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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2008 Apr 1;63(1):181–188. doi: 10.1007/s00280-008-0733-7

Table 4.

Mean (SD) pharmacokinetic parameters of trabectedin and dFdU in patients coadministered single doses of trabectedin and gemcitabine

Parameter Trabectedin
dFdU
Dose level 1 (n = 6) Dose level 2 (n = 3) Dose level 3 (n = 6) Dose level 1 (n = 6) Dose level 2 (n = 3) Dose level 3 (n = 6)
tmax (h)a 1.99 (0.5–3.00) 2.80 (2.00–2.83) 2.01 (2.00–2.80) NA 0.98 (0.28–1.03) 0.97 (0.33–1.07)
Cmax (ng/mL)b 1.96 (1.14) 1.79 (0.375) 3.35 (1.44) NA 17.0 (10.4) 38.7 (4.4)
AUC (ng h/mL)c 13 (15.3) 9.82 (1.46) 15.8 (6.61) NA 119 (67.9) 225 (33.5)
t½ (h)d 35.8 (51.9) 43.4 (36.1) 32.7 (14.1) NA 6.82 (0.278) 4.79 (0.829)
CL (L/h) 73.0 (45.3) 79.6 (4.0) 49.9 (19.4) NA NR NR
Vss (L) 722 (591) 2527 (2774) 1089 (770) NA NR NR

AUC area under the plasma concentration–time curve, Cmax maximum plasma concentration, CL systemic clearance, dFdU 2′-deoxy-2′,2′-difluorouridine, NA not applicable, NR not reported, SD standard deviation, tmax time to Cmax, t1/2 terminal half-life, Vss apparent volume of distribution at steady state

a

Median (range)

b

For dFdU, μg/mL

c

For dFdU, μg h/mL

d

For dFdU, t1/2λ(h)