Correlation between Acute Drug-induced Liver and Kidney Injury and HD-MTX Blood Concentration in Patients with Osteosarcoma / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the correlation between HD-MTX blood concentration and acute drug-induced liver and kidney injury in the patients with osteosarcoma, and investigate the significance of HD-MTX concentration in the monitoring of liver and kidney toxicity. Methods: A total of 56 osteosarcoma patients treated with HD-MTX were selected, and after HD-MTX treatment, the blood concentration of MTX was detected by an HPLC-UV method in 48 h and 72 h after the administration. The liver and kidney function were measured at the same time. The correlation between the different concentrations of MTX and the change of liver and kidney func-tion was analyzed. Results: All the patients were monitored MTX blood concentration at different time points. After the 48-hour HD-MTX treatment, 4 patients (7. 14% ) were with acute drug-induced liver injury and 13 patients (23. 21% ) showed drug-induced kid-ney injury. The average C48hof liver injury was (2.90 ±0.78) μmol·L-1, and the average C48hof kidney injury was (1.65 ±1.12) μmol·L-1. After the 72-hour HD-MTX treatment, 7 patients ( 12. 50% ) were with drug-induced liver injury and 16 patients (28.57%) showed drug-induced kidney injury. The average C72hof liver injury was (0.30 ±0.17) μmol·L-1, while the average C48hof kidney injury was (0. 29 ± 0. 29) μmol·L-1. The function indices of liver ( ALT, ALP and TBIL) and kidney ( SCr) were significantly higher than those in the normal group (P<0. 05), and the blood concentration of MTX was partly significantly correlated with those indicators. Conclusion: There is a certain correlation between MTX induced injury and the blood drug concentration at par-ticular points, and C48hmay be more valuable to predict drug-induced liver and kidney injury.