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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2010 Dec 8;68(3):703–712. doi: 10.1007/s00280-010-1536-1

Table 5.

Pharmacokinetic parameters (subjects with paired observations only) at sunitinib 37.5 mg/day plus paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 and carboplatin 6 AUC mg•min/mL

Alone Mean (%CV) [median] Combination Mean (%CV) [median] Geometric mean ratio (combination/alone)
Schedule 2/1 (n = 4)

Sunitinib
Tmax (h)a 6.0 (4.0–8.0) 16.0 (6.0–24.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 19.1 (23) [20.0] 28.4 (51) [26.1] 1.37
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 332 (27) [342] 501 (42) [503] 1.44
SU12662
Tmax (h)a 4.0 (2.0–6.0) 24.0 (4.0–24.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 3.11 (45) [2.99] 6.61 (68) [5.51] 1.93
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 54.1 (48) [52.9] 96.5 (61) [86.0] 1.68
Total drug
Tmax (h) 6.0 (4.0–8.0) 15.0 (4.0–24.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 22.1 (23) [23.9] 33.2 (52) [30.6] 1.38
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 386 (29) [408] 597 (44) [607] 1.48

Paclitaxel
Tmax (h)a 3.0 (3.0–3.0) 3.0 (3.0–3.0) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 4.45 (23) [4.58] 5.00 (27) [5.49] 1.11
AUC (μg·h/mL) 15.5 (17) [16.3] 16.8 (22) [18.02] 1.08
Clearance (L/h) 21.1 (33) [18.4] 19.8 (41) [16.2] 0.92
t1/2 (h) 8.80 (15) [8.36] 8.23 (17) [8.54] N/A

Total platinum
Tmax (h)a 3.5 (3.5–4.0) 3.5 (3.5–3.5) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 20.6 (29) [19.2] 22.6 (20) [21.2] 1.11
AUC0–24 (μg·h/mL) 65.1 (23) [60.4] 60.3 (10) [60.3] 0.94

Free platinum
Tmax (h)a 3.5 (3.5–4.0) 3.5 (3.5–3.5) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 25.2 (37) [24.9] 21.3 (9) [20.7] 0.89
AUC (μg·h/mL) 50.7 (25) [49.5] 43.0 (6) [42.8] 0.87
Clearance (L/h) 13.3 (39) [11.2] 13.2 (22) [12.4] 1.02
t1/2 (h) 4.72 (24) [4.89] 5.27 (4) [5.27] N/A

CDD schedule (n = 5)

Sunitinib
Tmax (h)a 8.0 (6.0–10.0) 6.0 (4.0–10.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 42.1 (12) [43.7] 47.0 (15) [44.4] 1.11
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 874 (13) [918] 983 (18) [897] 1.12
SU12662
Tmax (h)a 8.0 (4.0–10.0) 6.0 (4.0–10.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 13.4 (39) [15.7] 19.2 (39) [19.8] 1.44
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 279 (39) [326] 395 (37) [430] 1.43
Total drug
Tmax (h)a 8.0 (6.0–10.0) 6.0 (4.0–10.0) N/A
Cmax (ng/mL) 55.3 (14) [50.9] 65.2 (17) [68.3] 1.17
AUC0–24 (ng·h/mL) 1,153 (14) [1,115] 1,379 (15) [1,351] 1.19

Paclitaxel
Tmax (h)a 3.0 (2.0–3.0) 3.0 (3.0–3.0) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 3.96 (40) [3.62] 5.24 (50) [4.92] 1.28
AUC (μg·h/mL) 14.3 (31) [13.2] 15.9 (33) [13.6] 1.11
Clearance (L/h) 26.5 (34) [29.8] 23.6 (32) [27.4] 0.89
t1/2 (h) 8.89 (14) [8.69] 7.84 (29) [6.90] N/A

Total platinum
Tmax (h)a 3.5 (3.5–4.0) 3.5 (3.5–4.0) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 23.1 (20) [24.5] 22.8 (13) [24.7] 1.00
AUC0–24 (μg·h/mL) 67.6 (7) [65.5] 60.6 (11) [64.0] 0.89

Free platinum
Tmax (h)a 4.0 (3.5–4.0) 3.5 (3.5–4.0) N/A
Cmax (μg/mL) 20.7 (15) [19.3] 22.0 (16) [22.5] 1.06
AUC (μg·h/mL) 48.3 (9) [49.2] 43.1 (9) [42.4] 0.89
Clearance (L/h) 17.1 (26) [16.5] 18.9 (22) [21.1] 1.11
t1/2 (h) 5.18 (6) [5.09] 4.16 (26) [4.80] N/A

Total drug sunitinib + SU12662; Cmax maximum plasma concentration; t1/2 terminal phase half-life; AUC area under the plasma concentration–time profile for time zero to infinity (AUC) or 24 h (AUC0–24); CV coefficient of variation; N/A not applicable; CDD continuous daily dosing

a

Tmax = time for Cmax; median (min, max)