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This report investigates the pharmacokinetics of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), methotrexate (MTX), nimustine (ACNU) and valproic acid (VPA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during CSF perfusion chemotherapy. A 28-year-old Japanese woman with disseminated glioblastoma was, on admission, on a stable oral regimen of prolonged-release VPA tablets (Depakene-R), 400 mg twice a day, for seizure control. Twelve courses of CSF perfusion chemotherapy with Ara-C, MTX, and ACNU were administered. Plasma samples and CSF samples via Ommaya reservoirs were obtained during the eleventh course of treatment. The Ara-C and ACNU concentrations were measured by HPLC. The MTX and VPA concentrations were measured by fluorescence polarization immunoassay. During CSF perfusion chemotherapy, the highest CSF concentrations of Ara-C, MTX, and ACNU were observed at the end of the perfusion and decreased in a monoexponential pattern. The half-lives of Ara-C, MTX, and ACNU were 2.65, 3.52, and 0.71 h, respectively. No anticancer drugs were detectable in plasma during CSF perfusion chemotherapy. Before CSF perfusion chemotherapy, the free VPA concentration in plasma was 14.4% of the total VPA concentration. The mean total and free VPA concentrations in plasma were 78.0+/-0.8 and 10.9-0.3 microg/ml, respectively. The free VPA concentrations in plasma and in CSF were of similar values. At the end of perfusion, the lowest free VPA concentration in CSF was 30.3% of that at the initiation of perfusion. The free VPA concentrations in CSF at 3, 7, 23, and 47 h after the end of perfusion were 79.8, 94.5, 100.9, and 100.9% respectively of that at the initiation of perfusion. During CSF perfusion chemotherapy, the ratio of free VPA concentrations to the total VPA in CSF was 86.3+/-6.9%. The VPA concentrations in CSF rapidly decreased during the CSF perfusion but recovered to pre-treatment levels within 7 h.

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Pharmacokinetics of Cytosine Arabinoside, Methotrexate, Nimustine and Valproic Acid in Cerebrospinal Fluid during Cerebrospinal Fluid Perfusion Chemotherapy.