Abstract:
Single-Dose and Multiple-Dose Pharmacokinetic Study of Tegafur, Gimeracil, and OteracilPotassium Tablets in Patients with Advanced Solid TumorsZhongling ZHU1, Jinhuai XUE1, Zhao YAN1, Li ZHU2, Meijun LIU1Correspondence to: Zhao YAN, E-mail: yanzhaotj@126.com1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China2Department of Radiotherapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300060, ChinaAbstract Objective: To study the single-dose and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil potassiumtablets in patients with advanced solid tumors. Methods: Ten patients for the single-dose pharmacokinetics study were administrated 60mg of tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil potassium tablets. Nine patients for the multiple-dose pharmacokinetics study were given 60 mgof tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil potassium tablets twice a day for seven consecutive days. The plasma concentrations of tegafur, 5-flu-orouracil ( 5-FU ), gimeracil ( CDHP ), and oteracil potassium ( Oxo ) were determined using high-performance liquid chromatogra-phy-tandem mass spectrometry. DAS 2.0 was applied to assess the plasma concentration-time data. Results: After single-dose adminis-tration, the Cmax and AUC0-t of tegafur were ( 1407 ± 383 ) ng·mL-1and ( 15403 ± 8439 ) ng·h·mL-1; for 5-FU, ( 128 ± 36 ) ng·mL-1and ( 539 ± 138 ) ng·h·mL-1; for CDHP, ( 222 ± 93 ) ng·mL-1and ( 962 ± 390 ) ng·h·ml-1, and for Oxo, ( 33.2 ± 14.6 ) ng·mL-1and (117 ± 64 ) ng·h·mL-1. Comparing single-dose group with multiple-dose group, no significant differences were observed in the pharma-cokinetics parameters of 5-FU, CDHP, and Oxo. With respect to tegafur, significant differences were observed in Cmax and AUC, butthe increase in Cmax and AUC were close to accumulation coefficient. The toxicity of tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil potassium tabletsvaried from mild to moderate. Grades 3 or 4 toxicity was not observed during the study. Conclusion: All participants had good toler-ance throughout the study. After seven days of continuous administration, no significant differences were observed in the pharmacoki-netic parameters of tegafur, 5-FU, CDHP, and Oxo.Keywords Tegafur; LC/MS/MS; Pharmacokinetics; Neoplasm