Chemical degradation of wastes of antineoplastic agents. 2: Six anthracyclines: idarubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, pirarubicin, aclarubicin, and daunorubicin. Export

@article{citeulike:3447952, abstract = {OBJECT: Handling of genotoxic compounds commonly used in cancer chemotherapy generates contaminated wastes that require decontamination before disposal. Chemical methods are an alternative and/or a complement to incineration for the treatment of wastes and spills. METHODS: As part of a program initiated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 3 chemical methods readily available in the hospital environment--sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl, 5.25\%), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, < or = 30\%) and Fenton reagent (FeCl2, 2H2O; 0.3 g in 10 ml H2O2, 30\%)--are being tested for the degradation of a total of 32 antineoplastic agents. The efficiency of degradation was monitored by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The mutagenicity of the degradation residues were tested by the Ames test using tester strains Salmonella typhimurium TA 97a, TA 98, TA 100, and TA 102 with and without an exogenous metabolic activation system. RESULTS: The first results obtained for the degradation of cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, and melphalan have been published in this journal. The present manuscript reports the results of the investigation of a series of six anthracyclines (aclarubicin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, and pirarubicin) commonly used in chemotherapy treatment. Pharmaceutical preparations corresponding to the most concentrated administration solutions in either NaCl (0.9\%) or dextrose (5\%) were inactivated by oxidation volume/volume with each of the methods for at least 1 h. Complete degradation into nonmutagenic residues of all the tested compounds was observed after 1 h for the NaOCl (5.25\%) treatment as previously reported for the first study. CONCLUSION: Sodium hypochlorite (5.25\%) is an efficient reagent for the chemical degradation of the nine drugs tested thus far.}, author = {Castegnaro, M. and De M\'{e}o, M. and Laget, M. and Michelon, J. and Garren, L. and Sportouch, M. H. and Hansel, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3447952}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9439983}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9439983}, issn = {0340-0131}, journal = {International archives of occupational and environmental health}, keywords = {antineoplasic, hansel}, number = {6}, pages = {378--384}, posted-at = {2008-10-24 14:44:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Chemical degradation of wastes of antineoplastic agents. 2: Six anthracyclines: idarubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, pirarubicin, aclarubicin, and daunorubicin.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9439983}, volume = {70}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3447952 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3447952 N2 - OBJECT: Handling of genotoxic compounds commonly used in cancer chemotherapy generates contaminated wastes that require decontamination before disposal. Chemical methods are an alternative and/or a complement to incineration for the treatment of wastes and spills. METHODS: As part of a program initiated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 3 chemical methods readily available in the hospital environment--sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl, 5.25%), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, < or = 30%) and Fenton reagent (FeCl2, 2H2O; 0.3 g in 10 ml H2O2, 30%)--are being tested for the degradation of a total of 32 antineoplastic agents. The efficiency of degradation was monitored by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The mutagenicity of the degradation residues were tested by the Ames test using tester strains Salmonella typhimurium TA 97a, TA 98, TA 100, and TA 102 with and without an exogenous metabolic activation system. RESULTS: The first results obtained for the degradation of cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, and melphalan have been published in this journal. The present manuscript reports the results of the investigation of a series of six anthracyclines (aclarubicin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, and pirarubicin) commonly used in chemotherapy treatment. Pharmaceutical preparations corresponding to the most concentrated administration solutions in either NaCl (0.9%) or dextrose (5%) were inactivated by oxidation volume/volume with each of the methods for at least 1 h. Complete degradation into nonmutagenic residues of all the tested compounds was observed after 1 h for the NaOCl (5.25%) treatment as previously reported for the first study. CONCLUSION: Sodium hypochlorite (5.25%) is an efficient reagent for the chemical degradation of the nine drugs tested thus far. IS - 6 JF - International archives of occupational and environmental health SN - 0340-0131 EP - 384 TI - Chemical degradation of wastes of antineoplastic agents. 2: Six anthracyclines: idarubicin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, pirarubicin, aclarubicin, and daunorubicin. VL - 70 SP - 378 KW - antineoplasic KW - hansel AU - Castegnaro, M AU - De Méo, M AU - Laget, M AU - Michelon, J AU - Garren, L AU - Sportouch, MH AU - Hansel, S PY - 1997/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9439983 ER -