Non-linear model for the kinetics of 10B in blood after BPA-fructose complex infusion

Phys Med Biol. 2002 Mar 7;47(5):737-45. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/5/304.

Abstract

A numerical model with a memory effect was created to describe the kinetics of 10B in blood after a single 4-dihydroxyborylphenylalanine-fructose complex (BPA-F) infusion in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The model formulation was based on the averaged data from 10 glioma patients from the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) BNCT-trials. These patients received a 2 h i.v. infusion of a BPA-fructose complex that delivered 290 mg BPA/kg body weight. The model was validated by fitting the original BNL patient data and new patient data from the Finnish BNCT-trials. The new 3-parameter non-linear model provided mean absolute differences between the measured and estimated 10B concentrations in blood that were less than 3.9% when used to simulate actual patient irradiations that comprised two irradiation fields separated by a break to reposition the patient. The flexibility of the model was successfully tested with two different infusion protocols. The patient data were modelled with a two-compartment model and a bi-exponential fit for comparison. The 3-parameter model is better than previously described models in predicting the time course of blood 10B concentration after cessation of intravenous infusion of BPA-fructose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Boron / blood
  • Boron / pharmacokinetics*
  • Boron / therapeutic use*
  • Boron Compounds / chemistry
  • Fructose / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Isotopes / therapeutic use
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylalanine / chemistry
  • Radiometry / methods*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • 4-dihydroxyborylphenylalanine
  • Boron Compounds
  • Isotopes
  • Fructose
  • Phenylalanine
  • Boron