Table 8

Levels of WR-1065 and mesna in the PBMC and plasma immediately following amifostine and mesna infusions, respectively in patients 3 and 4

WR-1065Mesna
PBMCPlasmaPBMCPlasma
μM
Patient 3 (ifosfamide course)378-a 448-a 108270
Patient 4 (cyclophosphamide course)678-b 938-b 62410

Blood samples (1.0 ml each) were collected after the completion of each drug infusion. The plasma and purified PBMC were prepared and analyzed as described under Materials and Methods.

  • 8-a The amifostine infusion lasted 43 min, instead of 15 min, due to hypotension.

  • 8-b The sample was drawn 3 min after the end of amifostine infusion.