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Neoplasm Drugs Flashcards

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Cell cycle specific neoplasm drugs

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Vinca alkaloids
Anti-metabolites
Taxanes
Phodophyllotoxins
Bleomycin
Aspariginases
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Hyperacute graft rejection

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  • Mechanism: Pre-formed antibodies and complimenting activation
  • target: RBC antigens
  • pathology: thrombosis and ischemia
  • time course:
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Non-cell cycle specific neoplasm drugs

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Classic alkylating agents
Dactinomycin 
Anthracyclins
Nitroureases
Mitomycin
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Basics: Antimetabolites- methotrexate

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  • folate/folinate analog -> inhibits DHFR
  • dose dependent toxicities (see immunopharm for list)
  • can be given intrathecally for trt of carcinomatous meningitis
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Antimetabolites: plant alkaloids

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M-phase specific: e.g. Vincristine, Vineblastine, ninorebine

  • microtubule polymerization inhibitor: inhibits assembly
  • highly immunosuppressive
  • neurotoxic
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Taxanes: taxman, records, pennies

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Paclitaxel, docetaxel

  • MOA: interfere with mitotic spindle by preventing disassembly
  • solid tumors
  • neutropenias, tcytopenia, neuropathy
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Rescue therapy

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Levucorin: methotrexate
Mesna: traps acrolein byproduct of cyclophosphamide
Dexrazoxane: inhibits ROS in anthracyclins

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Alkylators: (3)

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Cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, mechlorethamine
(Have chlorine/phosphate group)
- resistance is a result of trapping, decreasing drug permeability, and DNA repair

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Mechloramine

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Alkylating agent

  • converts to reactive cytotoxic agent in the body
  • hodgkins and non-hodgkins lymphoma
  • vesicant
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Platinum analogs

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Cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaplatin

  • testicular carcinomas, bladder, ovary and lung
  • hematoxic, neurotoxic, nephrotoxic
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Procarbazine

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Forms H2O2

  • orally active
  • H/NH lymphomas
  • inhibits MAO, and has a disulfiram like rxn. Nephro and neurotoxic as well
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Mercaptopurine and thioguanine

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Both inhibit HGPRTases -> stop purine synthesis

  • high first pass metabolism
  • marrow suppression is dose limited, it is hepatotoxic.
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5-FU

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Inhibition of thymadylate synthetase

  • widely distributed including CSF
  • lots of chemotherapeutic uses
  • low toxicity: alopecia, GI distress and myelosupression
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TRK inhibitors: Nibs

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imatinib, Disatinib, Nilotinib
- MOA: block BCR-ABL tyrosine Kinase activity
- CML
- Heart failure, myalgia, edema 
(In Philly they show off their nibs)
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Gemcitabine

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  • mOA: Gemcitabine di and triphosphate inhibit ribonucleotide reductase
  • non hodge/small cell lung cancer, bladder, pancreatic cancers
  • normal 3 with some pulmonary toxicity
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Vinca alkaloids

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  • MOA: anti-microtubule, Blocks mitotic spindle formation
  • blastine and cristine: lymphomas and neuroblastomas.
    ~ blastine: kaposis sarcoma
    ~ cristine: Wilms tumor
  • neurotoxic
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Etoposide and teniposide

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  • MOA: inhibits topoisomerase II (active in late S phase early G2)
  • lymphoma, lung and germ cell cancers
  • normal toxicities
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Topotecan and Irinotecan

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  • MOA: campothectins that inhibit topoisomerase I
  • topo: Second line for advanced ovarian cancer Small cell lung cancer
  • Irin: Metastatic colorectal cancer
  • myelosupression and GI distress
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Anthracyclins

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Rubicins and mitxanatrone

  • MOA: inhibits topoisomerase II and creates ROS
  • lots. If you get time come back and learn them
  • Cardiotoxicity including arrythmias and AHF
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Bleomycin

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  • MOA: causes production of Free rads which degrade DNA
  • hodgkins and testicular cancer
  • pulmonary toxicity, HSN and mucocutaneous rxns
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Tratzuzumab

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  • MOA: MoAb growth factor receptor inhibitor (her-2/neu receptor)
  • used in breast cancer
  • cytokine syndrome effect, potential CHF
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Ritixumab

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  • CD20 inhibitor Mab
  • used in cocktail with other anti cancer drugs
  • non-hodgkins lymphomas
  • HSN, myelosupression
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Mitomycin

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  • CCNS DNA cross linker
  • hypoxia tumor cell trt
  • myelosupression, HLLK toxicity
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Asparaginases

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  • MOA: depletes serum aspargine
  • leukemias and lymphomas
  • HSN, bleeding
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Red urine; normal Hct

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Doxorubicin

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Red urine; low hematocrit

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Hemorrhagic cystitis due to cyclophosphamide use

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Hypoxic tumor treatment

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Mitomycin

- HLLK tox

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Stines

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Nitroureases (except lumostine)

  • cell cycle Non-specific
  • crosses BBB: brain tumors
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Phodophylotoxins (2)

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Etoposide, tenoposide

- topoisomerase II inhibitors

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Bine/ate

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Antimetabolite

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ide/ine

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Alkylating agents

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