title: The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of mitoxantrone in man.
abstract: An HPLC method using paired-ion chromatography on RP C-18 material was developed. After sample clean up on XAD columns, mitoxantrone (Novantrone; dihydroxyanthracenedione) in concentrations below 1 ng/ml in serum and 0.2 ng/ml in urine were measurable with a coefficient of variation less than 9.3% at a wavelength of 658 nm. Four metabolites were separated in urine. The major metabolite cochromatographed with the synthesized dicarboxylic acid of mitoxantrone. Within 48 hours 4.4% of the administered dose was excreted in urine as mitoxantrone, 0.5% as metabolite 1 and 0.3% as metabolite 2. The pharmacokinetic parameters are adequately described by a three-compartment model with a terminal half-life of 214.8 hours, and a volume of distribution (ss) of 3792 litres. The total body clearance was 358 ml/min and the renal clearance was 26.2 ml/min.
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008942:Mitoxantrone
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008942:Mitoxantrone