Tx of Leukemias and Lymphomas Flashcards
Contrast adjuvant Tx w/ neo-adjuvant Tx
adjuvant–chemo following surgery or radiation
neoadjuvant–chemo BEFORE surgery or radiation
Cell-Cycle Specific (CSS) chemo drug classes [3]
- antimetabolites
- topoisomerase inhibitors
- microtubule poisons
Cell-Cycle non-specific (CCNS) chemo drug classes [2]
- alkylating agents
2. anti-tumor antibiotics
Cyclophosphamide Route: MOA: AE: *
Route: oral or IV MOA: N-mustard pro-drug; activated by host metabolism (liver) -Alkylating Agent AE: -nausea/vomiting -myelosuppression (dose-related) -alopecia -sterile hemorrhagic cystitis
*CPH is cleaved into activated particles which are toxic to bladder epithelial cells
Mechlorethamine Route: MOA: AE: *Tx: T 1/2:
Route: IV only (caustic to skin/mucous membranes–causes necrosis)
MOA: N-mustard; Alkylating Agent
AE:
-nausea/vomiting
-decreased blood counts; minimal count 10-12 days after Tx; recovery 3-6 wks
- Tx:Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (MOPP Tx)
- T 1/2: MINUTES
Melphalan Route: MOA: AE: T 1/2: Tx:
Route: IV
MOA: phenylalanine N-mustard; Alkylating Agent
AE: myelosuppression
T 1/2: 50 minutes
- renal excretion
- Tx: Multiple Myeloma; myeloablative therapy
Bendamustine Route: MOA: AE: T 1/2: Tx:
Route: IV MOA: N-mustard; Alkylating Agent AE: -nausea/vomiting -myelosuppression -mucositis T 1/2: 30 minutes Tx: CLL; indolent B-cell Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Chlorambucil Route: MOA: AE: ? T 1/2: Tx:
Route: ORAL MOA: N-mustard; Alkylating Agent AE: ? T 1/2: 1.5 hrs Tx: CLL (now rarely used)
Busulfan Route: MOA: AE: T 1/2: ? Tx:
Route: ORAL or IV (high doses) MOA: Alkylsulfonate: Alkylating Agent AE: -profound myelosuppression -pulm fibrosis -veno-occlusive dx T 1/2: ? Tx: CML (prior to Imatinib)
Decarbazine Route: MOA: AE: T 1/2: Tx:
Route: IV
MOA: activated by hepatic metabolism; Alkylating Agent
AE: acute nausea/vomiting; delayed myelosuppression (dose-limiting)
T 1/2:
Tx: Hodgkin’s lymphoma; multiple myeloma
Anticancer metabolites [3]
- folate analogs
- purine analogs
- pyrimidine analogs
*enters and interrupts a normal metabolic pathway
Drug which may be “rescued” with folinic acid (Citrovorin, leucovorin)
Methotrexate
Methotrexate Route: MOA: AE: Resistance:
Route: oral, IV, intrathecal
MOA: Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitor; Anti-Metabolite
AE:
-anti-folate AE (bone marrow, GI)
-hepatotoxicity (chronic use)
T 1/2:
Resistance: decreased drug accumulation, amplified DHFR, altered DHFR
6-Mercaptopurine, 6-Thioguanine Route: MOA: AE: Resistance:
Route: Oral
MOA: purine analogs; Anti-Metabolites
AE: well-tolerated, bone marrow suppression at high doses
Resistance: decrease in hprt activity, increase in alkaline phosphatase
Fludarabine Route: MOA: AE: T 1/2: Tx:
Route: oral, IV (monophosphate)
MOA: purine analog; Anti-Metabolite
-diphosphate–inhibits ribonucleotide reductase
–triphosphate–inhibits DNA polymerase and ligase, incorporated into RNA and DNA
AE: nausea/vomiting, myelosuppression
T 1/2:
Tx: mono- or combo Tx for CLL
Cytarabine Route: MOA: AE: Tx:
Route: IV, intrathecal
MOA: pyrimidine analogs; Anti-Metabolite
-activated by deoxycytidine kinase–polymorphic
–triphosphate incorporated into DNA, inhibits elongation/repair
AE: more toxic than purines, myelosuppression, GI, stomatitis
Tx: AML, ALL
Vinblastine Route: MOA: AE: *
Route: IV
MOA: inhibits/reverses tubulin polymerization, disrupts mitotic spindles
-metaphase arrest
-plant alkaloid
AE: nausea/vomiting, alopacia, Bone marrow depression
*biliary excretion
Vincristine (Oncovin)
Route:
MOA:
AE:
Route: IV
MOA: inhibits/reverses tubulin polymerization, disrupts mitotic spindles
-metaphase arrest
-plant alkaloid
AE: short duration due to peripheral neuropathy
-less toxic to bone marrow, no nausea/vomiting
Etoposide (VP-16)
Route:
MOA:
AE:
Route: oral, IV
MOA: topoisomerase-II inhibitor (dsDNA breaks)
-CCS
-arrests cells in S-G2 stage
-podophyllotoxin
-plant alkaloid
AE: nausea/vomiting, alopecia, bone marrow suppression