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. 2020 Jul 4;12(7):1789. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071789

Table 4.

Association between pharmacokinetic parameters and vincristine induced peripheral neuropathy, additionally corrected for age, sex, VCR dose per m2, disease, concurrent azole-antifungal treatment, and self-declared ancestry.

Total CTCAE Score Total Ped-mTNS Score VIPN CTCAE Score No/Yes * VIPN Ped-mTNS Score No/Yes *
Beta (95% CI) p Value Beta (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p-Value OR (95% CI) p-Value
Cl(L/hr/m2) 0.00 (−0.04 to 0.05) 0.90 0.02 (−0.09 to 0.14) 0.70 1.01 (0.96–1.06) 0.74 1.05 (0.99–1.12) 0.11
V1 (L/m2) −0.00 (−0.06 to 0.09) 0.96 −0.03 (−0.19 to 0.13) 0.72 1.00 (0.89–1.11) 0.93 0.98 (0.91–1.07) 0.98
IC-Cl (L/h/m2) 0.01 (0.00–0.02) 0.04 0.04 (0.01–0.07) 0.004 1.02 (1.00–1.03) 0.02 1.05 (1.02–1.09) 0.001
V2 (L/m2) −0.00 (−0.00 to 0.00) 0.88 0.01 (−0.00 to 0.02) 0.20 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.29 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.81
Plasma AUC (ng·h/mL) −0.01 (−0.06 to 0.03) 0.54 −0.06 (−0.16 to 0.05) 0.27 0.97 (0.93–1.02) 0.21 0.95 (0.89–1.02) 0.18
Peripheral AUC (ng·h/mL) −0.01 (−0.05 to 0.04) 0.76 −0.05 (−0.16 to 0.06) 0.34 0.98 (0.93–1.03) 0.40 0.97 (0.91–1.04) 0.41
Plasma Cmax (ng/mL) −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.02) 0.55 0.00 (−0.08 to 0.07) 0.94 0.96 (0.92–1.00) 0.05 0.99 (0.96–1.02) 0.53
Peripheral Cmax (ng/mL) −0.00 (−0.36 to 0.35) 0.99 −0.31 (−1.27 to 0.65) 0.52 0.97 (0.64–1.47) 0.89 0.96 (0.61–1.49) 0.85

Common toxicity criteria of adverse event (CTCAE); pediatric-modified total neuropathy score (ped-mTNS); vincristine induced peripheral neuropathy (VIPN); clearance (Cl); confidence interval (CI); volume of distribution of the central compartment (V1); intercompartmental clearance (IC-Cl); volume of distribution of the peripheral compartment (V2); area under the concentration time curve (AUC);, maximum concentration (Cmax). * No VIPN as reference.