Abstract
Here, we evaluated the relationships between ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein, MDR1) polymorphisms and paclitaxel (Taxol)-induced toxicity and pharmacokinetics. Twenty-six patients were assessable for pharmacogenetics and pharmacokinetics, 22 for neurotoxicity and 18 for myelotoxicity. Patients carrying two reference alleles for the ABCB1 3435C > T polymorphism trended toward a reduced risk to develop neuropathy as compared to patients carrying at least one variant allele (P = 0.09). Additionally, patients who were homozygous variant at the 2677 and 3435 loci had a significantly greater percent decrease in absolute neutrophil count at nadir (P = 0.02). Neither polymorphism correlated with paclitaxel pharmacokinetics. This pilot study suggests that paclitaxel-induced neuropathy and neutropenia might be linked to inherited variants of ABCB1 through a mechanism that is unrelated to altered plasma pharmacokinetics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2893-2896 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Cancer |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ABCB1
- Neuropathy
- Neutropenia
- Paclitaxel
- Polymorphisms