Full-profile pharmacokinetics, anticancer activity and toxicity of an extended release trivalent PEGylated irinotecan prodrug

Irinotecan is an anticancer topoisomerase I inhibitor that acts as a prodrug of the active metabolite, SN-38. Unfortunately, the limited utility of irinotecan is attributed to its pH-dependent stability, short half-life and dose-limiting toxicity. To address this problem, a novel trivalent PEGylated...

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Main Authors: Shiwen Song, Dong Sun, Hong Wang, Jinliang Wang, Huijing Yan, Xuan Zhao, John Paul Fawcett, Xin Xu, Deqi Cai, Jingkai Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383523000114