223 h at 2 h infusion, 58-246 h at 24 h infusion) and area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC0-72 = 11.6 micrograms/ml.h for 2 h infusion, AUC0-72 = 11.2 micrograms/ml.h for 24 h infusion) could be found. The results indicate that no change of availability in the central compartment at infusion of mitoxantrone over a period of 24 h could be achieved. The 2 h infusion lead to sufficient plasma levels with pharmacokinetic parameters of mitoxantrone similar to 24 h infusion and showed a good clinical picture with mild toxicity.
authors: Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Czejka
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Jäger
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Georgopoulos
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Schüller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001682:Biological Availability; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008942:Mitoxantrone