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Trade names for etoposide phosphate include Etopofos and Etopophos (Swiss Pharmaceutical Society generic 3.03 mg yasmin fast delivery birth control 43701, 1999). Methods for the analysis of etoposide and its metabolites in plasma, serum and urine have included reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with oxidative electrochemical detection, fluorescence detection and ultraviolet detection. Podophyllotoxin is isolated from the dried roots and rhizomes of species of the genus Podophyllin, such as the may apple or American mandrake (Podophyllin peltatum L. Etoposide can be synthesized from naturally occurring podophyllotoxin by first treating the podophyllotoxin with hydrogen bromide to produce 1-bromo-1-deoxyepi- podophyllotoxin, which is demethylated to 1-bromo-4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin. The bromine is replaced by a hydroxy group, resulting in 4′-demethylepipodo- phyllotoxin. After protection of the phenolic hydroxyl, the 4-hydroxy group is coupled with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranose. The protecting group at the 4′- hydroxy is removed by hydrogenolysis and the acyl groups by hydrolysis, and the cyclic O-4,6 acetal is formed by reaction with acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal (Holthuis et al. During early clinical trials for cancer chemotherapeutic use, podophyllotoxin proved to be too toxic and, in the 1960s, two epipodophyllotoxins were described, teniposide (see monograph, this volume) and etoposide (Keller-Juslén et al. The first clinical trial of etoposide was reported in 1971, and etoposide entered routine use after 1981 (Oliver et al. Etoposide is one of the most widely used cytotoxic drugs and has strong anti- tumour activity in cases of small-cell lung cancer, testicular cancer, lymphomas and a variety of childhood malignancies. It is one of the most active single agents in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (Slevin et al. For testicular germ-cell tumours, etoposide is used in combination with bleomycin and cisplatin. Durable complete responses were achieved in about 80% of patients with disseminated germ-cell tumours; in a randomized trial, the combination resulted in longer overall survival and less toxicity than the standard cisplatin–bleomycin– vinblastine regimen (Williams et al. Three or four cycles of etoposide with cisplatin and bleomycin are now generally regarded as the standard treatment for this disease (Nichols, 1992). Etoposide is active as a single agent in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with response rates of 17–40% in previously treated patients (O’Reilly et al. It has been investigated for use in combination with the widely used cyclophosphamide–doxo- rubicin–vincristine–prednisone regimen and in a number of new combinations. Etoposide is less commonly used in a number of other tumour types, including non-small-cell lung cancer, breast, ovarian and gastric cancer, leukaemias, Kaposi sarcoma and in histiocytosis (Joel, 1996; Okada et al. The efficacy of etoposide is clearly schedule-dependent, longer exposures of three to five days being more active than a single dose (Slevin et al. A typical intra- venous dose is 375–500 mg/m2 over three to five days days (90–120 mg/m2 per day), repeated every three weeks. Owing to its poor solu- bility, a more water-soluble pro-drug, etoposide phosphate, was developed for clinical use. Once this drug enters the systemic circulation, the phosphate is rapidly and com- pletely cleaved by circulating phosphatases. Studies of Cancer in Humans Several factors make it difficult to evaluate etoposide with respect to the incidence of second malignancies. First, most cancer patients are treated with combined treatment modalities (chemotherapy and radiotherapy), and multiple antineoplastic drugs are usually administered within combination chemotherapy regimens. The administration of possibly carcinogenic drugs other than etoposide was adjusted for in only a few studies. For example, there is now general agreement that the development of leukaemia in patients with mediastinal germ-cell cancer should be regarded as part of the natural history of the disease (Nichols et al. In studies of the risk for treatment-related leukaemia, patients with mediastinal germ-cell cancer should therefore be excluded. In studies in which patients were treated with etoposide and/or teniposide (see monograph, this volume), the authors used various conversion factors to derive an ‘equivalent dose’ of etoposide from that of teniposide. The conversions were based, however, on the therapeutic effects with regard to the possible leukaemogenic potency at a given dose rather than on metabolic considerations. In all of these, however, the development of leukaemia followed the administration of etoposide in combination with other cytostatic drugs and/or irradiation. Since several cohort studies of patients with various malignancies have been conducted to estimate the risk for second malig- nancies after exposure to etoposide, this section includes only case reports of the specific group of patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and metastatic germ-cell tumours who received etoposide. Langerhans cell histiocytosis entails proliferation of connective tissue cells which originate in the bone marrow. An eight-year-old Peruvian girl with Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the bone who had been treated according to an Italian protocol for this disease, consisting of etoposide at a dose of 200 mg/m2 for three consecutive days every three weeks with 15 courses administered in one year for a cumulative dose of 8400 mg/m2, was hospi- talized for acute promyelocytic leukaemia 18 months after discontinuing therapy.
