Table 3 Platinum–DNA adduct levels determined in patients following carboplatin administration on days 1 and 5 of treatment in four patients on the MMT 98 protocol

From: Adaptive dosing and platinum–DNA adduct formation in children receiving high-dose carboplatin for the treatment of solid tumours

Patient

Study day

Carboplatin dose (mg)

Carboplatin AUC (mg ml −1 .min)

Pt-DNA adducts (nmol g −1 DNA)

1

1

522

5.2

2.28

 

5

203

1.9

6.99

2

1

380

2.5

0.24

 

5

860

7.8

2.21

3

1

732

5.1

0.59

 

5

534

5.8

4.06

4

1

418

3.8

0.57

 

5

418

4.2

3.21