A Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of Vincristine in Children With Leukemia

Summary

The pharmacokinetic behavior of vincristine in pediatric patients has not been well characterized. The present study will obtain detailed information on vincristine pharmacokinetics in patients being treated for standard risk ALL on CCG protocols 1952/1962. A limited sampling strategy will be developed, and the interpatient and intrapatient variability of vincristine pharmacokinetics in children will be studied. A correlation between vincristine neurotoxicity and vincristine pharmacokinetics will be sought.

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Start

1998-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2003-11

Publications

• Background Crom WR, de Graaf SS, Synold T, Uges DR, Bloemhof H, Rivera G, Christensen ML, Mahmoud H, Evans WE. Pharmacokinetics of vincristine in children and adolescents with acute lymphocytic leukemia. J Pediatr. 1994 Oct;125(4):642-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70027-3.
• Background de Graaf SS, Bloemhof H, Vendrig DE, Uges DR. Vincristine disposition in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Med Pediatr Oncol. 1995 Apr;24(4):235-40. doi: 10.1002/mpo.2950240405.
• Background Adamson PC, Poplack DG, Balis FM. Pharmacology and drug resistance in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1990 Oct;4(5):871-94.

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