title: Salivary drug monitoring of irinotecan and its active metabolite in cancer patients.
abstract: To assess the clinical usefulness of salivary monitoring of irinotecan (CPT-11) and its active metabolite (SN-38), we examined the clinical pharmacological profile of both drugs in 9 patients with thoracic malignancies who received 60 mg/m2 CPT-11 (21 courses). Plasma and unstimulated whole saliva were collected over a 24-h period, and concentrations of CPT-11 and SN-38 were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. Both CPT-11 and SN-38 were detectable in saliva, and the concentration-time curves in plasma and saliva showed a very similar pattern. A good correlation was observed between the saliva concentration (C3) and the plasma concentration (Cp) for both CPT-11 and SN-38 (r = 0.732, P < 0.0001 and r = 0.611, P < 0.0001, respectively). The area under the concentration-time curve calculated for saliva (AUCs) correlated with that generated for plasma (AUCp) for both CPT-11 and SN-38 (r = 0.531, P = 0.012 and r = 0.611, P = 0.0025, respectively). These results suggest that it may be feasible to use saliva instead of plasma for pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics studies of CPT-11.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamakido
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000077146:Irinotecan; D002166:Camptothecin