Adult: 15 mcg/kg daily for 5 days, in combination regimens. Max: 15 mcg/kg or 400-600 mcg/m2 daily for 5 days per 2-wk cycle. Child: ≥6 mth Same as adult dose.
Intravenous Metastatic nonseminomatous testicular cancer
Adult: 1 mg/m2 on day 1 of combination regimens. Max: 15 mcg/kg or 400-600 mcg/m2 daily for 5 days per 2-wk cycle.
Intravenous Gestational trophoblastic tumours
Adult: 12 mcg/kg daily for 5 days as a single agent or 500 mcg daily on days 1 and 2 of combination regimens. Max: 15 mcg/kg or 400-600 mcg/m2 daily for 5 days per 2-wk cycle.
Hướng dẫn pha thuốc
Add 1.1 mL of sterile water for inj (w/o preservative), using aseptic precautions to make a soln containing approx 500 mcg/mL. The reconstituted soln can be added to infusion soln of dextrose 5% inj or NaCl inj either directly or to the tubing of a running IV infusion.
Tương kỵ
Filgrastim.
Chống chỉ định
Hypersensitivity. Patient w/ varicella or herpes zoster infection.
Thận trọng
Patient w/ impaired bone marrow. Renal and hepatic impairment. Pregnancy and lactation.
Tác dụng không mong muốn
Nausea, vomiting, cheilitis, oesophagitis, GI ulceration, proctitis, fever, malaise, hypocalcaemia, myalgia, alopecia, pneumonitis, kidney and liver abnormalities, eruptions, acne, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, severe tissue damage, oedema, neutropenia and febrile neutropenia. Potentially Fatal: Hepatic failure, hepatic veno-occlusive disease, particularly in childn <4 yr, myelosuppression, sepsis, including neutropenic sepsis.
Avoid inhalation of vapours or contact w/ skin, mucous membrane or eyes.
Chỉ số theo dõi
Monitor blood counts, renal, hepatic and bone marrow functions frequently.
Quá liều
Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, mucositis including stomatitis, GI ulceration, severe skin disorders including skin exfoliation, exanthema, desquamation and epidermolysis, severe haemopoietic depression, veno-occlusive disease, acute renal failure, sepsis (including neutropenic sepsis). Management: Symptomatic and supportive treatment.
Tương tác
Combination w/ radiation therapy may result in increased toxicity esp when w/in 2 mth of radiation treatment for right-sided Wilm's tumour. May diminish the therapeutic effect of live vaccines.
Ảnh hưởng đến kết quả xét nghiệm
May interfere w/ bioassay procedures for the determination of antibacterial drug levels.
Tác dụng
Description: Mechanism of Action: Dactinomycin binds to the guanine portion of DNA forming a complex which interferes w/ DNA and RNA synthesis as well as protein synthesis. It is also immunosuppressive and possesses some hypocalcaemic activity. Pharmacokinetics: Absorption: Poorly absorbed from the GI tract. Distribution: Rapidly distributed w/ high concentrations in bone marrow and nucleated cells. Crosses the placenta. Metabolism: Minimal metabolism. Excretion: Via urine and bile. Terminal plasma half-life: Approx 36 hr.
Đặc tính
Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Database. Dactinomycin, CID=457193, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Dactinomycin (accessed on Jan. 20, 2020)
Bảo quản
Store between 20-25°C. Protect from light and humidity.
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