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New cancer in children research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences described

Published in Drug Law Weekly, January 1st, 2008

New research, 'Population pharmacokinetic analysis of topotecan in pediatric cancer patients,' is the subject of a report. In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To characterize the population pharmacokinetics of topotecan lactone in children with cancer and identify covariates related to topotecan disposition. The study population consisted of 162 children in seven clinical trials receiving single agent topotecan as a 30-min infusion."

"A population approach via nonlinear mixed effects modeling was used to conduct the analysis. A two-compartment model was fit to topotecan lactone plasma concentrations (n=1874), and large...

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