title: Pharmacokinetics of idarubicin after daily intravenous administration in leukemic patients.
abstract: We have studied the plasma pharmacokinetics of idarubicin (4-demethoxy-daunorubicin) in eight leukemia patients receiving five daily i.v. injections (7-9 mg/m2 per day) of this new anthracycline. For unchanged idarubicin, similar pharmacokinetic parameters were exhibited after the 1st and the 5th injection. Idarubicinol (13-dihydroidarubicin) was identified as the only detectable metabolite of idarubicin in plasma. Due to a protracted half-life (40 h) this compound progressively accumulated in plasma without the occurrence of peaks after the injections. This administration schedule provides therefore an interesting method of dose fractionation of a new anthracycline.
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D001711:Biotransformation; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015255:Idarubicin; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007700:Kinetics; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; C054440:idarubicinol; D015255:Idarubicin; D003630:Daunorubicin