title: Clinical kinetics of 1, 4-dihydroxy-5,8-bis [(2-[(2-hydroxyethyl) amino] ethyl] amino ]-9, 10-anthracenedione.
abstract: The clinical kinetics of 1, 4-dihydroxy-5,8-bis[[ 2-[(2-hydroxyethyl) amino] ethyl] amino]-9,10-anthracenedione dihydrochloride (DHAQ) are reported. DHAQ, 1 to 3 mg/m2, was administered as an intravenous bolus to six patients with metastatic cancer. Plasma clearance of the drug followed a biphasic pattern with a harmonic mean initial half-life (t 1/2) of 13.7 min and a terminal t 1/2 of 37.4 hr. Recovery of unchanged drug in the urine was 6.8% at 24 hr and 7.3% at 72 hr, while the corresponding recovery of total radioactivity was 9.4% and 11.3%. Apparent volume of distribution of DHAQ was about 13.8 +/- 2.9 l/kg. Total clearance was 238.7 ml/kg/hr, twice the creatinine clearance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008942:Mitoxantrone