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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2006 Nov 3;43(1):78–86. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.09.006

Table 6.

Pharmacokinetic parameters for mmBPU and amino-BPU in plasma

Dose
(mg)
Week Number
of
Patients
Pharmacokinetic Parametersa
Tmax
(h)
Cmax
(nM)
t1/2,z
(h)
AUCb
(μM*h)
Metabolite:BPU
AUC ratio
mmBPU 320 1 6 1.93 ± 0.21 2858 ± 742 279 ± 170 130 ± 73.0 3.5 ± 1.4
mmBPU 320 4 6 2.26 ± 0.88 3279 ± 996 483 ± 301 122 ± 56.2 3.2 ± 0.9

mmBPU 150 1 7 3.51 ± 2.63 517 ± 306 317 ± 89 29.2 ± 13.9 4.3 ± 2.2
mmBPU 150 4 7 2.51 ± 2.42 732 ± 338 283 ± 122 28.0 ± 16.0 4.1 ± 3.2

mmBPU 150 8 6 4.05 ± 1.81 349 ± 94 736 ± 420 29.8 ± 9.5 4.7 ± 3.9
amino-BPU 320 1 6 2.59 ± 1.10 251 ± 131 734 ± 101 15.7 ± 8.9 0.5 ± 0.2

amino-BPU 320 4 6 3.67 ± 1.50 582 ± 228 415 ± 158 54.3 ± 33.7 1.4 ± 0.6
amino-BPU 150 1 7 31.20 ± 67.88 46 ± 40 255 ± 276 2.6 ± 1.7 0.4 ± 0.4

amino-BPU 150 4 7 32.27 ± 62.41 87 ± 56 623 ± 283 9.0 ± 6.5 1.4 ± 1.4
amino-BPU 150 8 6 23.33 ± 23.40 71 ± 37 986 ± 504 10.4 ± 4.7 1.8 ± 1.8
a

Values are reported as the mean ± standard deviation for the 150 and 320 mg dose level.

b

AUCinf is reported for all dose levels for week 1; AUClast is reported for all dose levels for week 4; AUC0-168 h is reported for all dose levels for week 8.

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the concentration-time curve; Cmax, maximal plasma concentration;Tmax, time of the maximal plasma concentration; T1/2, z, terminal half-life.