title: Pharmacokinetics of etoposide in gestochoriocarcinoma.
abstract: Etoposide (VP16) levels were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography assay in plasma, urine, and surgical specimens of patients with choriocarcinoma undergoing surgery after a dose of 100 or 200 mg/m2 given as a 1-hour infusion. The drug disappeared from plasma biexponentially, with a terminal half-life of 4.1 +/- 0.4 hours, an apparent volume of distribution of 9 +/- 1.1 L/m2, and clearance of 21.5 +/- 3.1 ml/minute/m2. Fifty and 740 minutes after the end of VP16 infusion, the drug concentrations in myometrial carcinoma or in normal myometrium were approximately 40%-50% of those in plasma; 25-180 minutes after the end of drug infusion, the concentrations of VP16 in lung metastases amounted to 19%-43% of those in plasma, whereas in normal lung, the concentrations of VP16 were 38%-61% of those in plasma. In subcutaneous tissue, VP16 levels were much lower than in plasma (about 5%-27%). About 50% of VP16 was eliminated in the urine as unchanged drug, glucuronide, or sulfate.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Incalci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roviaro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mangioni
mesh_terms: D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D005047:Etoposide / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D009215:Myometrium / Q000378:metabolism; D011034:Podophyllotoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014328:Trophoblastic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D011034:Podophyllotoxin