Abstract:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) represents approximately 15% of all lung cancers, and is the most aggressive form of lung cancer. Left untreated, the time from diagnosis to death is 2-3 months. With current treatment, expected survival is 7-20 months, depending on the stage of disease. A new drug, amrubicin, is approved in Japan for lung cancer and has demonstrated efficacy in U.S. and European phase II trials of SCLC patients with either untreated disease or relapsed refractory illness. In a phase II study of a… Show more
“…Amrubicin is metabolized to amrubicinol, which is approximately 100-fold more potent than amrubicin and has enhanced topoisomerase (topo)-II inhibitory activity. Clinically achievable plasma levels of amrubicin and amrubicinol are 20 and 2 lM, respectively, with halflife values of 17.6-24.5 h and 4-7 h, respectively [7,8].…”
Amrubicin appears to have a distinct mode of action that overcomes typical anthracycline resistance mechanisms. Therefore, amrubicin may be useful in the treatment of anthracycline-refractory or anthracycline-resistant tumors.
“…Amrubicin is metabolized to amrubicinol, which is approximately 100-fold more potent than amrubicin and has enhanced topoisomerase (topo)-II inhibitory activity. Clinically achievable plasma levels of amrubicin and amrubicinol are 20 and 2 lM, respectively, with halflife values of 17.6-24.5 h and 4-7 h, respectively [7,8].…”
Amrubicin appears to have a distinct mode of action that overcomes typical anthracycline resistance mechanisms. Therefore, amrubicin may be useful in the treatment of anthracycline-refractory or anthracycline-resistant tumors.
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