The role of sex and weight on rituximab clearance and serum elimination half-life in elderly patients with DLBCL

Pharmacokinetics of 8 doses of rituximab (375 mg/m2) given in combination with 2-week cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone/prednisolone (CHOP-14) was determined by ELISA in 20 elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 10 minutes before and after each i...

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Hauptverfasser: Müller, Carsten (VerfasserIn) , Lengfelder, Eva (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 15 February 2012
In: Blood
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 119, Heft: 14, Pages: 3276-3284
ISSN:1528-0020
DOI:10.1182/blood-2011-09-380949
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2011-09-380949
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/119/14/3276
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Verfasserangaben:Carsten Müller, Niels Murawski, Martin H.J. Wiesen, Gerhard Held, Viola Poeschel, Samira Zeynalova, Michael Wenger, Christina Nickenig, Norma Peter, Eva Lengfelder, Bernd Metzner, Tanja Rixecker, Carsten Zwick, Michael Pfreundschuh, and Marcel Reiser
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Zusammenfassung:Pharmacokinetics of 8 doses of rituximab (375 mg/m2) given in combination with 2-week cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone/prednisolone (CHOP-14) was determined by ELISA in 20 elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) 10 minutes before and after each infusion and 1 week and 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9 months after the last infusion. Population pharmacokinetic modeling was performed with nonlinear mixed-effect modeling software (NONMEM VI). Concentration-time data were fitted into an open 2-compartment model and total clearance, central compartment volume, intercompartment clearance, and volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) were investigated. Total clearance was 9.43 mL/h and Vdss was 9.61 l. Rituximab clearance was reduced (8.21 mL/h vs 12.68 mL/h; P = .003) and elimination half-life was prolonged in women compared with men (t1/2β = 30.7 vs 24.7 days; P = .003). Body weight also affected Vdss (0.1 l increase of Vdss per kilogram above median of 75 kg). A sex-dependent effect and the higher weight of males contribute to their faster rituximab clearance, which might explain why elderly males benefit less from the addition of rituximab to CHOP than females. This trial was registered on www.clinicaltrials.gov as numbers NCT00052936, EU-20243 (RICOVER-60 Trial), EU-20534, and NCT00726700 (Pegfilgrastim Trial).
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ISSN:1528-0020
DOI:10.1182/blood-2011-09-380949