PMID: 6409404Sep 1, 1983Paper

Pharmacokinetics of intraarterial mitomycin C in humans

Cancer Research
E Hu, S B Howell

Abstract

The pharmacological advantage of mitomycin C (MMC) given by intraarterial infusion as compared to i.v. infusion was studied in seven patients with cancer metastatic to the liver. Hepatic artery, hepatic vein, and peripheral vein catheters were placed, and then each patient received constant infusions of MMC via the intraarterial and peripheral i.v. routes at 0.4, 1.2, and 4.0 mg/sq m/hr. MMC concentrations were measured in the hepatic artery, hepatic vein, and a peripheral vein by high-pressure liquid chromatography after steady state had been reached at 2 hr. Mean plasma clearance increased significantly with infusion rate from 0.6 liter/min at 0.4 mg/sq m/hr to 1.1 liters/min at 4.0 mg/sq m/hr. The calculated relative advantage of treating hepatic tumors via the intraarterial route (Rt) was found to be 2.5- to 3.6-fold at a plasma flow rate of 0.4 liter/sq m and MMC infusion rates of 0.4 to 4.0 mg/sq m/hr. The hepatic vein MMC concentration averaged 30% higher during intraarterial than during i.v. infusion. Hepatic extraction of MMC averaged only 23%, so that the intraarterial route offered little advantage with respect to reduced systemic toxicity. These data suggest a limited pharmacological rationale for the selection of t...Continue Reading

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