Oxaliplatin, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment... more Oxaliplatin, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, is often administered to patients with altered liver function caused by hepatic metastases. Because of the absence of data on the clearance of oxaliplatin in patients with liver dysfunction, and to develop dosing recommendations for the safe use of oxaliplatin in this clinical setting, the Organ Dysfunction Working Group of the National Cancer Institute performed a phase I and pharmacokinetic trial of this drug in patients displaying a wide range of liver function abnormalities. Sixty patients grouped into five classes of liver function were enrolled in this study, including a 12-patient control group with normal liver function, 15 patients with "mild," 16 patients with "moderate," and 16 with…
Oxaliplatin, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment... more Oxaliplatin, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, is often administered to patients with altered liver function caused by hepatic metastases. Because of the absence of data on the clearance of oxaliplatin in patients with liver dysfunction, and to develop dosing recommendations for the safe use of oxaliplatin in this clinical setting, the Organ Dysfunction Working Group of the National Cancer Institute performed a phase I and pharmacokinetic trial of this drug in patients displaying a wide range of liver function abnormalities. Sixty patients grouped into five classes of liver function were enrolled in this study, including a 12-patient control group with normal liver function, 15 patients with "mild," 16 patients with "moderate," and 16 with…
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