Cancer drugs Flashcards
List the nitrogen mustards
- Cyclophosphamide (Prodrug! Must be metabolized in liver)
2. Ifosfamide
What is the nitrogen mustard’s MOA?
Alkylate DNA by binding to N7 of guanine
Cyclophosphamide ADE?
Pulmonary fibrosis, hemorrhagic cystitis
Ifosfamide ADE?
CNS, infection. No pulmonary fibrosis and less renal tox than cyclophosphamide
Adjuvant therapy with the nitrogen mustards?
Mesna
List the platinum drugs
- Cisplatin
2. Carboplatin
MOA of platinum drugs?
Bind N7 of guanine on DNA and produce intra-strand cross links that inhibit replication
Cisplatin/Carboplatin ADE?
Renal and oto toxicity
THE DOSE LIMITING FACTOR FOR THE PLATINUM DRUGS IS NEPHROTOXICITY!
Cisplatin’s adjuvant therapy?
Amifostine
Folic acid analogs?
- Methotrexate
2. Pemetrexed
MOA of folic acid analogs?
Inhibit dihydrofolate reductase thus inhibiting DNA synthesis
Folic acid analogs have a ton of ADE’s. What might they do to the lungs?
Pulmonary fibrosis
Adjuvant therapy for methotrexate?
Leucovorin
List the pyrimadine analogs
Gemcitabine
MOA of Gemcitabine?
Pyrimadine analoge (cystine) –> inhibits DNA synthesis –> apoptosis
ADE of Gemcitabine?
Hand-foot syndrome (blisters on palms of hands and soles of feet)
Camptothecin analogs?
- Irinotecan
2. Topotecan