For biological agents order 3.03mg yasmin mastercard birth control pills jakarta, leg- Information on the occurrence of an agent in islation and control, including vaccination and the environment is obtained from data derived therapy, are described. When available, data on the generation, per- Tis section includes all pertinent epidemio- sistence and bioaccumulation of the agent are logical studies (see Part A, Section 4). Such data may be available from biomarkers are included when they are relevant national databases. Data that indicate the extent of past and pre- sent human exposure, the sources of exposure, (a) Types of study considered the people most likely to be exposed and the fac- tors that contribute to the exposure are reported. Several types of epidemiological study con- Information is presented on the range of human tribute to the assessment of carcinogenicity in exposure, including occupational and environ- humans — cohort studies, case–control studies, mental exposures. Tis includes relevant fndings correlation (or ecological) studies and interven- from both developed and developing countries. Rarely, results from randomized tri- Some of these data are not distributed widely and als may be available. Case reports and case series may be available from government reports and of cancer in humans may also be reviewed. In the case of mixtures, indus- Cohort and case–control studies relate indi- tries, occupations or processes, information is vidual exposures under study to the occurrence of given about all agents known to be present. For cancer in individuals and provide an estimate of processes, industries and occupations, a histori- efect (such as relative risk) as the main measure cal description is also given, noting variations in of association. Intervention studies may provide chemical composition, physical properties and strong evidence for making causal inferences, as levels of occupational exposure with date and exemplifed by cessation of smoking and the sub- place. For biological agents, the epidemiology of sequent decrease in risk for lung cancer. In correlation studies, the units of inves- tigation are usually whole populations (e. Confounding is a form of bias individual exposure is not documented, which that occurs when the relationship with disease is renders this kind of study more prone to con- made to appear stronger or weaker than it truly is founding. Tese types of study tors have been minimized in an individual study, generally arise from a suspicion, based on clinical consideration is given to several aspects of design experience, that the concurrence of two events — and analysis as described in the report of the that is, a particular exposure and occurrence of study. For example, when suspicion of carcino- a cancer — has happened rather more frequently genicity arises largely from a single small study, than would be expected by chance. Case reports careful consideration is given when interpreting and case series usually lack complete ascertain- subsequent studies that included these data in an ment of cases in any population, defnition or enlarged population. Most of these considera- enumeration of the population at risk and esti- tions apply equally to case–control, cohort and mation of the expected number of cases in the correlation studies. Cases of disease in the case–control and cohort studies, however, these study population should have been identifed in types of study may add materially to the judge- a way that was independent of the exposure of ment that a causal relationship exists. Tey may, in some instances, other variables that can infuence the risk of dis- strengthen inferences drawn from studies of ease and may have been related to the exposure cancer itself. Potential confounding by such vari- ables should have been dealt with either in the (b) Quality of studies considered design of the study, such as by matching, or in the analysis, by statistical adjustment. In cohort It is necessary to take into account the pos- studies, comparisons with local rates of disease sible roles of bias, confounding and chance in may or may not be more appropriate than those the interpretation of epidemiological studies. At the very least, they should have ured co-variates that may difer among studies. In a cohort study, data on all pooled analysis that is pertinent to a particular cancer sites and all causes of death should have Monograph (see Part A, Section 4). Additionally, been given, to reveal the possibility of reporting as a means of gaining insight from the results of bias. In a case–control study, the efects of inves- multiple individual studies, ad hoc calculations tigated factors other than the exposure of interest that combine data from diferent studies may should have been reported. Te results estimates of relative risk, absolute rates of can- of such original calculations, which would be cer, confdence intervals and signifcance tests, specifed in the text by presentation in square and to adjust for confounding should have been brackets, might involve updates of previously clearly stated by the authors. Tese methods have conducted analyses that incorporate the results been reviewed for case–control studies (Breslow of more recent studies or de-novo analyses.
