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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-8744
    Keywords: etoposide ; etoposide phosphate ; bioequivalence ; pharmacokinetics ; pharmacodynamics ; humans ; cancer
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The bioequivalence of etoposide phosphate, a prodrug of etoposide, to etoposide was assessed in a randomized, crossover study in 29 patients with histologically established solid tumors that had failed conventional treatment. Cohorts of patients received one treatment course each of etoposide and etoposide phosphate which consisted of a 100 mg/m2 per day etoposide equivalent dose infused iv over 1 hr on a Day 1 to 5 schedule of treatment. The second course was administered 21 days later or on recovery of blood cell counts. Plasma and urine samples were collected over 24 hr on Day 1 of each course and assayed for etoposide content by a validated HPLC/UV method. Resulting data were subjected to noncompartmental pharmacokinetic analysis. Hematology profiles were obtained by collecting blood samples prior to the first course and twice a week after each course. The pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of etoposide were virtually identical after the two treatments. The point estimates (90% confidence intervals) for nadir WBC, granulocytes, hemoglobin, and platelets expressed as % decrease from the baseline, and for the pharmacokinetic parameters, Cmax, and AUC0-∞, after intravenous etoposide phosphate relative to etoposide were 100% (96%, 105%), 97% (91%, 103%), 95% (82%, 109%), 95% (84%, 106%), 107% (101%, 113%), and 113% (107%, 119%), respectively. Therefore, etoposide phosphate is bioequivalent to etoposide based on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic assessments.
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    Pharmaceutical research 11 (1994), S. 1599-1604 
    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: cimetidine ; ranitidine ; H2-receptor antagonists ; uptake ; uptake rate ; mechanism of transport ; double peaks
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The H2-receptor antagonists exhibit unusual absorption behavior in that double peaks often occur after oral administration. Moreover, administration with some high potency antacids decreases the extent of absorption. To date, no explanation that can completely account for these observations has been advanced. One problem is that there is a lack of consensus as to the mechanism of absorption of the H2-receptor antagonists from the gastrointestinal tract. In the studies reported here, the mechanism and regional dependence of intestinal uptake of two H2-receptor antagonists, cimetidine and ranitidine, were investigated in rats using the in vitro everted ring technique. The uptake rate of cimetidine from both jejunum and colon was linear with concentration (in the range of 0.0005-40 mM), and there was no significant competition for uptake in the presence of the structurally similar H2-receptor antagonists, famotidine and ranitidine. In the case of ranitidine too, the uptake rate from the jejunum and colon was linear with concentration (in the range of 0.0005-5 mM), and there was no competition for uptake by either famotidine or cimetidine. These data indicate that uptake of cimetidine and ranitidine in the rat jejunum and colon occurs by a predominantly passive process. Both cimetidine and ranitidine exhibited regional differences in uptake rate. Uptake tended to be greatest in the ileum, similar in duodenum and jejunum, and lowest in the colon. However, differences in uptake rates between locations in the small intestine appeared to be too modest to account for the double peak behavior of either compound.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: cimetidine ; double peaks ; bioavailability ; absorption rate constant ; gastric pH ; intestinal pH ; gastric emptying
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The plasma concentration-time profiles of cimetidine often exhibit two peaks following oral administration of a single dose in the fasted state, while the concurrent administration of some antacids results in a lower extent as well as rate of absorption. In the present work, absorption of cimetidine after a single dose in the fasted state was studied as a function of gastric pH in male beagle dogs to determine whether gastric pH plays a role in the double peak phenomenon and/or can account for the decrease in bioavailability when antacids are coadministered. The extent of absorption of cimetidine was not influenced significantly by gastric pH, indicating that elevation of gastric pH is not the cause of decreases in the bioavailability of cimietidine when it is administered with antacids. Distinct double peaks or plateaux were noted in 8 of 10 plasma profiles when the gastric pH was 3 or below. Irregular absorption behavior was observed in 2 of 6 profiles in the pH range of 3 to 5, while single peaks were observed in all 10 profiles when the gastric pH was maintained at pH ≥ 5. It was concluded that gastric pH is a major factor in the generation of cimetidine double peaks. Changes in gastric pH also resulted in changes in the apparent kinetics of absorption. Below pH 5, absorption mostly followed zero-order kinetics (9 of 16 profiles) or a more complex kinetic process involving at least two components to the absorption phase (5 of 16 profiles). At gastric pH ≥ 5, however, absorption followed first order kinetics in 7 of 10 profiles. These differences in kinetics of absorption are postulated to arise from variations in gastric emptying as a function of pH and/or carryover effects of gastric pH into the upper intestine.
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