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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2008 Dec 10;92(2):165–175. doi: 10.1007/s11060-008-9749-4

Table 4.

Effect of dexamethasone and EIAEDs on the pharmacokinetics of CPT-11 and its metabolites

Low CPT-11 dose (100/125 mg/m2)
High CPT-11 dose (250/300 mg/m2)
None (n = 1) Dex alone (n = 3) EIAED alone n = 4) Dex + EIAED (n = 19) None (n = 3) Dex alone (n = 6) EIAED alone (n = 9) Dex + EIAED (n = 12)
CPT-11 Cmax 1010 2090 ± 1490 1180 ± 590 2160 ± 3270 2200 ± 610 2630 ± 670 1990 ± 688 2380 ± 1110
AUC 6710 7890 ± 2720 4930 ± 1380 5870 ± 4130 15,300 ± 5700 16,400 ± 3600 11,400 ± 4700 10,500 ± 3200
Cl 12.7 12.1 ± 2.5 20.8 ± 5.6 21.7 ± 10.5 15.3 ± 6.1 13.9 ± 3.9 21.6 ± 8.2 23.9 ± 6.6
t1/2 5.3 6.5 ± 0.9 5.0 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.7 5.4 ± 0.4 6.3 ± 0.9 5.1 ± 0.5 5.1 ± 0.7
APC Cmax 153 142 ± 110 127 ± 12 162 ± 101 401 ± 39 380 ± 113 359 ± 134 432 ± 100
AUC 1710 1860 ± 1610 1520 ± 297 1670 ± 1080 5010 ± 500 4720 ± 1580 4260 ± 1600 4610 ± 1740
t1/2 5.7 7.8 ± 2.1 5.5 ± 0.9 5.7 ± 0.9 6.0 ± 0.5 6.7 ± 2.3 6.0 ± 0.6 5.5 ± 1.1
SN-38 Cmax 21.6 17.4 ± 2.3 11.1 ± 2.8 12.1 ± 5.0 25.7 ± 24.7 39.4 ± 24.4 15.9 ± 6.4 16.6 ± 4.4
AUC 208 136 ± 34 85 ± 19 63 ± 33 232 ± 138 367 ± 218 150 ± 85 118 ± 44
t1/2 17.1 17.5 ± 4.0 10.4 ± 1.7 14.5 ± 12.1 12.1 ± 2.2 19.0 ± 5.8 11.7 ± 3.0 11.1 ± 3.3
SN-38G Cmax 34.4 64.5 ± 31.3 46.3 ± 14.1 57.7 ± 22.0 78.6 ± 30.4 137.3 ± 63.0 97.4 ± 18.0 90.9 ± 18.0
AUC 418 692 ± 367 377 ± 160 422 ± 216 828 ± 288 1558 ± 720 839 ± 240 658 ± 171
t1/2 13.5 16.6 ± 9.4 9.9 ± 2.8 9.1 ± 2.0 13.0 ± 1.4 14.6 ± 3.6 9.7 ± 1.5 9.8 ± 3.9