However yasmin 3.03 mg visa birth control for 50, other possible interpretations the production of high levels of immunoglobulins, can be made. The IgM response was mostly petent mice, after activating the B cells, some T-inde- unrelated to the antigens present in the total parasite pendent antigens require a ‘second signal’ in order to extracts or to the protein itself. However, so far the support for Indeed, although the protein triggered B-cell differenti- the ‘second signal hypothesis’ has been elusive. This may ation, the antibodies produced reacted specifically against Ó 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Immunology, 119, 529–540 537 R. Reconstitu- mediated killing of amastigotes and inhibition of their tion of the B cell-mutant with the immune anti-Leishma- multiplication inside macrophages. Indirect immunofluo- nia serum increased the pathological processes in the rescence assays of L. To our knowledge, this report is cess of the amastigote and/or further multiplication of the the first description of a protein belonging to this large parasite. Indeed, metacylic promastigotes and trigger preferentially B-cell effector functions. The high amastigotes are relatively resistant to direct serum kill- degree of homology within this family of proteins, and 40 49 ing. However, previous studies have shown that anti- the fact that homologues have been found in mouse 50 bodies that were able to bind to living parasites and lyse and human has led us to perform additional experi- them in conjunction with complement were associated ments in order to verify the possibility of the existence of 20 with host protection. In fact, by using B cell-mutant mice and restrain the capacity of the parasites to infect macro- genetically modified mice lacking circulating antibodies phages. New perspectives on a subclinical a 43 kDa antigen related to silent information regulatory-2 pro- form of visceral leishmaniasis. Infect Immun nity in American visceral leishmaniasis: reversible immuno- 1989; 57:2372–7. Mol Bio- ting immune complexes and autoimmunity in American visceral chem Parasitol 2000; 110:195–206. The comparative fine ceral leishmaniasis and their induction by experimental poly- structure and surface glycoconjugate expression of three life clonal B-cell activation. Vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana glycoprotein clonal activation: a pitfall for vaccine design against infectious as a T-cell-dependent and – independent antigen. The nucleocapsid of hepatitis B virus paradigm of pathogenesis and protection hold for New World is both a T-cell-independent and a T-cell-dependent antigen. Antibody-mediated protection against intracellular tion by a T-cell independent type 2 antigens as an integral part pathogens. T cell independent anti- donovani amastigotes: antibody facilitation of alternate comple- gens. Leishmaniases of the New World: current receptor is required to sustain infection in murine cutaneous concepts and implications for future research. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; role of the Leishmania major ribosomal protein S3a homologue 273:793–8. Interaction of Leishmania gp63 with cellular receptors for fibro- Nature 1997; 388:900–3. Cloning and characterization of two mouse genes mechanism of parasite control and evasion. Cytotoxicity of human serum for Leishmania Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 260:273–9. In vitro growth of Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes resistant to pentamidine is dependent on interactions among strains. Apoptosis in a unicellular eukaryote (Trypanosoma cruzi): implications for the evolutionary origin and role of programmed cell death in the control of cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. Leishmania mexicana cysteine proteinase-deficient mutants have attenuated virulence for mice and potentiate a Th1 response. Localized mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum: clinical and microbiologic findings in 31 patients. Canine leishmaniasis: clinical, parasitological and entomological follow-up after chemotherapy.
