title: [Pharmacokinetics of cisplatin and the effect of sodium thiosulfate].
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of cisplatin (cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum (II), CDDP) have been studied in 11 patients. Plasma and urine CDDP concentrations were determined by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The treatment schedule was administered either by a 3-hour and 4-hour i.v. infusion or a 1.5-hour i.a. infusion. In the 3-hour i.v. infusion, the peak level of plasma total CDDP was 4.09 micrograms/ml after the end of infusion and non-protein-bound CDDP was 0.78 microgram/ml. Plasma total CDDP level declined with two peaks, the half-life of the alpha phase being 3.3 hours and that of the beta phase being 5.29 days. The half-life of non-protein-bound CDDP was 1.6 hours. CDDP might have remained for a long time, because CDDP values were obtained 3 weeks after infusion and urinary recovery of CDDP showed low values. Its urinary recovery was 40.3% of the dose infusion in the first 24 hours and 48.0% in 96 hours. The protein-binding of CDDP was inhibited by sodium thiosulfate(STS) and renal urinary excretion was enhanced. Our data suggest that STS can be applied as a neutralizer of CDDP.
mesh_terms: D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007700:Kinetics; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013885:Thiosulfates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013885:Thiosulfates; C017717:sodium thiosulfate; D002945:Cisplatin