Cancer Chemotherapy Flashcards
15.21
Cisplatin; Carboplatin - Tx
Chemo for advanced metastatic bladder cancer (use MVAC)
Cisplatin; Carboplatin - MOA
Displacement of Cl by water activates –> crosslinks DNA by binding guanines to prevent replication; drug-DNA complex attracts HMG-1 (high mobility group-1) repair proteins which become irreversibly bound –> prevents effective repair and leads to apoptosis
Does activation occur more slowly in cisplatin or carboplatin?
Carboplatin
Cisplatin; Carboplatin - MOR (2)
1) . Increased nucleotide excision repair protein;
2) . loss of function of mismatch repair (HMG-1)
Cisplatin; Carboplatin - Tox and how to minimize them (4)
- Nephrotoxicity (minimized w/ hydration/saline diuresis)
- Ototoxicity
- Marked nausea/vomiting (given w/ anti-emetic)
- Myelosuppression (Carboplatin only)
What is MVAC combo?
Methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, cisplatin
Which is generally less toxic: carboplatin or cisplatin?
Carboplatin
Which is used for pts w/renal dysfunction: carboplatin or cisplatin? (+1 more drug)
Carboplatin in combo w/paclitaxel
What is used w/cisplatin to minimize renal damage?
Hydration/saline diuresis
Doxorubicin; Mitoxantrone - Tx
Chemotherapy - Hormone Refractory/metastatic prostate cancer
Doxorubicin; Mitoxantrone - MOA
Intercalates DNA
Mitoxantrone - Class; used w/
Doxorubicin analog (sometimes used w/prednisone)
Doxorubicin; Mitoxantrone - SE (3)
Myelosuppression, cardiac toxicity, mucositis
Doxorubicin; Mitoxantrone - C/I
Cardiac disease
Which has less cardiotoxicity: doxorubicin or mitoxantrone?
Mitoxantrone
Paclitaxel; Docetaxel - Tx; used w/
Chemotherapy - Hormone refractory prostate cancer; docetaxel used in combo w/estramustine
Paclitaxel; Docetaxel - MOA
Antagonizes/blocks microtubule spindle disassembly by inhibiting mitosis by binding to beta-tubulin
Paclitaxel; Docetaxel - MOR (2)
- Multidrug resistance pumps
2. Beta-tubulin mutations
Paclitaxel; Docetaxel - Tox (3)
(1) Neutropenia, (2) peripheral neuropathy, (3) hypersensitivity (can use w/ dexamethasone)
Flutamide, Bicalutamide, Nilutamide - Tx
Chemotherapy; hormonal tx of prostate cancer
Flutamide, Bicalutamide, Nilutamide - Class
Nonsteroidal Androgen Receptor Antagonists
Flutamide, Bicalutamide, Nilutamide - MOA
Inhibit ligand binding of receptor and translocation of the androgen receptor-ligand complex to the nucleus
***Rarely used alone; used in combo w/ GnRH agonist during first few weeks of treatment to prevent excess androgen production
Flutamide, Bicalutamide, Nilutamide - SE (2)
- Gynecomastia
2. Mild hepatic toxicity
Which is more potent of the nonsteroidal androgen receptor antagonists?
Bicalutamide/Nilutamide –> orally active, more potent w/ fewer side effects compared to Flutamide
Cyproterone - Class
Steroidal androgen receptor antagonist
Cyproterone - Tx
Chemo - prostate cancer
Cyproterone - MOA
Steroidal androgen receptor antagonist/partial agonist
Cyproterone - Used w/
Rarely used alone
Used in combo w/ GnRH agonist (Leuprolide, Goserelin) during first few weeks of treatment to prevent excess androgen production
Leuprolide, Goserelin - Tx
Chemo- prostate cancer