Background: Volasertib, a potent and selective polo-like kinase inhibitor, has shown to increase response rates and improve survival with a clinically manageable safety profile, administered alone and in combination with cytarabine in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.
Objectives: The objectives of this analysis were to describe the pharmacokinetics of volasertib and cytarabine, administered as single agents or in combination.
Methods: Three thousand, six hundred and six plasma volasertib concentrations from 501 patients receiving either volasertib alone, or in combination with cytarabine, and 826 plasma cytarabine concentrations from 650 patients receiving cytarabine as multiple subcutaneous injections per cycle either alone, or in combination with volasertib, were analysed using NONMEM Version 7.
Stable isotope labeling kinetics (SILK) was successfully applied to quantify endogenous amyloid-β (Aβ) metabolism in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A semi-physiological model describing Aβ biosynthesis and degradation in human CSF and the impact of the γ-secretase inhibitor semagacestat should be developed and validated based on digitized data from three published SILK studies. Aβ biosynthesis was adequately characterized by six transit compartments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe furanochromone visnagin is one of the main compounds of Ammi visnaga L. (syn. Khella) with potential effects on kidney stone prevention.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmmi visnaga L. (syn. Khella, Apiaceae) preparations have traditionally been used in the Middle East for the treatment of kidney stone disease.
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