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SUBMITTER: Lee LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726617 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Lawrence Soon-U LS Seng Kok-Yong KY Wang Ling-Zhi LZ Yong Wei-Peng WP Hee Kim-Hor KH Soh Thomas I TI Wong Andrea A Cheong Pei F PF Soong Richie R Sapari Nur S NS Soo Ross R Fan Lu L Lee Soo-Chin SC Goh Boon C BC
PloS one 20160125 1
<h4>Background</h4>Irinotecan toxicity correlates with UGT1A1 activity. We explored whether phenotyping UGT1A1 using a probe approach works better than current genotyping methods.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-four Asian cancer patients received irinotecan as part of the FOLFIRI regimen. Subjects took raltegravir 400 mg orally and intravenous midazolam 1 mg. Pharmacokinetic analyses were performed using WinNonLin and NONMEM. Genomic DNA was isolated and screened for the known genetic variants in UGT1A1 ...[more]