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  • spironolactone  (2)
  • gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)  (1)
  • human sperm  (1)
  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: spironolactone ; canrenone ; metabolites ; pharmacokinetics ; single/multiple oral doses ; healthy volunteers
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ after base hydrolysis was studied in eight young volunteers following single and multiple dose oral administration of spironolactone. The plasma levels of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ were fitted to a two-compartment open model with a first-order absorption process. From our eight normal subjects studied, the harmonic mean of the distributive half-life (t1/2α) of canrenone was found to be 1.66 h, and the harmonic mean of the terminal elimination half-life (t1/2β) to be 22.6 h. Harmonic means of the distributive and elimination half-lives of ‘total metabolites’ after base hydrolysis were 2.48 h and 28.8 h respectively. The accumulation ratio of canrenone was 2.53, whereas that of ‘total metabolites’ was 1.89. Despite the fact that spironolactone has been shown to induce hepatic metabolism of other drugs, no evidence of autoinduction was noted in the present study, as plasma levels of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ were found to obey a linear two-compartment model with reproducible absorption and disposition after single and multiple doses.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: canrenone ; spironolactone ; elderly patients ; single and multiple doses ; plasma protein binding
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Plasma levels of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ after base hydrolysis were compared in young and elderly subjects following single and multiple doses of spironolactone. After the initial dose on Day 1, plasma levels of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ were higher in the young than in the elderly group, and significant differences were found between the two age groups in the AUC for both canrenone and ‘total metabolites’. However, these differences between the two age groups diminished after multiple dosing on Day 8, and the steady state predose plasma levels of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ were significantly higher in the elderly subjects. The accumulation ratios of canrenone and ‘total metabolites’ were significantly higher in the elderly than in the young subjects. Both canrenone and canrenoic acid were extensively bound to plasma protein, but no differences were found between the two age groups in protein binding. Observed differences in plasma levels after single and multiple dosing between young and old subjects may be consequences of many factors such as 1.) a proportionate shift in metabolism with age; 2.) impaired oral absorption of the parent compound; and/or 3.) altered volume of distribution of the drug.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1573-7330
    Keywords: in vitro fertilization (IVF) ; gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) ; luteinizing hormone (LH) assays
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Fifty-eight treatment cycles in an in vitro fertilization/gamete intrafallopian transfer (IVF/GIFT) program were studied to compare the efficacy of two urinary methods, hemagglutination test (Higonavis) and enzyme immunoassay (Ovustick), in detection of spontaneous luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. If an isolated rise in urinary LH level was taken as indicative of LH surge, the false-positive rate was 36.7% for Higonavis and 10.2% for Ovustick. The difference was statistically significant (P〈0.001). If only a sustained rise in urinary LH was taken to indicate LH surge, the false-positive rate was 6.1% for Higonavis and 0% for Ovustick. In the seven cycles with a spontaneous plasma LH surge, there was a positive correlation between the plasma LH levels and the two urinary assay methods in six cycles (85.7%). Compared to plasma LH, there was a mean delay of 17.4 hr by the Higonavis test and 15.6 hr by the Ovustick test. If a sustained rise in urinary LH levels was taken as indicative of LH surge, both methods are quite accurate but the Ovustick appeared to be more specific.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-7330
    Keywords: in vitro fertilization ; human sperm ; normal sperm morphology ; sperm movement characteristics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract One hundred fourteen semen samples from Chinese males were analyzed for routine semen parameters including the semen volume, sperm count, percentage motility, and percentage normal morphology. Of these 114 samples, 54 also had movement characteristics of seminal and swim-up sperm evaluated by the computer image analyzer system (Cellsoft; Cryo Resources Co., New York). All semen samples were subjected to the swim-up procedure to harvest the motile sperm before inseminations of human oocytes. Fertilization was considered to have occurred when at least one oocyte was observed with two or more pronuclei. Semen samples were classified as infertile (0% fertilization rate;N=32) or fertile (〉0% fertilization rate;N=82) before statistical analyses. There was a significant difference (P〈0.005) in percentage normal morphology of seminal sperm between the fertile (mean±SE; 67.3±1.2%) and the infertile (59.3±2.2%) samples. The percentage normal morphology of seminal sperm correlated (r=0.3049;P〈0.002) with the fertilization rate and this parameter was selected by the multivariate stepwise discriminant analysis as the discriminator capable of predicting the fertilization rate with 57.9% accuracy. Statistical analyses of samples where sperm movement was also evaluated demonstrated that there was significant differences (P〈0.01) between the fertile (N=38) and the infertile (N=16) samples in percentage normal morphology of seminal sperm (67.8±1.8% vs 56.2±2.6%) and curvilinear velocity of swim-up sperm (89.2±3.5 vs 68.2±7.2 μm/sec). The fertilization rates correlated with the percentage normal morphology of seminal sperm (r=0.3868;P〈0.005) and velocity of swim-up sperm (r=0.3842;P〈0.005). Multivariate stepwise discriminant analysis demonstrated that these two sperm parameters in combination were capable of predicting the fertilization rate with 74.1% accuracy. Our results indicate that seminal sperm morphology, coupled with computerassisted image analysis of movement characteristics of swim-up sperm, can help to predict the outcome of in vitro fertilization of human oocytes.
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