Anticancer Flashcards
1
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Alkylating Agents
- MOA?
- Cell cycle specific?
- Toxicity?
- Resistance?
A
- produces strong electrophiles, covalent linkages by alkylating (N7 position of guanine)
- NON-SPECIFIC
- bone marrow, mucosal, N/V, reproductive systems, increased risk of leukemia
- production of glutathione (inactivates alkylating agents)
2
Q
Four classes of alkylating agents?
A
- Nitrogen mustards
- Nitrosoureas
- Triazenes
- Platinum analogs
3
Q
Bendamustine
- class of alkylating agent?
- Clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
A
- Nitrogen mustards
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL)
- also inhibits mitotic checkpoints
4
Q
Cyclophosphomide
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- special side effects?
A
- nitrogen mustards
- Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, breast, lung,
and ovarian cancers - very broad clinical spectrum, component of many combination regimens (CHOP, AC-T), pro-drugs & must be converted to active metabolites by cytochrome P450
- hemorrhagic cystitis
5
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Ifosfamide
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- special side effects?
A
- nitrogen mustards
- sarcoma, testicular
- pro-drugs & must be converted to active metabolites by cytochrome P450
- encephalopathy, hemorrhagic cystitis rare
6
Q
Carmustine and Lomustine
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- special side effects?
A
- nitrosoureas
- brain tumors
- highly lipophilic so crosses BBB
- CNS toxicity, profound myelosuppression, pulmonary fibrosis
7
Q
Dacarbazine and Temozolomide
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- special side effects?
A
- Triazenes
- -Dacarbazine is a component of ABVD regimen used for treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Temozolomide is standard treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma (combined with radiation therapy) - pro-drugs; monoalkylators
- nausea and vomiting, myelosuppression, flu-like symptoms (fever, fatigue etc.)
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Cisplatin
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- special side effects?
A
- platinum analog
- testicular, ovarian, bladder, lung carcinomas, combination therapy
- wide-range of uses
- dose-limiting renal toxicity, ototoxicity, severe N/V, motor and sensory neuropathy
9
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Carboplatin
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- special side effects?
A
- platinum analog
- ovarian cancer, lung
- myelosuppression
10
Q
Oxaliplatin
- class of alkylating agent?
- clinical uses?
- special side effects?
A
- platinum analog
- gastric and colorectal cancers with 5FU comb
- neutropenia, COLD-INDUCED ACUTE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
11
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Antimetabolites
- MOA?
- Cell cycle specific?
A
- structural analogs of folic acid, purines or pyramidines which inhibit DNA synthesis
- cell cycle specific at S-phase
12
Q
3 classes of antimetabolites?
A
- Folate analogs
- Pyrimidine analogs
- Purine analogs
13
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Methotrexate
- class of antimetabolite?
- MOA?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
A
- folate analog
- inhibits DHFR
- childhood ALL, osteosarcoma, choriocarcinoma, Burkitt’s lymphoma, breast, ovarian, head/neck, bladder
- most widely used antimetabolite, CANNOT PENETRATE CNS
- bone marrow, renal, GI, hepatotoxicity, oogenesis/spermatogenesis
14
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Pemetrexed
- class of antimetabolite?
- clinical uses?
A
- folate analog
2. colon cancer, mesothelioma, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer
15
Q
5-Fluorouracil (5FU)
- class of antimetabolite?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
- oral prodrug version with less severe side effects?
A
- pyrimidine analog
- breast, colorectal, gastric, head/neck, cervical, pancreatic, topical for BCCA
- pro-drug, given IV due to rapid degradation
- anorexia, nausea, mucosal ulcerations, diarrhea, cardiac toxicity
- Capecitabine
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Cytarabine
- class of antimetabolite?
- MOA?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
A
- pyrimidine analog
- premature DNA chain termination
- acute myeloid lymphoma (AML), ALL, blast phase CML
- most impt drug for AML, continuous IV administration
- severe myelosuppression, GI tract
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Gemcitabine
- class of antimetabolite?
- MOA?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
A
- pyrimidine analog
- inhibits ribonucleotide reductase
- pancreatic cancer, NSCLC, ovarian, bladder, esophagus, head and neck
- more effective at solid tumors than cytarabine, active thru cell cycle (not S-phase specific)
- myelosuppression, flu-like symptoms
18
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6-mercaptopurine (6MP)
- class of antimetabolite?
- MOA?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
A
- purine analog
- produces HGPRT –> TIMP which inhibits 1st step of purine base synthesis
- remission of ALL
- must lower dose if patients on allopurinol
- bone marrow, hepatotoxicity
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Fludarabine
- class of antimetabolite?
- MOA?
- clinical uses?
- PEARLS?
- toxicity?
A
- purine analog
- interferes with ribonucleotide reductase and DNA polymerase
- leukemia, lymphoma
- ionized at physiological pH, trapped in blood
- lymphopenia, increased risk of opportunistic infections
20
Q
DNA intercalating agents
- MOA?
- derived from?
- generates?
A
- block DNA and/or RNA synthesis
- soil microbe, Streptomyces
- free radicals
21
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two classes of DNA intercalating agents?
A
- Anthracyclines
2. Bleomycin