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Exploring the relationship between expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes and gefitinib pharmacokinetics.
Clinical pharmacokinetics - 1 Jan 2006
Swaisland Helen C, Cantarini Mireille V, Fuhr Rainard, Holt Alison
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Exposure to gefitinib (IRESSA, ZD1839), an epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is highly variable between subjects. In an attempt to explain this variability, three pharmacokinetic studies were carried out in healthy volunteers to investigate the relationship between exposure to gefitinib and cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A phenotype (study 1), CYP3A5 genotype (study 2)...
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