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01.06.2012 | Original Article
Transient elevation of serum cystatin C concentrations during perioperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy in esophageal cancer patients
verfasst von:
Manabu Kume, Hiroyuki Yasui, Yutaka Yoshikawa, Masanori Horinouchi, Kanae Higashiguchi, Yoko Kobayashi, Daisuke Kuroda, Takeshi Hirano, Midori Hirai, Tsutomu Nakamura
Erschienen in:
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
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Ausgabe 6/2012
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Abstract
Purpose
In the present study, the time–concentration profile of platinum (Pt) in plasma was compared to that of serum cystatin C (Cys C) in Japanese esophageal cancer patients receiving perioperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
Methods
Five male and one female patients receiving 2 successive cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy combined with 5-fluorouracil, the treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, participated in this study. The pharmacokinetic parameters in each patient were calculated from the individual plasma Pt concentration–time curve after intravenous infusion of cisplatin using the one-compartment model.
Results
Within a week of starting the first cycle of chemotherapy, serum Cys C concentrations increased in all patients from 122.6 to 143.0 %, subsequently returning to baseline levels in approximately 10 days. A similar increase in serum Cys C levels also occurred during the second treatment cycle. However, no increase in serum creatinine levels was observed during either treatment cycle. In addition, the concentration of plasma Pt 2 days after treatment in the first and second cycles did not correlate with those of either serum Cys C or creatinine. Finally, the half-life of Pt in plasma during the first treatment cycle was not significantly different from that in the second cycle.
Conclusions
These findings suggest that concentration fluctuations in serum Cys C are unlikely to correlate with Pt elimination from the plasma and that renal function estimates based on serum Cys C concentration might be underestimated during perioperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy for esophageal cancer.