Preclinical evaluation of the anticancer activity and toxicity of 9-nitro-20(S)-camptothecin (Rubitecan)

  • Authors:
    • Beppino C. Giovanella
    • John S. Stehlin
    • Hellmuth R. Hinz
    • Anthony J. Kozielski
    • Nicholas J. Harris
    • Dana M. Vardeman
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2002     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.20.1.81
  • Pages: 81-88
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to establish the maximum tolerated dose of rubitecan in mice, dogs and men and to establish the anticancer activity of such dose against human tumors xenografted in nude mice. Nude mice received increasing doses of Rubitecan by intrastomach injection until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) had been established for both the single dose and the multiple doses at the schedule of 5 days on, 2 days off. Extrapolating from the mouse data, MTD was determined for oral administration in dogs and man. Levels of the drug in plasma were determined by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Using maximum tolerated multiple doses, the sensitivity of human cancer xenografts in nude mice to Rubitecan was determined. MTD of Rubitecan in mice for multiple doses intrastomach at the schedule of 5+,2- was 1 mg/kg/day. MTD in dogs was also 1 mg/kg/day, administered orally but at the schedule of 4+,3-. In man, it was 1 mg/m2/day at the schedule of 5+,2-. Treatment of human cancer xenografts in nude mice with MTD of Rubitecan resulted in 100% growth inhibition of 30/30 tumors tested and in 24/30 in their total disappearance. These 30 tumors comprised all the most common human cancers: lung, colorectal, breast, pancreatic, ovarian, prostate, stomach, melanoma and a leukemia. From the data collected, it appears that rubitecan is a very promising anticancer drug with high potency against a wide spectrum of human cancers. These cancers growing as xenografts in nude mice are always growth inhibited (30/30) and frequently (24/30) totally destroyed by the administration of non-toxic doses of Rubitecan.

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Giovanella BC, Stehlin JS, Hinz HR, Kozielski AJ, Harris NJ and Vardeman DM: Preclinical evaluation of the anticancer activity and toxicity of 9-nitro-20(S)-camptothecin (Rubitecan). Int J Oncol 20: 81-88, 2002
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Giovanella, B.C., Stehlin, J.S., Hinz, H.R., Kozielski, A.J., Harris, N.J., & Vardeman, D.M. (2002). Preclinical evaluation of the anticancer activity and toxicity of 9-nitro-20(S)-camptothecin (Rubitecan). International Journal of Oncology, 20, 81-88. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.20.1.81
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Giovanella, B. C., Stehlin, J. S., Hinz, H. R., Kozielski, A. J., Harris, N. J., Vardeman, D. M."Preclinical evaluation of the anticancer activity and toxicity of 9-nitro-20(S)-camptothecin (Rubitecan)". International Journal of Oncology 20.1 (2002): 81-88.
Chicago
Giovanella, B. C., Stehlin, J. S., Hinz, H. R., Kozielski, A. J., Harris, N. J., Vardeman, D. M."Preclinical evaluation of the anticancer activity and toxicity of 9-nitro-20(S)-camptothecin (Rubitecan)". International Journal of Oncology 20, no. 1 (2002): 81-88. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.20.1.81