[Pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel and carboplatin in a hemodialysis patient with metastatic urothelial carcinoma--a case report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2003 Jul;30(7):1017-20.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 69-year-old-man undergoing hemodialysis for 8 years developed metastatic urothelial carcinoma and received combination chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin. Paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 was given as a 3-hour intravenous infusion, and carboplatin was dosed to the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) of 5 mg.min/ml calculated according to the Calvert formula as a 30-minute intravenous infusion immediately after paclitaxel. Hemodialysis was started 1 hour after carboplatin, then their pharmacokinetics was determined in the patient. The AUC of paclitaxel and carboplatin were 15.2 and 64.56 micrograms.h/ml, respectively. The metastatic tumor size was reduced by more than 20% after 3 courses of this chemotherapy. Grade 3 neutropenia and grade 1 thrombopenia were observed. This is the first report that the combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin is feasible in a patient with metastatic urothelial carcinoma undergoing hemodialysis, with low toxicity and safety.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Carboplatin / pharmacokinetics
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / secondary*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Monitoring
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Paclitaxel / pharmacokinetics
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Carboplatin
  • Paclitaxel