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Clin Pharmacokinet ; 51(3): 163-74, 2012 Mar 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22339448

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is the initial enzyme in the catabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and DPD deficiency is an important pharmacogenetic syndrome. So far, only very limited information is available regarding the pharmacokinetics of 5FU in patients with a (partial) DPD deficiency and no limited sampling models have been developed taking into account the non-linear pharmacokinetic behaviour of 5FU. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of 5FU and to develop a limited sampling strategy to detect decreased 5FU elimination in patients with a c.1905+1G>A-related DPD deficiency. METHODS: Thirty patients, heterozygous for the c.1905+1G>A mutation in DPYD, and 18 control patients received a dose of 5FU 300 mg/m2 and/or 5FU 450 mg/m2, followed by pharmacokinetic analysis of the 5FU plasma levels. A population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed in order to develop a compartmental pharmacokinetic model suitable for a limited sampling strategy. Clinical aspects of treating DPD-deficient patients with 5FU-based chemotherapy were assessed from the retrospectively collected clinical data. RESULTS: In a two-compartment model with Michaelis-Menten elimination, the mean maximum enzymatic conversion capacity (V(max)) value was 40% lower in DPD-deficient patients compared with controls (p < 0.001). Using a limited sampling strategy, with V(max) values calculated from 5FU concentrations at 30 or 60 minutes, significant differences were observed between DPD-deficient patients and controls at both dose levels (p < 0.001). The positive predictive value and negative predictive value for V(max), calculated from 5FU levels at 60 minutes, were 96% and 88%, respectively, in patients treated with a single dose of 5FU 300 mg/m2. All seven DPD-deficient patients (two males and five females) who had been genotyped prior to initiation of standard 5FU-containing chemotherapy developed grade 3-4 toxicity, with one case of lethal toxicity in a female patient. No grade 4 toxicity or lethal outcome was observed in 13 DPD-deficient patients treated with reduced doses of 5FU. The average dose of 5FU in DPD-deficient patients with mild toxicity (grade ≤2) was 61 ± 16% of the normal 5FU dose (n = 10). CONCLUSIONS: Profound differences in the elimination of 5FU could be detected between DPD-deficient patients and control patients. Pharmacokinetic 5FU profiling, using a single 5FU concentration at 60 minutes, may be useful for identification of DPD-deficient patients in order to reduce severe toxicity. Furthermore, treatment of DPD-deficient patients with standard 5FU-containing chemotherapy was associated with severe (lethal) toxicity.


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Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/pharmacokinetics , Bayes Theorem , Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Deficiency/genetics , Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)/genetics , Drug Monitoring/methods , Fluorouracil/pharmacokinetics , Models, Biological , Mutation , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Adult , Aged , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/blood , Biotransformation , Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Deficiency/blood , Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Deficiency/enzymology , Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP)/metabolism , Female , Fluorouracil/adverse effects , Fluorouracil/blood , Heterozygote , Humans , Linear Models , Logistic Models , Male , Metabolic Clearance Rate , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/blood , Netherlands , Pharmacogenetics , Phenotype , ROC Curve , Retrospective Studies
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